Things have changed since I started programming back in the 80s. However there are a few truths that are universal. Here's my list of the essential books all programmers, designers, coders, architects, etc. should have in their repository. Also if you're hiring new people out of University or something, giving them this stack would be a good way to introduce them into the world.
Code Complete (2nd Edition!)
Eric Evan's Domain Driven Design
Design Patterns
Kent Beck's Test Driven Development: By Example
Martin Fowler's Refactoring: Improving the Design of Code
UML Distilled
There are a couple of others that are great too (there are more):
Rapid Development
The Pragmatic Programmer