As many of you are already aware, SharePoint 2010 is on it’s way to becoming an official release, May 12, to be exact. There are a slew of books that are in the works and we found ourselves wondering which ones we should pre-order for our already overflowing bookshelves.

We order books on an almost weekly basis here at Black Ninja so it’s about that time where we need to prepare for the 2010 releases. Here is a list of the ones we found to be most interesting and that we’ve already pre-ordered:

• “Professional SharePoint 2010 Development” – Tom Rozzo – April 23 Release
  • We do a lot of custom SharePoint development here at Black Ninja, so this book was a must have. We’ve attended plenty of Tom’s sessions at various conferences in the past, and he definitely knows his stuff. The fact that’s it set to release pretty soon was also a factor; we’d like to get our hands on a 2010 development book as soon as possible.
• “Professional SharePoint 2010 Administration” – Todd Klindt – June 17 Release
  • This book is equally important as the development book in our eyes because administration is such a crucial component for any successful SharePoint deployment. We’re a fan of Todd’s work and already own Real World SharePoint 2007 on which he was a contributing author.
• “Beginning SharePoint 2010 Development” – Steve Fox – May 20 Release
  • This was another close release date and having an extra development book around the office wasn’t going to hurt anything. We’ve also used Steve Fox’s articles on more than one occasion, and look forward to reading this book.
• “Professional Workflow 4 in Sharepoint 2010: Real World Business Workflow Solutions” – Paul J. Galvin – August 3 Release
  • Workflows are another huge part of what we do here at Black Ninja. Our aim was to get at least 1 development book, 1 SharePoint Designer book and 1 Workflow book. This was our pick for workflow book.
• “SharePoint Designer 2010 Unleashed” – Kathy Hughes – September 27 Release
  • We spend a fair bit of time tinkering with SharePoint Designer as well. We’ve even taught 5-day classes that cover this product from beginning to end. We are very eager to sit down and play around with some of the real world examples this book promises to cover.
• “SharePoint Developer’s Guide: SharePoint Foundation 2010″ – Todd C. Bleeker – June 1 Release
  • Todd C. Bleeker wrote this book, enough said.

As you can see, we tried to go with books of authors we knew and were fairly active in the community. We’ve also tried to balance the administration/designer/development roles because we often have to put on all three hats. If anyone else has any books suggestions to go along with this, please contribute to the comments below!