Here I am collecting up some references to books from colleagues and others which are suggested reading for computer science students. Some suggestions are from others on twitter so these just have their @ handle. Those related to posts with more details are linked. Rather than repeat what each person or others say about the book I simply refer you to the source to keep this list brief. Note, some of the text in [AD 2010] and [IS 2010] overlaps as they drew from the same suggestions.

This list was last updated: Jul 2nd 2015

Sources:

• Reading list for Computer Scientists by Al Dearle, Nov 2010 [AD 2010]
• Reading list for Techies by Ian Sommerville, Oct 2010 [IS 2010]
• Tweeted suggestions from: 
  
  • @klillington Irish Times tech journo/columnist
  • @vivdunstan St Andrews CS alumni
  • @dermotcasey technologist and strategist

Textbooks

• Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment by W. Richard Stevens and Stephen A. Rago [@saleem_bhatti AD 2010]
• The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis M Ritchie [@turingfan AD 2010]
• Structure and interpretation of computer programs by Abelson and Sussman [@simoninireland AD 2010]

Non-Fiction

• Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges [@turingfan AD 2010]
• Apollo: the Race to the Moon [@IanSommerville AD 2010]
• Bad Science by Ben Goldacre [@saleem_bhatti AD 2010]
• The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google by Nicholas Carr [@IanSommerville IS 2010]
• Digital Woes: Why We Should Not Depend on Software by Lauren Wiener [@vivdunstan 2015]
• The design of everyday things by Donald Norman [@aquigley IS 2010]
• Envisioning Information by Ed Tufte [@aquigley IS 2010]
• Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter [@simoninireland AD 2010]
• God’s Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science by James Hannam [@saleem_bhatti AD 2010]
• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy [@vivdunstan 2015]
• Here Comes Everybody: How Change Happens when People Come Together by Clay Shirky [@IanSommerville IS 2010]
• How Would You Move Mount Fuji? by William Poundstone [@aldearle AD 2010]
• How to Solve it: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method by George Polya
  [@dermotcasey 2015]
• In the Beginning…Was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson [@klillington 2015]
• Information Anxiety 2 by Richard S Wurman [@dermotcasey 2015]
• The Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks [@turingfan AD 2010]  
• New Turing Omnibus by A.K. Dewdney [@vivdunstan 2015]
• Normal Accidents: Living with High Risk Technologies by Charles Perrow [@IanSommerville IS 2010]
• The Number Mysteries by Marcus Du Sautoy [@saleem_bhatti AD 2010]
• To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski [@IanSommerville IS 2010]
• Peopleware by DiMarco and Lister [@aldearle AD 2010]
• The Social Life of Information by John Seely Brown [@dermotcasey 2015]
• The Soul of A New Machine by Tracy Kidder [@klillington 2015]
• The transparent society by David Brin [@simoninireland  AD 2010]
• Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig [@dermotcasey 2015]

Fiction

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson  [@aldearle AD 2010]
• Accelerando by Charles Stross [@aldearle AD 2010]
• Microserfs by Douglas Coupland  [@IanSommerville IS 2010]
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco  [@saleem_bhatti AD 2010]