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2019-12-22 · 46 points · 33 comments · 17 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.

  1. 3

    The Art of Computer Programming

    Donald Knuth

    3 here · 127 all-time · #14 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 203 ratings on Amazon
  2. 2

    Code Complete

    Steve McConnell

    2 here · 108 all-time · #22 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,353 ratings on Amazon
  3. 2

    The Pragmatic Programmer

    Andrew Hunt and David Thomas

    2 here · 102 all-time · #26 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 3,644 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2Working Effectively with Legacy Code

    Working Effectively with Legacy Code

    Michael Feathers

    2 here · 41 all-time · #122 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 739 ratings on Amazon
  5. 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
  6. 1

    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie

    1 here · 175 all-time · #8 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 106,505 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1

    Code

    Charles Petzold

    1 here · 147 all-time · #12 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,787 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1The Elements of Computing Systems

    The Elements of Computing Systems

    Nisan and Schocken

    1 here · 58 all-time · #65 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 416 ratings on Amazon
  9. 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
  10. 1

    Don't Make Me Think

    Steve Krug

    1 here · 35 all-time · #149 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,670 ratings on Amazon
  11. 1Coders at Work

    Coders at Work

    Peter Seibel

    1 here · 27 all-time · #213 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 330 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1Grokking Algorithms

    Grokking Algorithms

    Aditya Y. Bhargava

    1 here · 12 all-time · #535 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,557 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1The Rust Programming Language

    The Rust Programming Language

    Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols

    1 here · 7 all-time · #903 overall

  14. 1Hacker's Delight

    Hacker's Delight

    Henry S. Warren

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1093 overall

  15. 1Microserfs

    Microserfs

    Douglas Coupland

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1329 overall

  16. 1Making Software

    Making Software

    Oram and Wilson

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1589 overall

  17. 1Software Fundamentals

    Software Fundamentals

    David Parnas

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2120 overall