Ask HN: Best books under 200 pages for developers? ↗

The books people recommended

2020-05-30 · 551 points · 102 comments · 15 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.

5A Philosophy of Software Design
A Philosophy of Software Design
John Ousterhout
5 here · 19 all-time · #46 overall
5The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style
William Strunk Jr.
5 here · 14 all-time · #77 overall
3Grokking Algorithms
Grokking Algorithms
Aditya Y. Bhargava
3 here · 6 all-time · #247 overall
2The Mythical Man-Month
The Mythical Man-Month
Frederick Brooks Jr.
2 here · 26 all-time · #19 overall
2Algorithms
Algorithms
Robert Sedgewick
2 here · 17 all-time · #57 overall
2Programming Pearls
Programming Pearls
Jon Bentley
2 here · 5 all-time · #275 overall
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The Little Schemer
Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen
1 here · 17 all-time · #54 overall
1The Mom Test
The Mom Test
Rob Fitzpatrick
1 here · 16 all-time · #62 overall
1Don't Make Me Think
Don't Make Me Think
Steve Krug
1 here · 12 all-time · #107 overall
1Code Complete
Code Complete
Steve McConnell
1 here · 12 all-time · #108 overall
1A Discipline of Programming
A Discipline of Programming
Edsger Dijkstra
1 here · 5 all-time · #305 overall
1How to Measure Anything
How to Measure Anything
Douglas W. Hubbard
1 here · 4 all-time · #338 overall
1Unwritten Laws of Engineering
Unwritten Laws of Engineering
W. J. King
1 here · 4 all-time · #381 overall
1How to Take Smart Notes
How to Take Smart Notes
Sönke Ahrens
1 here · 3 all-time · #550 overall
1Data & Reality
Data & Reality
Peter Chen
1 here · 3 all-time · #634 overall