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Yes.
"Clean Code" by Robert C. Martin.
His central point is that most of the time you READ code, so you have to write it in a way that you can read it easily.
And he shows how to do this - and wrote the book in a way that you can read even the book easily.
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C# and the .NET Platform by Andrew Troelsen
jhaga
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'C' Programming, K & R, first edition.
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This was one of the first programming books I ever bought.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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"The C Programming Language" 1st edition 1978 by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.
it's absence of restrictions and it's generality.
notable mentions
"Foundations of Python Network Programming" 2004 by John Goerzen
"The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript" 2004 by Nicholas C. Zakas
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I'd have to go with Charles Petzold's Windows (C) Programming book.
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Back in the office I have a half dozenish of them. Several are stacked under the non-height adjustable monitor I left there back in march (I liked my spare monitor at home better), and the other half were used to put my laptop screen at a similar height to my monitors (at home I'm using a 6-pack of Coke  ).
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The C Programming Language by Kernigan and Ritchie
I read this book in mid 80's and it was inspirational to me. At that time I had an Amiga, with Aztec C Compiler and used this book to travel through the mechanics of programming. Very well explained and not too much technical (… sure?). But for me, this book was a trap, because C is in itself a very hard matter to learn well and those guys put it as a if it was like a stroll on a farm and not like climbing the Everest.
The day you do not learn something new, is a wasted day!
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Yes I do:
Méthodes de programmation (2nd ed. Eyrolles 1986)
by Bertrand Meyer (who created the Eiffel programming language and the idea of design by contract), and Claude Baudoin
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I haven't touched it in a few decades but Starting Forth by Leo Brodie. And yes I am old!
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Wow, Forth. There's a blast from the past! Unlike Cobol, I don't usually hear a lot about old software written in Forth. I can't remember the last time I've even heard it. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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At one of the places I worked at I selected Forth (multitasking version I wrote) as an intermediate language. The PC would compile flow charts into Forth text files which would be downloaded to an industrial controller where the Forth interpreter/compile would compile it to machine code. Their system still uses it today.
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The Waite Group's
Visual Basic 6
Interactive Course
Published by SAMS in 1998
I am Old and this was my First Book and Language
Books are not written like this today Why ?
The Cost and you can make more money with a 100
YouTube Videos
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C: A Reference Manual - by Harbison & Steele is what Kernighan & Ritchie wished they had written. It is superb. Cheerios
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Andrew Troelsen's book on COM (COM ATL 3.0) and his earliest on C#. Both were easy to follow, easy to understand the code, and easy to understand the concepts.
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Far above all other books IMHO is 'Code Complete', by Steve McConnell.
It is language-agnostic, is unbelievably accessible, and has practical, philosopical and pragmatic pointers to truly excellent programming.
Best book about coding that I *ever* bought!
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It's indeed a great book. I used to have a copy myself, and there are others here who had it as a favorite, too.
Real programmers use butterflies
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They should bring hops and malt and start the first brewery on the moon if you ask me! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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The original "moon shot".
/ravi
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Yeah, it's gonna be a lot easier getting people up there in the future if they already have a brewery - and a hamburger joint!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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The un-tapped marketing potential. Just imagine and shoot for the stars.
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