The books people recommended

2013-01-02 · 166 points · 45 comments · 11 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.

2Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
Martin Fowler
2 here · 15 all-time · #417 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 890 ratings on Amazon
1
The Art of Computer Programming
Donald Knuth
1 here · 127 all-time · #14 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 203 ratings on Amazon
1
Code Complete
Steve McConnell
1 here · 108 all-time · #22 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,353 ratings on Amazon
1
The Pragmatic Programmer
Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
1 here · 102 all-time · #26 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 3,644 ratings on Amazon
1
Peopleware
Tom DeMarco
1 here · 62 all-time · #59 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,189 ratings on Amazon
1
The Algorithm Design Manual
Steven S. Skiena
1 here · 43 all-time · #111 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 597 ratings on Amazon
1Modern C++ Design
Modern C++ Design
Andrei Alexandrescu
1 here · 7 all-time · #937 overall
1Cryptography Engineering
Cryptography Engineering
Niels Ferguson and Bruce Schneier
1 here · 6 all-time · #1218 overall
1Applied Cryptography
Applied Cryptography
Schneier
1 here · 5 all-time · #1477 overall
1Think Bayes
Think Bayes
Allen B. Downey
1 here · 4 all-time · #1602 overall
1Interconnections
Interconnections
Radia Perlman
1 here · 3 all-time · #2097 overall