[mcantor]

We often get great lists of books posted on Hacker News. I wonder if there is a good resource for canonical books in those subjects floating around somewhere. I don't trust Google to tell me what to spend such a potentially huge amount of my time on.

[gauthr]

Do you have a university near you? If you can get into their library (or even their bookstore), you can take a look at the recommended books yourself and see if they suit you. You can also get the book lists from university courses that interest you.