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so greenjacket,what book did you finally purchase? please share,is it great book? or a so so book?

Wired to Win,The Mentals Keys to play your best golf.by David Breslow.
great book to read.

The Golfing Machine is a solid start. But you probably won't have the time to read anything else for a while. My must have is, the new Stack and Tilt book. There's a lot of very good info in there (even if you aren't considering a swing change). They've done a good job in cataloging the similarities in the best players as well as showing similarities in what makes a bad swing.

If people tell you to buy Five Lessons, make sure you also buy a follow up book called The Hogan Way- It adds and clears up a few things in Hogan's swing that was never covered in Five Lessons. Also, I highly recommend reading The Natural Golf Swing by George Knudson. This is how you should swing a club! Finally, for golf humor nobody does it better than Rick Reilly. Check out two of his hilarious works of fiction- Missing Links, and Shanks for Nothing. You can't go wrong with any of the books listed here.

I'll add my vote for any Pennick, Hogan, and Zen Golf books. I own 'em all. Tommy Armour's book makes a good contrast to Hogan's ideas.

John Updike has a collection of his hilarious and insightful articles in print. Get you through the winter weeks we have left.

What did you get?

Just read The Match...solid book. Also the 19th hole, if you are into pics of clubhouses.

A few must reads that are yet to be mentioned:

Golf is not a Game of Perfect
Zen Golf (don't bother with the Zen Putting, no new info in my opinion)
- and the last, out of fear of being highly ridiculed - How I Play Golf by Tiger Woods - he goes in depth on how he MENTALLY prepares for tournament golf. I play college golf, and we all know there is golf, and then there's tournament golf. I learned a lot from this book. I didn't really spend much time on other parts of the book, but the mental game knowledge shared is priceless.

Just a few recommendations.

Harvey Penick's 3 books.
Ben Hogan's five lessons
Don Wade's series of true golf stories ( I think there are 3-4 books ).
Bob Hope's Confession Of A Hooker
Homer Kelley- The Golfing Machine
John Feinstein - A Good Walk Spoiled, The Majors
Lure Of The Links by Dave Owen & Joan Bingham
Dr. Bob Rotella's books
How to become a complete golfer, by Bob Toski & Jim Flick

The Greatest Game Ever Played-Mark Frost.....Francis Ouimet beating the best golfers in the world in the 1913 US Open. It would be equal to a college player beating Tiger and Phil in a playoff on the Monday after Fathers Day. History of the day is the back drop for Quimet Vardon and Ray's lives. A great book.

The Match-Mark Frost. Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson against the two best amateurs Ward and Venturi at Cypress Point. By the way, the match was set up by Eddie Lowrey-Quimet's caddie in 1913

A Gentleman's Game-Tom Coyne Fiction, A great read. The world of caddies and country club elite and how these worlds collide.

"Dr Divot's guide to golf injuries" (Larry Foster)... It's not a joke :) If you play a lot, you're bound to get injured and this is a great read! The book tells you all about golf injuries, how to prevent and treat them.
I also like Jim Hardy's books, Bob Rotella's, Harvey Penick, Ben Hogan and Dave Pelz as others mentioned.
I loved Mark Frost's novels ("The Greatest Game ever Played" and "The Grand Slam"). They are rivetting :)

Harvey Penick's Little Red Book is a good read!

Ben Hogan's "Five Fundamentals of Golf" and "Power Golf" are at the top of my list for every golfer. Here's a couple of other must reads:
"Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible" - A must have!!
"Harvey Penick's Little Red Book" - chock full of little tips that go a long way.
"Golf Magazine - How To Hit Every Shot" - Good tips for tough lies. COme with a DVD.
"Peak Performance Golf" by Patrick Cohn - Good for mental game and fitness tips.