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Programming and computing books recommended by engineers
Two working programmers, Dan Luu and Jeff Atwood, supply detailed, opinionated reading lists; founders and futurists add the history of computing and books on AI. Dan Luu's list also includes anti-recommendations, which we deliberately leave out.
71 books · 86 recommendations from 36 people
Where to start
The Mythical Man-Month
Jeff Atwood calls it arguably the only classic in the field.
The Dream Machine
Patrick Collison's green-flagged history of the people behind interactive computing.
Algorithms
Dan Luu says everything about it seems perfect to him.
Every computing & software book in the directory
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4recommendersGödel, Escher, Bach 4 recommendersKevin Kelly, A.J. Jacobs, Nat Eliason, Mark Manson
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4recommendersThe Better Angels of Our Nature 4 recommendersStewart Brand, Bruce Schneier, Mark Manson, Fareed Zakaria
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2recommendersComputer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach 2 recommendersDan Luu, Jensen Huang
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2recommendersHere Comes Everybody 2 recommendersTyler Cowen, Alan Rusbridger
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2recommendersSteve Jobs 2 recommendersCodie Sanchez, Sam Parr
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2recommendersThe Book of Disquiet 2 recommendersPhilip Pullman, Tyler Cowen
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2recommendersThe Coming Wave 2 recommendersBill Gates, Steven Bartlett
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2recommendersThe Glass Bead Game 2 recommendersMarcus du Sautoy, Tyler Cowen
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2recommendersThe Master Switch 2 recommendersDaniel Suarez, Timothy Garton Ash
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2recommendersWhat Technology Wants 2 recommendersStewart Brand, Matt Ridley
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2recommendersWikinomics 2 recommendersTyler Cowen, Alan Rusbridger
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A Disappearing Number Picked by Marcus du Sautoy
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A Mathematician’s Apology Picked by Marcus du Sautoy
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About Face Picked by Jeff Atwood
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Algorithms Picked by Dan Luu
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Are Your Lights On? Picked by David Heinemeier Hansson
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Braintrust Picked by Bruce Schneier
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Brave New Words Picked by Bill Gates
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Code Picked by Aaron Swartz
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Code Complete Picked by Jeff Atwood
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Designing the Obvious Picked by Melanie Perkins
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Designing Web Usability Picked by Jeff Atwood
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Digital Minimalism Picked by Scott H. Young
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Domain-Driven Design Picked by David Heinemeier Hansson
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Don't Make Me Think Picked by Jeff Atwood
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DotCom Secrets Picked by Ali Abdaal
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Everything is Miscellaneous Picked by Tyler Cowen
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Individualism and Economic Order Picked by Tyler Cowen
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Logicomix Picked by Marcus du Sautoy
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Making the Modern World Picked by Bill Gates
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Masters of Doom Picked by Alexis Ohanian
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Metamagical Themas Picked by Patrick Collison
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Mindstorms Picked by Patrick Collison
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Mirror Worlds Picked by Kevin Kelly
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One, Two, Three…Infinity Picked by Marcus du Sautoy
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Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces Picked by Dan Luu
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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming Picked by Patrick Collison
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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture Picked by David Heinemeier Hansson
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Peopleware Picked by Jeff Atwood
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Pereira Maintains Picked by Philip Pullman
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Pragmatic Thinking and Learning Picked by Thomas Frank
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Probability and Computing Picked by Dan Luu
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Programming Pearls Picked by Jeff Atwood
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Rapid Development Picked by Jeff Atwood
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Refactoring Picked by David Heinemeier Hansson
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Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns Picked by David Heinemeier Hansson
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Superintelligence Picked by Will MacAskill
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TechGnosis Picked by Jason Silva
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The Algorithm Design Manual Picked by Dan Luu
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The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Picked by Patrick Collison
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The Dream Machine Picked by Patrick Collison
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The Folly of Fools Picked by Bruce Schneier
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The Information Picked by Maria Popova
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The Inmates Are Running the Asylum Picked by Jeff Atwood
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The Jeeves Omnibus - Vol 1 Picked by Philip Pullman
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The Lifecycle of Software Objects Picked by Naval Ravikant
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The Little Book of Semaphores Picked by Dan Luu
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The Murderer Next Door Picked by Bruce Schneier
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The Mythical Man-Month Picked by Jeff Atwood
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The Pattern on the Stone Picked by Stewart Brand
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The Penguin and the Leviathan Picked by Bruce Schneier
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The Pragmatic Programmer Picked by Jeff Atwood
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The Shallows Picked by Cal Newport
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The Summer Book Picked by Philip Pullman
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The Thinking Machine Picked by Andrew Hill
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Trust Me; I'm Lying Picked by Mark Manson
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Turing's Cathedral Picked by Stewart Brand
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Why Machines Learn Picked by Tyler Cowen
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xv6: A Simple, Unix-like Teaching Operating System Picked by Dan Luu
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You Are Not a Gadget Picked by Cal Newport
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You Look Like a Thing and I Love You Picked by Derek Sivers
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