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2020-12-29 · 574 points · 53 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.

  1. 2Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Python

    Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Python

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2501 overall

  2. 1

    Designing Data-Intensive Applications

    Martin Kleppmann

    1 here · 104 all-time · #24 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 5,595 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1

    Algorithms

    Robert Sedgewick

    1 here · 49 all-time · #89 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 876 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1

    Crafting Interpreters

    Robert Nystrom

    1 here · 32 all-time · #175 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 734 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1

    High Performance Browser Networking

    Ilya Grigorik

    1 here · 22 all-time · #281 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 213 ratings on Amazon
  6. 1

    Eloquent JavaScript

    Marijn Haverbeke

    1 here · 22 all-time · #283 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,797 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1Computer Architecture

    Computer Architecture

    John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson

    1 here · 16 all-time · #391 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.0 out of 5, 442 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1The Little Book of Semaphores

    The Little Book of Semaphores

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1551 overall

  9. 1Mathematics for Computer Science

    Mathematics for Computer Science

    Lehman, Leighton & Meyer

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1816 overall

  10. 1The Linux Command Line

    The Linux Command Line

    Shotts

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2502 overall