Why you might ask would I post a list of reading lists? I have no idea but I enjoy reading a good book. So much so that my wife complains that I buy way too many of them. I find most books centered on software development unreadable. I end up getting half way through them, browse a few chapters toward the end, and toss them on my bookshelf to gather dust.

Anyway... I've run across a few reading lists lately and for some reason find the people that put these things together a little presumptuous but I guess we all need to express ourselves somehow. Examples:

• Top 8 Must-Read Software Development Books


• Reading List: Fog Creek Software Management Training Program


• Five books every Java developer must own