My Favorite Computer Science Books (27 books)

My Favorite Computer Science Books

Below are a list of books that I consider important reading materials. I have read all of them and as the list grows I'll also try to give some depth on why I think the books are important. Some of these books aren't necessarily Computer Science or even computer oriented and they are great reads for anyone. I won't even try to present these in any order because trying to rank them would be an exercise in futility.

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1	Windows 11: 2021 Complete New OS User Guide. 33 Best Tips and Tricks to Master your PC by Allan Farington (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.45 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 2,595, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson 4.47 avg rating — 4,804 ratings score: 1,997, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen 4.35 avg rating — 9,179 ratings score: 1,381, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	G枚del, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter 4.29 avg rating — 51,199 ratings score: 1,270, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan 4.44 avg rating — 11,117 ratings score: 1,264, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Scratch 2.0 Programming by Denis Golikov (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.39 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 996, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold 4.40 avg rating — 10,200 ratings score: 992, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Introduction to System Design by Shivam Singh (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.18 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 600, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! by Miran Lipova膷a 4.30 avg rating — 2,364 ratings score: 573, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Head First Design Patterns by Eric Freeman 4.30 avg rating — 8,877 ratings score: 499, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Programming Pearls by Jon L. Bentley 4.20 avg rating — 3,205 ratings score: 490, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms by Donald Ervin Knuth 4.38 avg rating — 1,880 ratings score: 487, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Computer Systems Organization and Architecture by John D. Carpinelli 3.92 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 485, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time! by Conrad Barski 4.16 avg rating — 670 ratings score: 467, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms by Donald Ervin Knuth 4.43 avg rating — 521 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Structured Computer Organization by Andrew S. Tanenbaum 4.03 avg rating — 578 ratings score: 381, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 3: Sorting and Searching by Donald Ervin Knuth 4.42 avg rating — 509 ratings score: 380, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup 4.10 avg rating — 4,006 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicles 0-4 by Donald Ervin Knuth it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 272, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Words made flesh - Code, Culture, Imagination by Florian Cramer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 186, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Simulation of Digital Communication Systems using Matlab by Mathuranathan Viswanathan (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.28 avg rating — 97 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Computer Science Made Simple: Learn how hardware and software work-- and how to make them work for you! by V. Anton Spraul 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Scrumban [R]Evolution: Getting the Most Out of Agile, Scrum, and Lean Kanban by Ajay Reddy 3.70 avg rating — 77 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Essentials of Modern Software Engineering by Ivar Jacobson 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	OOP Concepts Booster : Take Your Coding Skills to the Next Level by Rakesh Singh 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Essential Software Development by AppJungle NET LLC 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Scratch Programming Lab 01: Detailed step by step guide for middle school students. by Denis Golikov (欧宝娱乐 Author) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars