Listed below are some of the work related books I have read, newest to oldest, over the last couple of years.

.NET

• Effective C#

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321245660/qid=1122547865/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-1389977-0403848

I bought this one from after a recommendation from a colleague. Managed to read within a day and learnt a few things, such as CLSCompliant attribute

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemCLSCompliantAttributeClassTopic.asp

• Customising the Microsoft .NET framework

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735619883/qid=1122548063/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_18_1/202-1389977-0403848

Not managed to read yet as other books have seemed more tempting

• Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321127420/qid=1122548175/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_3_1/202-1389977-0403848

A good read - helps you focus on reuse of code through identifying common problems and implmementing patterns.

• .NET Remoting

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735617783/qid=1122549105/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3_3/202-1389977-0403848

Not that impressed. Maybe the book came out too early, but doesn't seem to follow best practice and isn't a patch on Rammer.

• Advanced .NET Remoting

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590594177/qid=1122549105/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/202-1389977-0403848

The remoting bible. Contains the vast majority of information you need on remoting. I have used code (encryption) from here in a production system. Supported by an excellent website.

http://www.thinktecture.com/

• .NET Components

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596003471/qid=1122549335/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_3_8/202-1389977-0403848

Read in conjunction with another O'Reilly C# book, Programming C#. Has been updated with 2.0 info

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596007620/qid=1122549335/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/202-1389977-0403848

• Programming C#

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596006993/qid=1122549565/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3_3/202-1389977-0403848

A good introduction to C# and if you are a complete beginner, it may be worth reading the introduction book first

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596003765/ref=pd_sim_b_dp_3/202-1389977-0403848

• Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735614229/qid=1122549739/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/202-1389977-0403848

The .NET bible. This should be on every .NET developers bookshelf.

Finance

• Fixed Income Mathematics

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786311215/qid=1122550071/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_2_1/202-1389977-0403848

This book helps understand bond pricing calculations because it contains lots of examples with numbers. It is then easy to use the examples in code to arrive at the same result

• Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitive Finance

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471498629/qid=1122549959/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl/202-1389977-0403848

Really easy to read - good introduction. Recommends the Fabozzi book in Chapter 14.