I read his previous book, "Code Craft", when it came out back in 2006 (I think). I preferred it to the heavyweight of the day, McConnell's "Code Complete". "Code Complete" was more like a reference book, but "Code Craft" was something that flowed well from cover to cover (to be fair, they are clearly meant to be different kinds of book; "Code Complete" is structured more as a reference book); much more readable as a book. Definitely worth a read, especially if you've got a couple of years practical code monkey experience under your belt and want to improve rather than just spending the next decade getting the same year's experience over and over.

It was also from No Starch, and at risk of repeating myself across threads, it's just nice paper and a good binding and I swear it does smell good.

Anyway, if anyone's got "Code Craft" and this one, I'd be interested in what the differences are.