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2015-05-28 · 483 points · 98 comments · 5 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. 2Learn Python the Hard Way

    Learn Python the Hard Way

    Zed Shaw

    2 here · 10 all-time · #682 overall

  2. 1

    Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    Harold Abelson

    1 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1Unix: A History and a Memoir

    Unix: A History and a Memoir

    Brian Kernighan

    1 here · 11 all-time · #611 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 789 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

    Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

    Andy Hunt

    1 here · 10 all-time · #626 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 506 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1Dynamics of Software Development

    Dynamics of Software Development

    McCarthy

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1969 overall