Ask HN: Good book to learn modern networking? ↗

The books people recommended

2024-01-08 · 326 points · 131 comments · 9 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.

10Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach
Kurose and Ross
10 here · 25 all-time · #242 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 660 ratings on Amazon
6TCP/IP Illustrated
TCP/IP Illustrated
W. Richard Stevens
6 here · 20 all-time · #320 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 321 ratings on Amazon
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High Performance Browser Networking
Ilya Grigorik
5 here · 22 all-time · #281 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 213 ratings on Amazon
2Computer Networks
Computer Networks
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
2 here · 11 all-time · #570 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 503 ratings on Amazon
2TCPIP Illustrated
TCPIP Illustrated
2 here · 3 all-time · #2499 overall
2The Illustrated Network
The Illustrated Network
Walter Goralski
2 here · 3 all-time · #2500 overall
1Unix Network Programming
Unix Network Programming
W. Richard Stevens
1 here · 9 all-time · #696 overall
1Interconnections
Interconnections
Radia Perlman
1 here · 3 all-time · #2097 overall
1Internetworking with TCP/IP
Internetworking with TCP/IP
Douglas Comer
1 here · 3 all-time · #2184 overall