Tales from the IT Crypt (12 books)

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1		Endless Loop: The History of the BASIC Programming Language by Mark Jones Lorenzo (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 75 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		Retro Gaming: A Byte-sized History of Video Games by Mike Diver 3.78 avg rating — 137 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		The Making of Prince of Persia by Jordan Mechner (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 2,010 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		10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 by Nick Montfort 3.84 avg rating — 248 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		Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner 4.30 avg rating — 20,589 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		Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky 4.13 avg rating — 3,383 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		Face with Tears of Joy: A Natural History of Emoji by Keith Houston (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 173 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		Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary by Linus Torvalds 3.96 avg rating — 5,046 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		Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold 4.40 avg rating — 10,841 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		50 Years of Text Games: From Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon by Aaron A. Reed (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 148 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		The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition by Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 24,497 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
12		The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 4.01 avg rating — 15,265 ratings score: 89, 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

12 books · 1 voter · list created August 24th, 2025 by Artem Sapegin (votes) .

Tags: biography, history, it, programming, story

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