Y Hacker News Books

How These Things Work – A book about CS from first principles (2016) ↗

The books people recommended

2020-02-17 · 688 points · 57 comments · 5 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. 5

    Code

    Charles Petzold

    5 here · 147 all-time · #12 overall

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

    The Elements of Computing Systems

    Nisan and Schocken

    5 here · 58 all-time · #65 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 416 ratings on Amazon
  3. 2The Knowledge

    The Knowledge

    Lewis Dartnell

    2 here · 10 all-time · #650 overall

  4. 1How to Invent Everything

    How to Invent Everything

    Ryan North

    1 here · 7 all-time · #1037 overall

  5. 1Feynman Lectures on Computation

    Feynman Lectures on Computation

    Richard Feynman

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1727 overall