FYI: I tried to list these in order of preference / desire.
Books I already own
Ruby:
- Programming Ruby 1.9 (the “pickaxe” book)
- The RSpec Book (beta)
- The Ruby Way (2nd ed.)
- Design Patterns in Ruby
- The Well Grounded Rubyist
- Why’s Poignant Guide to Ruby || (online / free PDF)
- Ruby Best Practices || (slowly releasing free online)
- Enterprise Recipes with Ruby and Rails
- Textmate (I’m a big Mac fan)
Rails:
- Agile Web Development with Rails (2nd ed. - get the 3rd ed. in my wishlist)
- The Rails Way
- Advanced Rails Recipes
- Flex on Rails
- RailsSpace (online via Safari)
My “Wishlist”
Ruby:
- Best of Ruby Quiz
- Mr. Neighborly’s Humble Little Ruby Book || (online / free PDF)
- Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby
- Everyday Scripting with Ruby