Nearly 10 years ago, on 25 May 1997, I compiled a list of books I owned and read at that time.

Here's the list. 

  1. Algorithms - Robert Sedgewick
  2. Artificial Neural Systems - Jacek M. Zurada
  3. Black Art of Windows Game Programming - Eric R. Lyons
  4. Borland Delphi How-To - Gary Frerking, Nathan Wallace, Wayne Niddery
  5. Data Compression Handbook - Mark Nelson
  6. Delphi 32-Bit Programming Secrets - Tom Swan
  7. Delphi Nuts & Bolts - Gary Tornell, Troy Strain
  8. DOS 5: A Developer's Guide - Al Williams
  9. Icon Book: Visual Symbols for Computer System and Documentation - William Horton
  10. Introduction to Turbo Prolog - Carl Townsend
  11. Microsoft Windows Multimedia
    1. Authoring and Tools Guide
    2. Programmer's Reference
    3. Programmer's Workbook
  12. Programmer's PC Sourcebook - Thom Hogan
  13. Programming Laser Printers - Timothy Perrin
  14. Programming Windows 95 Unleashed - multiauthors
  15. Programming WinSock - Arthur Dumas
  16. Secrets of Delphi 2 - Ray Lischner
  17. Teach Yourself Delphi in 21 days - Andrew Wozniewicz, Nanir Shammas, Tom Campbell
  18. The C++ Programming Language - Bjarne Stroustrup
  19. The Waite Group's MS-DOS Bible - Steven Smith
  20. Turbo Pascal for Windows Techniques and Utilities - Neil J. Rubenking
  21. Unauthorized Windows 95 Developer's Resource Kit - Andrew Schulman
  22. Undocumented DOS - Andrew Schulman
  23. Undocumented Windows - Andrew Schulman
  24. Windows 3: A Developer's Guide - Jeffrey Richter
  25. Windows 95 System Programming Secrets - Tom Swan
  26. Windows Custom Controls - William Ward, Robert Smith
  27. Windows Internals - Matt Pietrek
  28. Windows Programmer's Guide to Resources - Alex Leavens
  29. Windows Programming Puzzle Book - Kim Crouse