Ask HN: Which books do you consider real gems in your field of work/study? ↗
The books people recommended
2022-09-10 · 438 points · 262 comments · 131 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.
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- 4The Cuckoo's Egg
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- 3The God Delusion
- 3Principles of Program Analysis
- 3Signals and Systems
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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman
2 here · 25 all-time · #240 overall
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- 2TCP/IP Illustrated
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- 2Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming
Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming
Peter Van Roy and Seif Haridi
2 here · 16 all-time · #409 overall
- 2Real and Complex Analysis
- 2The Ancestor's Tale
- 2Gravitation
- 2Probabilistic Robotics
- 2Structured Computer Organization
- 2Seven Languages in Seven Weeks
- 2Effective Manager
- 2The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering
- 2Data & Reality
- 2Concepts of Programming Languages
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- 1The Dream Machine
- 1Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig
1 here · 29 all-time · #195 overall
- 1Principles of Mathematical Analysis
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- 1Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
- 1Foucault's Pendulum
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- 1Statistical Rethinking
- 1Probability Theory
- 1Introduction to the Theory of Computation
- 1Physically Based Rendering
- 1Computer Architecture
- 1Critique of Pure Reason
- 1Practical Common Lisp
- 1Types and Programming Languages
- 1Hacking
- 1Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment
- 1The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
- 1Site Reliability Engineering
- 1Inspired
- 1The Art of Game Design
- 1Secrets of Consulting
- 1Quantum Mechanics
- 1Organic Chemistry
- 1The Linux Programming Interface
- 1Simulacra and Simulation
- 1Unix Network Programming
- 1Understanding Comics
- 1The Principles of Product Development Flow
- 1Distributed Systems
- 1The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
- 1Continuous Delivery
- 1A Discipline of Programming
- 1Probability
- 1Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
- 1Mastering Regular Expressions
- 1Real-Time Rendering
Real-Time Rendering
Tomas Akenine-Moller; Eric Haines; Naty Hoffman
1 here · 7 all-time · #1018 overall
- 1Statistical Inference
- 1Progress and Poverty
- 1Hacker's Delight
- 1Molecular Biology of the Cell
- 1Ecology of the Planted Aquarium
- 1Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques
- 1The World as Will and Representation
- 1Team Topologies
- 1A Common Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms
A Common Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms
Jay Wengrow
1 here · 5 all-time · #1267 overall
- 1Higher Order Perl
- 1Database Internals
- 1The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
- 1Naming and Necessity
- 1The Best Interface Is No Interface
- 1The Breakdown of Nations
- 1From Bacteria to Bach and Back
- 1Planiverse
- 1An Introduction to Manifolds
- 1Developmental Biology
- 1Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch
Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch
Jeremy Howard and Sylvain Gugger
1 here · 3 all-time · #1979 overall
- 1Web of Life
- 1Intuitive Biostatistics
- 1Introduction to Smooth Manifolds
- 1Generatingfunctionology
- 1The Quest
- 1Understanding Michael Porter
- 1The Jazz Piano Book
- 1Nature of Code
- 1My 60 Memorable Games
- 1Principles of Neural Science
- 1Numerical Recipes