While reading heavyweight developer tomes is a good way to get in-depth details about a specific topic, sometimes it's nice to snack on some lighter fare that's easier to pick up and put down. To that end, here's the list of my favorite developer "Short Stories" e.g short, easy to read compilations of little tidbits of knowledge about software development.
Here's the slides from my presentation on the many uses of Javascript + HTML5 from BarCampBoston 6