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Best of Booch by Grady Booch [Recommended]

Peter Wippell writes:
That aside, I am certain that anyone involved in any way in a programming project team and even more so if Booch/UML were used, would find this paperback a great help and of much general interest.

Borland C++ 3.1 - Object-Oriented Programming by Marco Cantu & Steve Tendon [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
I hope this is the start of another high quality publishing imprint. Its a good start for them and could be a good start for you.

Borland C++ 3.1 Object-Oriented Programming (2nd edition) by Ted Faison [Highly Recommended]

Peter Wippell writes:
To plagiarise Thomas Hardy, This is the book that everyone loves, and so do I.

Building Application Frameworks by Mohamed Fayad & Douglas Schmidt & Ralph Johnson [Recommended]

Colin Harkness writes:
Dip into the chapters that you think will be useful. Recommended.

Building Business Objects by Peter Eeles & Oliver Sims [Recommended]

Rick Stones writes:
Recommended as a good concept book for people building object based business systems.

Building Object Applications That Work by Scott Ambler [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
Certainly many companies would do better to familiarise themselves with the substance and implications of the contents of this book before rushing headlong into what they will fondly believe is OOP.

Business Engineering With Object Technology by David Taylor [Recommended]

Peter Tillier writes:
This book is certainly worth reading but will not suit the 'let's cut some code and test it until it's right' brigade.

C++ Effective Object-Oriented Software Construction 2ed by Kayshav Dattatri [Recommended]

Tim Penhey writes:
very good at introducing object-oriented principles and how they are implemented in C++

C++ Gems (Programming Pearls from the C++ Report) by S Lippman [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
There is such a wealth of material in these 600 pages that I can do very little more than suggest that serious C++ programmers should either have read the originals or they should invest in this book and read an article a day.

C++ Object Databases - Programming with the ODMG Standard by David Jordan [Recommended]

Burkhard Kloss writes:
If somewhere in your future you see the words 'ODMG', 'Object Database', 'OQL' and C++, you should probably have a look at this book.

C++ Programming Language 3rd ed, The by B Stroustrup [Highly Recommended]

Brian Bramer writes:
I liked the structure of the book with part one taking the reader through traditional procedural programming techniques and then moving onto OO in part two. This enables readers to use and appreciate objects without having to plunge into the implementation details of classes.

C++ Programming Language Special Edition, The by Bjarne Stroustrup [Highly Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
When your current copy of The C++ programming Language falls to pieces replace it with a copy of this edition.

C+C++: Program with Objects in C & C++ by Allen I Holub [Recommended]

Graham Patterson writes:
He has a clear, conversational style that sounds like a good lecture, or the advice of a knowledgeable colleague.

CORBA Distributed Objects - Using Orbix by Sean Baker [Recommended]

Rob Henley writes:
The book is reasonably priced and is the first truly intelligible guide I have seen to cover the mechanics of writing CORBA systems.

Case Studies in Object Orientated Analysis and Design by Edward Yourdon & Carl Argila [Highly Recommended]

Tom Parke writes:
This is an excellent book. I highly recommend it as anyone's second book on OOA-OOD.

Classical and Object-Oriented Software Engineering by Stephen Schach [Recommended]

Tim Penhey writes:
I think that this book does a reasonable job teaching a very dry subject. Recommended as a textbook.

Component Based Development for Enterprise Systems by Allen & Frost [Recommended]

Roger N Lever writes:
The book in that respect is almost a tour de force of some of the most popular modelling techniques

Component Software by Clemens Szyperski [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
If you want to learn more about the technical and business issues at stake in this area will benefit from taking time to read this book.

Conference Proceedings of OOPSLA 96 by Various [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
Nothing will substitute for being there, but at least this will give you a sense of what those out in new territories are doing.

Well worth the cost.

Data Abstraction and Problem Solving with C++ 2ed by Carrano & Helman & Veroff [Recommended]

Mike Ellis writes:
This book is intended to teach young programmers, perhaps still at university or early in their careers, techniques that will be valuable for a long time.

