--- title: Books to Read for Programmers --- ### List of Books ## General *Automate the Boring Stuff With Python* by Al Sweigart - https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ - ISBN-13: 978-1593275990 *Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs* by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, and Julie Sussman - https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ - ISBN-13: 978-0262510875 *Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Crafstmanship* by Robert C. Martin - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882?sa-no-redirect=1) - ISBN-13: 978-0132350884 *CODE: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software* by Charles Petzold - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/0735611319/) - ISBN-13: 978-0735611313 *Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability* by Steve Krug - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability/dp/0321965515/) - ISBN-13: 978-0321965516 *Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)* by Jon Bentley - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Programming-Pearls-2nd-Jon-Bentley/dp/0201657880) - ISBN-13: 978-0201657883 *Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs* - https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ - ISBN-13: 978-0262510875 *The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master* by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master/dp/020161622X?sa-no-redirect=1) - ISBN-13: 978-0201616224 *The Self-Taught Programmer: The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally* by Cory Althoff - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Self-Taught-Programmer-Definitive-Programming-Professionally-ebook/dp/B01M01YDQA?sa-no-redirect=1) - ISBN-13: 978-1520288178 *You Don't Know JS (book series)* by Kyle Simpson - https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS - ISBN-13: 9781491924464 *Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual* - John Sonmez - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Soft-Skills-software-developers-manual/dp/1617292397?pldnSite=1) - ISBN-13: 9781617292392 ## Algorithms *Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)* by Thomas H. Cormen and Charles E. Leiserson - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-3rd-MIT-Press/dp/0262033844/) - ISBN-13: 978-0262033848 *Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions* by Gayle Laakmann McDowell - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Programming-Questions/dp/098478280X) - ISBN-13: 978-0984782802 *Fundamentals of Computer Algorithms* by Ellis Horowitz, Sartaj Sahni and Sanguthevar Rajasekaran - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Computer-Algorithms-Sanguthevar-Rajasekaran/dp/8173716129) - ISBN-13: 978-8173716126 *Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy: Data Structures and Algorithmic Puzzles* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Data-Structures-Algorithms-Made-Easy/dp/819324527X) - ISBN-13: 978-8193245279 *Grokking Algorithms: An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people* by Aditya Bhargava - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Grokking-Algorithms-illustrated-programmers-curious/dp/1617292230/) - ISBN-13: 978-1617292231 *Data Structures And Algorithms Made Easy* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Data-Structures-Algorithms-Made-Easy/dp/819324527X) - ISBN-13: 978-8193245279 *Algorithms Unlocked by Thomas H. Cormen* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Algorithms-Unlocked-Press-Thomas-Cormen/dp/0262518805) - ISBN-13: 978-0262518802 ## BASH *The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction 1st Edition* by William E. Shotts Jr - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/The-Linux-Command-Line-Introduction/dp/1593273894) - ISBN-13: 978-1593273897 *Learning the bash Shell: Unix Shell Programming* by Cameron Newham - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Learning-bash-Shell-Programming-Nutshell/dp/0596009658) - ISBN-13: 978-0596009656 *Mastering Linux Shell Scripting* by Andrew Mallett - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Mastering-Linux-Scripting-Andrew-Mallett/dp/1784396974/) - ISBN-13: 978-1784396978 ## C-lang *A Book on C: Programming in C* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Book-Programming-4th-Al-Kelley/dp/0201183994/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8) - ISBN-13: 978-0201183993 *C Notes for Professionals book* - https://books.goalkicker.com/CBook/ *Head First C: A Brain-Friendly Guide* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Head-First-C-Brain-Friendly-Guide/dp/1449399916) - ISBN-13: 978-1449399917 *The C Programming Language* by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628/) - ISBN-13: 978-0131103628 ## C++ *Thinking in C++* by Bruce Eckel - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Thinking-C-Bruce-Eckel/dp/0139177094) - ISBN-13: 978-0139177095 ## C++ *Thinking in C++* by Bruce Eckel - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Thinking-C-Bruce-Eckel/dp/0139177094) - ISBN-13: 978-0139177095 ## C# *C# 6.