- Test-Driven Development By Example (Draft) by Kent Beck—Ever think you were doing something and then find out you really weren’t?
- Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler—Classic and dangerous, since it makes me want to change all my code.
- Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist by John Piper—Life-changing.
- The Keys of Hell by Jack Higgins—Tripe.
- He Is There and He Is Not Silent by Francis Schaeffer—Talk about deep thoughts! Yet so practical, too.
- Sundiver by David Brin—I’m a sucker for good sci-fi, and this didn’t disappoint.
Still in the backpack are He That Is Spiritual by Lewis Sperry Chafer and The Pragmatic Programmer by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas.
