How To Become a Good Theoretical Physicist, by Gerard 't Hooft

 http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html

Gerard 't Hooft is a 1999 physics nobel prizewinner. he maintains this very interesting page open to anyone (with academic degree or without degree...) who takes a serious interest on learning and creating theoretical physics. For such, he includes a bibliography of all the books and articles (online or not), he recomends reading to achieve a solid background in theoretical physics.