The first edition, 2000 copyright, version of XP Explained by Kent Beck has a uniquely great table of contents. I've talked with people about this... I feel that these 27 chapters could be the outline for a master's degree in software. I don't know if this content was removed in later editions or what... I don't see it in the online versions of the table of contents. At the risk of getting called out - here are some images of those pages. Decide for yourself - is this not the greatest SW Dev book of the last 30 years? Table of Contents - eXtreme Programming eXplained