Ask HN: What's an (article|book|vid) that changed the way you view programming? ↗

The books people recommended

2018-03-02 · 59 points · 29 comments · 13 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.

3
Masters of Doom
David Kushner
3 here · 69 all-time · #53 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,851 ratings on Amazon
2
Code Complete
Steve McConnell
2 here · 108 all-time · #22 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,353 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
1
The Art of Computer Programming
Donald Knuth
1 here · 127 all-time · #14 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 203 ratings on Amazon
1
Algorithms
Robert Sedgewick
1 here · 49 all-time · #89 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 876 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
1The Effective Engineer
The Effective Engineer
Edmond Lau
1 here · 17 all-time · #381 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 164 ratings on Amazon
1Head First Design Patterns
Head First Design Patterns
Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra
1 here · 16 all-time · #399 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,951 ratings on Amazon
1Game Programming Patterns
Game Programming Patterns
Robert Nystrom
1 here · 11 all-time · #577 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,556 ratings on Amazon
1The Art of Prolog
The Art of Prolog
Leon S. Sterling, Ehud Y. Shapiro
1 here · 7 all-time · #923 overall
1Test-Driven Development by Example
Test-Driven Development by Example
Kent Beck
1 here · 6 all-time · #1180 overall
1Understanding Software
Understanding Software
Max Kanat-Alexander
1 here · 3 all-time · #2486 overall