Y Hacker News Books

Why Are College Textbooks So Absurdly Expensive? ↗

The books people recommended

2013-01-11 · 38 points · 69 comments · 7 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. 2

    Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    Harold Abelson

    2 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
  2. 2

    Calculus

    Spivak

    2 here · 99 all-time · #30 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1

    Introduction to Algorithms

    Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

    1 here · 71 all-time · #47 overall

    Buy on Amazon
  4. 1

    Algorithms

    Robert Sedgewick

    1 here · 49 all-time · #89 overall

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

    Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools

    Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman

    1 here · 25 all-time · #240 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 156 ratings on Amazon
  6. 1Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach

    Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach

    Kurose and Ross

    1 here · 25 all-time · #242 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 660 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1Thinking in C++

    Thinking in C++

    Bruce Eckel

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1729 overall