Recommended reading for C# starters

I regularly get asked for references on which books are interesting for people starting with C# and .NET. I'm not good at remembering books, but usually squeeze out a reference. Today I ran across a good list of Essential Reading compiled by my DevelopMentor colleague Tony Sneed. I'm shamelessly copying it here since I concur with his list.

Essential .Net 2.0 Reading

The C# Language

• Essential C# 2.0 by Mark Michaelis

.Net in General

• CLR via C#, Second Edition by Jeffrey Richter
  
• Programming .NET Components, 2nd Edition by Juval Lowy

Windows Forms

• Windows Forms 2.0 Programming 2nd Edition by Chris Sells
  
• Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0 by Brian Noyes
  
• Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce by Brian Noyes

Web Apps

• Essential ASP.NET With Examples in C# by Fritz Onion
  
• Essential ASP.NET 2.0 by Fritz Onion and Keith Brown

Essential .Net 3.0 Reading

Presentation Foundation

• Essential Windows Presentation Foundation by Chris Anderson
  
• Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed by Adam Nathan
  
• Programming WPF by Chris Sells and Ian Griffiths

Workflow

• Programming Windows Workflow Foundation by K. Scott Allen
  
• Essential Windows Workflow Foundation by Shukla, et al

Communication Foundation

• Learning WCF by Michele Bustamante
  
• Programming WCF Services by Juval Lowy

CardSpace

• Understanding Windows CardSpace by Bertocci, et al