Programming Books You Wish You Read Earlier (11 books)

There are so many programming books out there, sometimes it’s hard to know what books are best. Programming itself is so broad and there are so many concepts to learn. This book list is a curation of the most valuable books for each major Software category.

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1	Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen 4.35 avg rating — 9,323 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz 3.90 avg rating — 2,200 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Designing Distributed Systems: Patterns and Paradigms for Scalable, Reliable Services by Brendan Burns 3.58 avg rating — 654 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell 4.20 avg rating — 4,452 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction by Ben Shneiderman 3.51 avg rating — 179 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition by Tomas Akenine-Möller 4.52 avg rating — 345 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Essence of Software Engineering by Volker Gruhn (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools by Alfred V. Aho 4.10 avg rating — 3,024 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Database System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz 3.76 avg rating — 559 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Principles of Information Security by Michael E. Whitman 3.49 avg rating — 214 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Artificial Intelligence for Games (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3D Technology) by Ian Millington 4.20 avg rating — 160 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars