The Benjamin Franklin method for learning more from programming books ↗

The books people recommended

2018-02-16 · 574 points · 99 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.

3The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
3 here · 17 all-time · #366 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 11,110 ratings on Amazon
3Fluent Python
Fluent Python
Luciano Ramalho
3 here · 7 all-time · #1019 overall
2
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
2Make It Stick
Make It Stick
Peter C. Brown
2 here · 9 all-time · #736 overall
1
Code Complete
Steve McConnell
1 here · 108 all-time · #22 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,353 ratings on Amazon
1
The Little Schemer
Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen
1 here · 51 all-time · #81 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 185 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
How to Design Programs
Matthias Felleisen
1 here · 21 all-time · #299 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 97 ratings on Amazon
1A Mind for Numbers
A Mind for Numbers
Barbara Oakley
1 here · 11 all-time · #561 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 6,906 ratings on Amazon
1Learn C the Hard Way
Learn C the Hard Way
Zed Shaw
1 here · 7 all-time · #1034 overall
1Learning How to Learn
Learning How to Learn
Barbara Oakley
1 here · 3 all-time · #2309 overall