Design Patterns for Object-Oriented Software Development by W Pree [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
If you want to start the journey early and are well motivated this is a good place to start...

Design Patterns, Elements of Reusable OO Software by Gamma & Helm & Johnson & Vlissides [Highly Recommended]

Kevlin Henney writes:
If you have even the slightest inclination towards considering yourself a serious OO developer, this book should be on your shelf.

Designing Object Systems by S. Cook & J Daniels [Recommended]

Peter Wippell writes:
Fully recommended and good value for anyone who practises object oriented software design.

Developing C++ Software by Russel Winder [Recommended]

Alan Lenton writes:
I enjoyed using this book - though it was by no means light reading - and it will certainly find a permanent place on my bookshelf. Recommended.

Engineering Distributed Objects by Wolfgang Emmerich [Recommended]

J Crickett writes:
the coverage is accurate, detailed and well explained

Essential Distributed Objects Survival Guide, The by Robert Orfali [Recommended]

Alec Ross writes:
Overall then, the book was considered a good read, and an excellent introduction to the subject.

From Chaos to Classes - Object-oriented Software Development in C++ by Duffy [Recommended with Reservations]

Sean Corfield writes:
I think the detailed treatment of the example problems provides many insights into the difficult early stages of the software lifecycle.

Generative Programming by Krzysztof Czarnecki & Ulrich Eisenecker [Highly Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
you owe it to yourself, to your employers and to your customers and clients, to read this book, to study it and to try to grasp the gestalt

Generic Programming and the STL by Matthew Austern [Highly Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
I will just conclude by re-iterating my belief that this is the C++ programming book of 1998.

Instant CORBA by Robert Orfali & Dan Harkey & Jeri Edwards [Recommended]

Alec Ross writes:
Overall, this is an excellent book for those wanting an introduction to the current state of CORBA.

Kent Beck's Guide to Better Smalltalk by Kent Beck [Recommended]

Burkhard Kloss writes:
You will certainly uncover a lot of value in this book

Learn C++ on the PC by Dave Mark [Recommended]

Eddie Boyle writes:
I strongly recommend it if you are learning C++ on your own without any guidance.

Microsoft Guide to C++ Programming, The by K Christian [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
Overall an excellent book well up with standard set by other Microsoft Press publications.

Modelling Systems by John Fitzgerald & Peter Gorm Larsen [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
This seems to be an excellent book for those in its target readership (unfortunately, many who should be at least aware of such tools are not and claim to lack the time to learn about them.)

Multi-Paradigm DESIGN for C++ by James Coplien [Highly Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
If you want to broaden your perspective and are willing to risk facing a world in which OOP is not always the best then you should take the time to read this book.

Multi-Paradigm Design for C++ by James O. Coplien [Highly Recommended]

Ian Bruntlett writes:
This book provides the reader with an informal, pragmatic approach to software development.

No Bull Object Technology for Executives by William Perlman [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
definitely a book worth the time of managers with inadequate software development background

OMT Insights by Dr James Rumbaugh [Highly Recommended]

Paul Field writes:
I wish I'd had this book as my second object-oriented analysis, design and modelling book but, even after reading a stack of other OO books, I'm glad to read it now. The book is full of practical advice on a wide range of topics and the clear writing and extensive use of examples make the material very accessible. I recommend this book very highly.

Object Oriented Analysis, (Second Edition) by Peter Coad & Edward Yourdon [Recommended]

Ian Horwill writes:
This is one of those books that I really treasure. It is written by people who know what they are talking about...

Object Solutions - Managing the Object-Oriented Project by Grady Booch [Recommended]

Chris Simons writes:
Nevertheless, this book represents the capture of a wealth of experience of an expert in the field which makes worthwhile and rewarding study.

Object Solutions by Grady Booch [Highly Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
If you are involved in software development, buy this book, read it then do all you can to get others managing your work to read it as well.