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference 6th Edition* by Joseph Albahari (Author), Ben Albahari (Author) - [Amazon Smile](https://www.amazon.com/C-6-0-Nutshell-Definitive-Reference/dp/1491927062) - ISBN-13: 978-1491927069 *Pro C# 7: With .NET and .NET Core Paperback – Nov 21 2017* by Andrew Troelsen (Author), Philip Japikse (Author) - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Pro-NET-Core-Andrew-Troelsen/dp/1484230175) - ISBN-13: 978-1484230176 *Murach's C# 2015* by Joel Murach (Author), Anne Boehm (Author) - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Murachs-C-2015-Anne-Boehm/dp/1890774944) - ISBN-13: 978-1890774943 ## Coding Interview *Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions* - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Programming-Questions/dp/0984782850/) - ISBN-13: 978-0984782857 *Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job, 2nd Edition* - [Wiley](https://www.wiley.com/en-id/Programming+Interviews+Exposed:+Secrets+to+Landing+Your+Next+Job,+2nd+Edition-p-9780470121672) - ISBN: 978-0-470-12167-2 *Dynamic Programming for Coding Interviews: A Bottom-Up approach to problem solving* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.in/Dynamic-Programming-Coding-Interviews-Bottom-Up-ebook/dp/B06XZ61CMP) - ISBN-13: 978-1946556691 ## Computer Networks *Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)* by Kurose and Ross - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Computer-Networking-Top-Down-Approach-7th/dp/0133594149/) - ISBN-13: 978-0133594140 *Computer Networks* by Andrew S. Tanenbaum - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Computer-Networks-Tanenbaum-International-Economy/dp/9332518742/) - ISBN-13: 978-9332518742 ## Database *Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management 12th Edition* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Database-Systems-Design-Implementation-Management/dp/1305627482) *Database Administration Fundamentals: Microsoft Official Academic Course, Prep for Microsoft Exam 98-364 -[Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Exam-98-364-Database-Administration-Fundamentals/dp/0470889160/) - ISBN-13: 978-0470889169 - ISBN-10: 9780470889169 *Oracle® Database Notes for Professionals* - https://books.goalkicker.com/OracleDatabaseBook/ ## DevOps *DevOps Handbook:How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations* by Gene Kim et al - [Amazon Smile](https://www.amazon.com/DevOps-Handbook-World-Class-Reliability-Organizations/dp/1942788002/) - ISBN-13: 978-1942788003 ## Full Stack Development *Pro Mern Stack: Full Stack Web App Development with Mongo, Express, React, and Node* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Pro-MERN-Stack-Development-Express/dp/1484226526) - ISBN-13: 978-1484226520 ## General *Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship* by Robert C. Martin - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882) - ISBN-13: 978-0132350884 *CODE: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software* by Charles Petzold - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/0735611319) - ISBN-13: 978-0735611313 *Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming* by P. Seibel - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Coders-Work-Reflections-Craft-Programming/dp/1430219483) - ISBN-13: 978-1430219484 *Computer Science Distilled: Learn the art of solving computaitonal problems* by Wladston Ferreira Filho - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Computer-Science-Distilled-Computational-Problems/dp/0997316020) - ISBN-13: 978-0-9773160-2-5 *DevOps Handbook:How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations* by Gene Kim et al - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/DevOps-Handbook-World-Class-Reliability-Organizations/dp/1942788002) - ISBN-13: 978-1942788003 *Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability* by Steve Krug - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability/dp/0321965515) - ISBN-13: 978-0321965516 *Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)* by Jon Bentley - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Programming-Pearls-2nd-Jon-Bentley/dp/0201657880) - ISBN-13: 978-0201657883 *Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual* by John Sonmez - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Soft-Skills-software-developers-manual/dp/1617292397) - ISBN-13: 9781617292392 *Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs* by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, and Julie Sussman - https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ - ISBN-13: 978-0262510875 *The Art of Computer Programming* by Donald E. Knuth - [Author Page](https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html) - ISBN-13: 978-0321751041 *The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master* by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master/dp/020161622X) - ISBN-13: 978-0201616224 *The Self-Taught Programmer: The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally* by Cory Althoff - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Self-Taught-Programmer-Definitive-Programming-Professionally-ebook/dp/B01M01YDQA) - ISBN-13: 978-1520288178 ## Information Security *Hacking: Ultimate Hacking Guide: Hacking For Beginners And Tor Browser* - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B075CX7T6G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_-7ESBbZ43CCBM - (ISBN 1976112524). *The Shellcoder's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Shellcoders-Handbook-Discovering-Exploiting-Security/dp/047008023X/) - ISBN-13: 978-0470080238 *Cracking the Code to a Successful Interview: 15 Insider Secrets from a Top-Level Recruiter* by Evan Pellett - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cracking-Code-Successful-Interview-Top-Level/dp/1441700536/) - ISBN-13: 978-1441700537 ## Java *Head First Java* by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Head-First-Java-Kathy-Sierra/dp/0596009208) - ISBN-13: 978-0596009205 *Effective Java* by Joshua Bloch - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Effective-Java-3rd-Joshua-Bloch/dp/0134685997) - ISBN-13: 978-0134685991 *Introduction to Java Programming and Data Structures* by Y. Daniel Liang - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Introduction-Programming-Structures-Comprehensive-Version/dp/0134670949) *Core Java Volume I--Fundamentals* by Cay S. Horstmann and Gary Cornell - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Core-Java-I-Fundamentals-Cay-Horstmann/dp/0137081898/) - ISBN-13: 978-0137081899 ## JavaScript *You Don't Know JS (book series)* - https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS - ISBN-13: 9781491924464 *Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming* by Marijn Haverbeke - [Read it online here](https://eloquentjavascript.net) - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1593275846) -ISBN-13: 978-1593275846 *JavaScript: The Good Parts* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742) - ISBN-13: 978-0596517748 *JavaScript and JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/JavaScript-JQuery-Interactive-Front-End-Development/dp/1118531647/?pldnSite=1) - ISBN-13: 978-1118531648 ## Node.js *Beginning Node.js* -[Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Node-js-Basarat-Syed-ebook/dp/B01JFUD1X8/) - ISBN-13: 978-1484201886 *JavaScript and JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development* by Jon Duckett - [Amazon] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/JavaScript-JQuery-Interactive-Front-End-Development/dp/1118531647/) - ISBN-13: 978-1118531648 ## Python *Automate the Boring Stuff With Python* by Al Sweigart - https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ - ISBN-13: 978-1593275990 *Core Python Applications Programming (3rd Edition) by Wesley J Chun* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Core-Python-Applications-Programming-3rd/dp/0132678209) - ISBN-13: 978-0132678209 *Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Python-Crash-Course-Hands-Project-Based/dp/1593276036) - ISBN-13: 978-1593276034 *Python Tricks: A Buffet of Awesome Python Features* by Dan Bader - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Python-Tricks-Buffet-Awesome-Features-ebook/dp/B0785Q7GSY) - ISBN-13: 978-1775093305 *Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Think-Python-Like-Computer-Scientist/dp/1491939362) - ISBN-13: 978-1491939369 *Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Violent-Python-Cookbook-Penetration-Engineers/dp) - ISBN-13: 978-1597499576 ## Go *Introducing Go: Build Reliable, Scalable Programs* by Caleb Doxsey - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Introducing-Go-Reliable-Scalable-Programs/dp/1491941952) - ISBN-13: 978-1491941959 *Go in Practice: Includes 70 Techniques 1st Edition* by Matt Butcher, Matt Farina - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Go-Practice-Techniques-Matt-Butcher/dp/1633430073) - ISBN-13: 978-1633430075 ## Soft Skills *Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Soft-Skills-software-developers-manual/dp/1617292397?pldnSite=1) - ISBN-13: 9781617292392 *How to Win Friends & Influence People* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/dp/product/0671027034/) - ISBN-13: 978-0671027032 ## Other *Blue Team