Reddit's favorite programming books, from 3.5B comments ↗

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2017-12-02 · 124 points · 32 comments · 11 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

15
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson
15 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
4
The Art of Computer Programming
Donald Knuth
4 here · 127 all-time · #14 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 203 ratings on Amazon
2
Introduction to Algorithms
Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
2 here · 71 all-time · #47 overall
Buy on Amazon
2
The Little Schemer
Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen
2 here · 51 all-time · #81 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 185 ratings on Amazon
2
JavaScript: The Good Parts
Douglas Crockford
2 here · 28 all-time · #206 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 1,478 ratings on Amazon
2Head First Java
Head First Java
Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
2 here · 9 all-time · #776 overall
1
The Pragmatic Programmer
Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
1 here · 102 all-time · #26 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 3,644 ratings on Amazon
1
Clean Code
Robert C. Martin
1 here · 47 all-time · #91 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 6,810 ratings on Amazon
1
Programming Pearls
Jon Bentley
1 here · 35 all-time · #145 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 402 ratings on Amazon
1The Annotated Turing
The Annotated Turing
Charles Petzold
1 here · 25 all-time · #235 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 399 ratings on Amazon
1Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets
Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets
Peter van der Linden
1 here · 12 all-time · #544 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 335 ratings on Amazon