Computer Programming


The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
The C Programming Language
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
Introduction to Algorithms
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms
Penguin Random House Python Crash Course
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
Effective Java
JavaScript: The Good Parts
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners
Time Management PRIVATE WORKSHOP Designed as a Book I Bit by ... by N. SakrSwipe to Unlock by Parth DetrojaShape Up by Ryan SingerChaos Monkeys by Antonio García MartínezWorking Backwards by Colin Bryar
Product books by product people
10 books — 2 voters
The Art of Startup Fundraising by Alejandro CremadesUnlocking the Clubhouse by Jane MargolisGood to Great by Jim CollinsThe Second Shift by Arlie Russell HochschildStuck in the Shallow End by Jane Margolis
Girl Develop It Recommended Reads
12 books — 19 voters

The C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanThe UNIX Programming Environment by Brian W. KernighanStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold AbelsonIntroduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. CormenClean Code by Robert C. Martin
The Ascended Programmer
16 books — 1 voter
Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterChaos by James GleickThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Information by James Gleick
Complexity
161 books — 164 voters

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold AbelsonCode Complete by Steve McConnellIntroduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. CormenDesign Patterns by Erich GammaHacker's Delight by Henry S. Warren Jr.
Best programming books
60 books — 39 voters

The most depressing thing about life as a programmer, I think, is if you’re faced with a chunk of code that either someone else wrote or, worse still, you wrote yourself but you no longer dare to modify. That’s depressing.
Petey Jones

Gabrielle Zevin
How do you get into making video games anyway? Sadie hated answering this question, especially after a person told her he hadn't heard of Ichigo. "Well, I learned to program computers in middle school, I got an 800 on my math SAT, won a Westinghouse and a Leipzig, and then I went to MIT, which, by the way, is highly competitive, even for a lowly female like myself, and studied computer science. At MIT, I learned four or five more programming languages and studied psychology with an emphasis on l ...more
Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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