Field Manual (BTFM) - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Blue-Team-Field-Manual-BTFM-ebook/dp/B077WF4WYV) - ISBN: 154101636X *Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (Developer Best Practices) * - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/0735611319) - ISBN-13: 978-0735611313 *Competitive Programming 3: The New Lower Bound of Programming Contests* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Competitive-Programming-3rd-Steven-Halim/dp/B00FG8MNN8) - ISBN-13: 978-5800083125 *Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)* by Kurose and Ross - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Computer-Networking-Top-Down-Approach-7th/dp/0133594149) - ISBN-13: 978-0133594140 *Data Structures And Algorithms Made Easy* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Data-Structures-Algorithms-Made-Easy/dp/819324527X) - ISBN-13: 978-8193245279 *Deep Learning* by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville - [Amazon](https://smile.amazon.com/Deep-Learning-Adaptive-Computation-Machine/dp/0262035618) - ISBN: 978-0262035613 *Dynamic Programming for Coding Interviews: A Bottom-Up approach to problem solving* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Dynamic-Programming-Coding-Interviews-Bottom-Up-ebook/dp/B06XZ61CMP) - ISBN-13: 978-1946556691 *Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Facts-Fallacies-Software-Engineering-Robert/dp/0321117425/) - ISBN-13: 978-0321117427 *GATE 2019 Computer Science and Information Technology* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/GATE-Computer-Science-Information-Technology/dp/194658178X) - ISBN-13: 978-1946581785 *Hacking: Ultimate Hacking Guide: Hacking For Beginners And Tor Browser* - [Amazon Smile](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075CX7T6G) - ISBN: 1976112524 *Operating System Concepts* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Operating-System-Concepts-Abraham-Silberschatz/dp/1118063333) - ISBN-13: 978-1118063330 *Mastering Linux Shell Scripting* by Andrew Mallett - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Mastering-Linux-Scripting-Andrew-Mallett/dp/1784396974/) - ISBN-13: 978-1784396978 *Pro PHP Programming* by Peter MacIntyre - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Pro-PHP-Programming-Peter-MacIntyre-ebook/dp/B005PZ09AG) - ISBN-13: 978-1430235606 *Rtfm: Red Team Field Manual - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Rtfm-Red-Team-Field-Manual/dp/1494295504) - ISBN-13: 978-1494295509 *The Innovator's Delimma* - [Amazon] (https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Technologies-Management-Innovation-ebook/dp/B00E257S86_ - ASIN: B00E257S86 *The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering* - [Amazon Smile](https://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959) - ISBN-13: 978-0201835953 *Computer Science Distilled: Learn the art of solving computaitonal problems* by Wladston Ferreira Filho - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Computer-Science-Distilled-Computational-Problems/dp/0997316020) - ISBN-13: 978-0-9773160-2-5 *Algorithms Unlocked* by Thomas H. Cormen - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Algorithms-Unlocked-Press-Thomas-Cormen/dp/0262518805) - ISBN-13: 978-0262518802 *The Innovator's Delimma* - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Technologies-Management-Innovation-ebook/dp/B00E257S86) - ASIN: B00E257S86 ## Ruby *Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby* - [Amazon Smile](https://smile.amazon.com/Practical-Object-Oriented-Design-Ruby-Addison-Wesley/dp/0321721330) - ISBN-13: 978-0321721334 ## Visual Basic *Beginning Visual Basic: A Step by Step Computer Programming Tutorial by Philip Conrod* - ISBN-13: 978-1-937161-75-0 ## Web Development *The Art of Computer Programming* by Donald E. Knuth - https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html - ISBN-13: 978-0321751041 *HTML & CSS Design and Build Websites* by Jon Duckett - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.uk/HTML-CSS-Design-Build-Websites/dp/1118008189) - ISBN-13: 978-1118008188 ## Design Patterns *Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software* by Erich Gamma (Author), Richard Helm (Author), Ralph Johnson (Author), John Vlissides (Author), Grady Booch (Foreword) - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented/dp/0201633612/) - ISBN: 978-0201633610 *Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide* by Eric Freeman (Author), Bert Bates (Author), Kathy Sierra (Author), Elisabeth Robson (Author) - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Head-First-Design-Patterns-Brain-Friendly/dp/0596007124) - ISBN: 978-0596007126 This list was compiled from multiple suggestion threads on Reddit and Stackoverflow. Please feel free to add more that you have found useful!