From the Bottom Up
This list is in the best reading order I could find. It’s not necessarily easiest to
hardest, but based on subject matter.
Programming from the Ground Up by Jonathan Bartlett
Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, and
Ronald L. Rivest
The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth (3 volume set - volume 1
is the most important)
Programming Languages by Samuel N. Kamin
Modern Operating Systems by Andrew Tanenbaum
Linkers and Loaders by John Levine
Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface by
David Patterson and John Hennessy
From the Top Down
These books are arranged from the simplest to the hardest. However, they can be
read in any order you feel comfortable with.
How to Design Programs by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew
Flatt, and Shiram Krishnamurthi, available online at http://www.htdp.org/
Simply Scheme: An Introduction to Computer Science by Brian Harvey and
Matthew Wright
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python by Allen
Downey, Jeff Elkner, and Chris Meyers, available online at
http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson and
Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman, available online at
http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John
Vlissides
What not How: The Rules Approach to Application Development by Chris Date
The Algorithm Design Manual by Steve Skiena
Programming Language Pragmatics by Michael Scott
Essentials of Programming Languages by Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand,
and Christopher T. Haynes
From the Middle Out
Each of these is the best book on its subject. If you need to know these languages,
these will tell you all you need to know.
Programming Perl by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Jon Orwant
Common LISP: The Language by Guy R. Steele
ANSI Common LISP by Paul Graham
The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
235
Chapter 13. Moving On from Here
The Waite Group’s C Primer Plus by Stephen Prata
The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup
Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel, available online at
http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/
The Scheme Programming Language by Kent Dybvig
Linux Assembly Language Programming by Bob Neveln
Specialized Topics
These books are the best books that cover their topic. They are thorough and
authoritative. To get a broad base of knowledge, you should read several outside of
the areas you normally program in.
Practical Programming - Programming Pearls and More Programming Pearls
by Jon Louis Bentley
Databases - Understanding Relational Databases by Fabian Pascal
Project Management - The Mythical Man-Month by Fred P. Brooks
UNIX Programming - The Art of UNIX Programming by Eric S. Raymond,
available online at http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/
UNIX Programming - Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment by W.
Richard Stevens
Network Programming - UNIX Network Programming (2 volumes) by W.
Richard Stevens
Generic Programming - Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu
Compilers - The Art of Compiler Design: Theory and Practice by Thomas
Pittman and James Peters
236
Chapter 13. Moving On from Here
Compilers - Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation by Steven
Muchnick
Development Process - Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by
Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, and Don Roberts
Typesetting - Computers and Typesetting (5 volumes) by Donald Knuth
Cryptography - Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
Linux - Professional Linux Programming by Neil Matthew, Richard Stones, and
14 other people
Linux Kernel - Linux Device Drivers by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet
Open Source Programming - The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux
and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. Raymond
Computer Architecture - Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by
David Patterson and John Hennessy
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