Object Success - A Manager's Guide to O-O ... by Bertrand Meyer [Recommended]

Chris Simons writes:
...I recommend Object Success for its insight into the OO developmental life-cycle process and its practical recommendations.

Object Technology for Real Time Systems by Awad & Kuusela & Ziegler [Highly Recommended]

Tim Tobin writes:
It has been known for some time that the marriage between OO and real time systems development has been an unhappy one. This book introduces a methodology known as Octopus which aims to address some of the problems such as object to process mapping, synchronisation, concurrency issues, etc.
...This book is of high quality and I can highly recommend it to anybody with an interest in the subject matter.

Object-Orientation and Prototyping in Software Engineering by Pomberger & Blaschek [Recommended]

Brian Bramer writes:
This would be a good book for an undergraduate module on system design and implementation which is oriented towards OO and prototyping. Also a useful review book for system developers.

Object-Oriented Design, with Applications by Grady Booch [Highly Recommended]

Eric Richards writes:
Booch's book is definitely worth reading, henceforth I shall recommend it on my own courses as the best single source of object-oriented design information.

Object-Oriented Development (The Fusion Method) by Coleman [Highly Recommended]

Kevlin Henney writes:
I would, however, whole heartedly recommend it as important reading for all serious developers.

Object-Oriented Environment in C++ by David Hu [Recommended]

Keith Standish writes:
The book is packed with plenty of useful code.

Object-Oriented Programming by Peter Coad & Jill Nicola [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
You will rapidly make up the time you take to read this book by being a better organised programmer.

Object-Oriented Rapid Prototyping by J Connell & Linda Shafer [Recommended]

Malcolm Pell writes:
Overall, I was fascinated by the book. I intend to persuade my colleagues of its value, so that we can use these concepts at work in our future development projects.

Object-Oriented Ray Tracing in C++ by Nicholas Wilt [Recommended]

John Draper writes:
Overall I would definitely recommend this book to anyone wanting to begin to investigate Ray Tracing and associated techniques.

Object-Oriented Software Construction (2ed) by Bertrand Meyer [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
Getting full value from this book will be hard work (not because it is hard to read but because you will need to digest what you read) but it will be worth the effort.

Object-Oriented Software Engineering (revised 4th reprint) by Ivar Jacobson [Recommended]

Eric Richards writes:
This is the best, almost the only, account of a significant addition to the received wisdom of O-O design.

Object-Oriented Software Engineering by Ivar Jacobson [Recommended with Reservations]

Chris Hills writes:
I like the feel of this book, it is in plain English. It will be kept at hand. I showed this book to a SW project leader, he is buying a copy. Enough said.

Object-Oriented Software in C++ by Michael Smith [Recommended]

Ian Cargill writes:
I must say from the outset that I am quite impressed with this book. I like Smith's writing style and method of presentation.

Object-Oriented System Development by D de Champeaux [Recommended]

Philip Kerrigan writes:
Highly recommended for anyone who wants to improve their understanding of the development process and make it more of an engineering process and less a black art, even if the book is quite expensive.

Object-Oriented Technology, A Manager's Guide by David A Taylor [Recommended]

Eric Richards writes:
You will not find a clearer introduction to the subject.

Object-Oriented Type Systems by Jens Palsberg & Michael Schwartzbach [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
If it matters to you this is a book that you should know about.

Objects Unencapsulated: Java, Eiffel, & C++ by Ian Joyner [Recommended]

Steve Dicks writes:
A book worthy of a read by almost anyone in OO development

Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture by Frank Buschmann [Recommended]

Klitos Kyriacou writes:
How many times have you encountered a problem in software and you had solved a similar problem years ago but couldn't remember quite how you solved it? This is what pattern catalogues are good for.

Practical Object-Oriented Design by Mark Priestley [Recommended]

Silvia de Beer writes:
This book is an extremely practical introduction to object-oriented design.

Principles of OO Software Development by Anton Eliens [Recommended]

Peter Wippell writes:
The author's enthusiasm for programming and for formal methods really comes across. I believe that anyone who shares these interests would enjoy his book very much indeed.

