Programming books or something

So i got a bunch of programming related books that was part of my school curriculum over the years which served me well.

Now im looking for ones that i want to read myself for my own use. I know plenty of coding but im lacking in the frontend department.

I discoverd the existence of "boutique" or "blog published" books which i ended up buying these:

https://shop.smashingmagazine.com/smashing-book-print-bundle1.html

and now contemplating these:

http://www.abookapart.com/products/

Anyone tried books like these? Some suggestions? Anything goes.

Absolute C++
Absolute Java
by Savitch