Ask HN: What are the best textbooks in your field of expertise? ↗
The books people recommended
2018-09-30 · 850 points · 272 comments · 25 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.
- 3On Food and Cooking
- 2The Design of Everyday Things
- 2Introduction to Algorithms
Introduction to Algorithms
Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
2 here · 18 all-time · #52 overall
- 2Algorithms
- 2Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
- 2Physically Based Rendering
Physically Based Rendering
2 here · 3 all-time · #604 overall
- 1
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman
1 here · 49 all-time · #7 overall
- 1
The C Programming Language
Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
1 here · 24 all-time · #25 overall
- 1Influence
- 1
- 1Creativity Inc.
- 1The Art of Electronics
- 1Trading and Exchanges
- 1Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives
- 1Deep Learning
- 1Accelerate
- 1How to Design Programs
- 1The Elements of Statistical Learning
The Elements of Statistical Learning
Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman
1 here · 5 all-time · #299 overall
- 1Crossing the Chasm
- 1Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment
- 1Introduction to Linear Algebra
- 1Hacking
- 1Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction
Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction
Richard Sutton, Andrew Barto
1 here · 4 all-time · #444 overall
- 1Animator's Survival Kit
- 1Natural Way to Draw