The books people recommended

2017-12-31 · 296 points · 46 comments · 10 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.

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The C Programming Language
Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie
2 here · 124 all-time · #15 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 182 ratings on Amazon
1
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas Hofstadter
1 here · 347 all-time · #1 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,713 ratings on Amazon
1
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson
1 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
1Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 here · 101 all-time · #27 overall
Buy on Amazon
1Modern C
Modern C
Jens Gusted
1 here · 14 all-time · #475 overall
121st Century C
21st Century C
O'Reilly
1 here · 12 all-time · #545 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 121 ratings on Amazon
1Computer Organization and Design
Computer Organization and Design
David A. Patterson; John L. Hennessy
1 here · 4 all-time · #1553 overall
1The Dragon Book
The Dragon Book
Alfred V. Aho, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi
1 here · 4 all-time · #1742 overall
1SQL Performance Explained
SQL Performance Explained
Markus Winand
1 here · 4 all-time · #1820 overall
1Language Implementation Patterns
Language Implementation Patterns
Terence Parr
1 here · 4 all-time · #1861 overall