I often get asked for good VS 2010 book recommendations on the topics my team (VS Pro) is working on: C#, VB.NET, F#, VS IDE, VS Extensibility. Here are some recent titles to check out. You can also find a growing list on our MSDN developer centers:

• C# Books
• VB Books
• F# Books
• Visual Studio Books

C# 2010:

• C# Programming Language (Covering C# 4.0), The (4th Edition)
  Anders Hejlsberg, Mads Torgersen, Scott Wiltamuth, and Peter Golde
• Effective C#: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C# (2nd Edition)
  Bill Wagner
• C# in Depth, Second Edition
  Jon Skeet
• Essential C# 4.0 (3rd Edition) (Microsoft .NET Development Series)
  Mark Michaelis
• Professional C# 4.0 and .NET 4
  Bill Evjen, Karli Watson, Christian Nagel, and Morgan Skinner
• SamsTeach Yourself Visual C# 2010 in 24 Hours: Complete Starter Kit
  Scott Dorman
• Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, Fifth Edition
  Andrew Troelsen
• C# 4.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference
  Joseph Albahari, Ben Albahari
• C# 4.0 Unleashed
  Bart de Smet
• LINQ to Objects Using C# 4.0: Using and Extending LINQ to Objects and Parallel LINQ (PLINQ)
  Troy Magennis
• Programming C# 4.0: Building Windows, Web, and RIA Applications for the .NET 4.0 Framework
  Ian Griffiths, Matthew Adams, Jesse Liberty
• More C# 2010 Books…

VB 2010:

• Visual Basic 2010 Unleashed
  Alessandro Del Sole
• Professional Visual Basic 2010 and .NET 4
  Bill Sheldon, Billy Hollis, Kent Sharkey, Gaston Hillar, Rob Windsor, Jonathan Marbutt
• Visual Basic 2010 Programmer's Reference
  Rod Stephens
• Accelerated VB 2010
  Trey Nash, Guy Fouche
• Beginning Visual Basic 2010
  Thearon Willis, Bryan Newsome
• Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2010
  Evangelos Petroutsose
• Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step
  Michael Halvorson
• Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2010 in 24 Hours Complete Starter Kit
  by James Foxall
• Visual Basic 2010 How to Program (5th Edition) (Pearson Custom Computer Science)
  Paul Deitel, Harvey Deitel
• Beginning Visual Basic 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
  Thearson Willis, Bryan Newsome
• More VB 2010 Books…

F# 2010:

• Beginning F#:
  R. Pickering. APress: 2009
• Expert F# 2.0:
  D. Syme, A. Granicz, A. Cisternino. APress, 2010.
• Foundations of F#:
  R. Pickering. APress: 2007
• Professional F# 2.0:
  T. Newman, A. Erickson, T. Crowell, R. Minerich.
• Programming F#: A comprehensive guide for writing simple code to solve complex problems:
  C. Smith.
• Real World Functional Programming: With Examples in F# and C#:
  T. Petricek and J. Skeet. Manning: 2009
• Visual F# 2010 for Technical Computing:
  J. D. Harrop
• More F# Books…

Visual Studio IDE – Tips & Tricks:

• Coding Faster: Getting More Productive with Microsoft Visual Studio: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, 2008, and 2010 (not yet released)
  Zain Naboulsi, Sara Ford
• Microsoft Visual Studio Tips: Visual Studio 2005 and 2008
  Sara Ford

Visual Studio Extensibility:

• Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 Six-in-One
  Joydip Kanjilal, Dr. Istvan Novak, Attila Hajdrik, Mitchel Sellers, Peter Smulovics, Andras Velvart, Gaston C. Hillar, Agnes Molnar, Gyorgy Balassy, Adam Granicz
• Professional Visual Studio Extensibility
  Keyvan Nayyeri
• More VS Extensibility Books…