What is the single most influential book every programmer should read? ↗
The books people recommended
2011-12-06 · 193 points · 95 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.
- 3Code Complete
- 2Design Patterns
Design Patterns
Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
2 here · 10 all-time · #131 overall
- 2Refactoring
- 1
- 1
- 1
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman
1 here · 49 all-time · #7 overall
- 1
- 1The Mythical Man-Month
- 1
The C Programming Language
Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
1 here · 24 all-time · #25 overall
- 1The Art of Computer Programming
- 11984
- 1Introduction to Algorithms
Introduction to Algorithms
Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
1 here · 18 all-time · #52 overall
- 1Brave New World
- 1The Pragmatic Programmer
- 1Peopleware
- 1The Elements of Style
- 1Nineteen Eighty-Four
- 1The Innovator's Dilemma
- 1Hackers & Painters
- 1Programming Pearls
- 1A Discipline of Programming
- 1Clean Code
- 1
- 1Capitalism and Freedom
- 1Birth of Tragedy