A reading list on experimental algorithmics As in, the area of the papers in the ACM Journal on Experimental Algorithmic JEA.

Which were the foundational works? What are the main results? How are they characterized? Any interesting connections to other areas of computer science?
Probably the single most important guide to experimental algorithmic is David Johnson's article on how to do it, which also has lots of references.
http://www2.research.att.com/~dsj/papers/experguide.pdf