C++ Common Knowledge, by Stephen C. Dewhurst, is a short book of 63 items that cover a broad variety of topics targeted at the “intermediate” C++ programmer. It certainly isn’t for a C++ beginner, but I can see how someone with some C++ experience could quickly learn important stuff about C++ by reading this book. None of the information was new to me, but most items were still fun reminders of C++ techniques that I don't get to use every day. Besides, the back cover and introduction make it clear that its primary use for “expert” C++ programmers is to help train “less-experienced colleagues.”

I happily recommend this book to any C++ programmers out there that are ready to move to the “next level,” but don’t stop there. Immediately after item 63 is an excellent bibliography of C++ books that are “must reads” for any C++ programmer, all of which I have read and highly recommend.