Principles of Object-Oriented Software Development by Anton Eliens [Recommended]

Peter Tillier writes:
I really liked this book. It is based on lectures given by the author at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and is full of useful information about OO and programming examples in C++.

Putting Metaclasses to Work by Ira Forman & Scott Danforth [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
I guess it will be a number of years yet before the ideas presented in this book come into widespread use, but if you want to stay ahead of the pack this would be an excellent book to study.

Real Time Software Systems by J E Cooling [Recommended]

Chris Hills writes:
A must for all software engineering students who need to learn a methodology and those at home who thought they could never afford a CASE tool. One book covers the lot.

Requirements Engineering & Rapid Development: A Rigorous, Object-Oriented Approach by Ian Graham [Recommended]

Alec Ross writes:
Personally I found the text invaluable as a source of and trigger for, ideas, references and practical advice.

Software Development with C++ (Maximising Reuse With Object Technology) by Kjell Nielsen [Recommended]

Selvyn Wright writes:
To summarise, this is a book which should be on the bookshelf of any one who is serious about software development.

Surviving Object-Oriented Projects by Alistair Cockburn [Highly Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
If you are manager in the software development domain, read this book. If you are one of those being managed finding a tactful way to get your managers to read it might be the best thing you did for your employer.

Teach Yourself Object-Oriented Programming with Turbo C++ in 21 Days by Greg Perry [Recommended]

M N Summerfield writes:
Overall, Teach Yourself Object-Oriented Programming with Turbo C++ in 21 Days, is thoroughly recommended to complete newcomers to C++...

Transition to OO Software Development by Mohamed Fayad & Mauri Laitinen [Recommended]

Mark Easterbrook writes:
It is fairly honest about OO not being a silver bullet to software development

UML Distilled by Martin Fowler [Recommended]

Francis Glassborow writes:
If Object-Oriented Analysis and Design methodology is important to you you will need to get to grips with UML. So all I can say is, start here. At least you can be certain that the skills you develop will be portable.

UML Toolkit by Hans-Erik Eriksson & Magnus Penker [Highly Recommended]

Mark Kuschnir writes:
The book makes a useful follow on to Richard Blundell's UML series in Overload.

Understanding Object-Oriented Programming with Java by Budd [Recommended]

Bryan Scattergood writes:
You will need a reference manual as well, but this book deserves a place on your shelves, especially if you are finding that understanding the concepts is the hardest part of learning OO.

Understanding Object-Oriented Programming with Java by Timothy Budd [Recommended]

Colin Harkness writes:
Difficult ideas like composition vs. inheritance, overloading vs. overriding and various design patterns are very well explained.
I found this book easy to read and understand. (In comparison, I never did finish Booch's book.) Its slim dimensions (367 pages) are a definite advantage.

Unified Modelling Language User Guide, The by Booch & Rumbaugh & Jacobson [Recommended]

Richard Blundell writes:
This is a book that many people will find very useful (and rightly so) and I am sure I shall consult my copy frequently.

Visual C++ Object-Oriented Programming by M Andrews [Recommended]

Nick Ajderian writes:
A thorough but not over-wordy introduction to C++, MFC and Visual C++.

Visual C++ Object-Oriented Programming by M Andrews [Recommended]

Steve Page writes:
In summary I found this to be an excellent book, which I would not hesitate recommending to someone who has just bought the MS Visual compiler

Visual Object Oriented Programming Using Delphi by Wiener & Wiatrowski [Recommended]

Peter Wippell writes:
To summarise, I think this book good value for any Delphi programmer and particularly, one interested in writing programs like those used as major examples. I recommend it especially for its unique emphasis on design and on principles.

Windows++; Writing Reusable Windows Code in C++ by Paul Dilascia [Highly Recommended]

John Washington writes:
Conclusion: for any Window's programmer this could be a real eye-opener. Buy it!

Please note that opinions are those of the individual reviewers.