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2017-06-01 · 183 points · 93 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. 8Eloquent JavaScript

    Eloquent JavaScript

    Marijn Haverbeke

    8 here · 11 all-time · #126 overall

  2. 4JavaScript: The Good Parts

    JavaScript: The Good Parts

    Douglas Crockford

    4 here · 6 all-time · #253 overall

  3. 4Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja

    Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja

    John Resig

    4 here · 5 all-time · #332 overall

  4. 2

    Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman

    2 here · 49 all-time · #7 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1

    The Little Schemer

    Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

    1 here · 17 all-time · #54 overall