High Performance Mysql is hands down the best mysql book i have seen.

I would recommend it to everyone who wants to learn more about mysql, not only for gurus but for everyone. I would recommend it to sys admins and programmers. Especially if you are concerned by performance you should read this book.

Authors describes in details how mysql works, how to tune it, how to avoid benchmarking pitfalls and how to plan for scale.

Replication, tuning, monitoring, backups, sharding and shinx its all there! :- )

What is amazing is that its all in plain simple english that everyone will understand. Its really easy to read even that it talks about more difficult stuff you always understand what they want to say.

Great book!

Final score: 10/10