Ranking category
The technical books developers cite most
Programming, algorithms, systems and the craft of building software: the technical books that keep coming up in conversations.
28books in the ranking
8cited every year
- 1Structure and Interpretation of Computer ProgramsAbelson and Sussman · technical72620
- 2The C Programming LanguageKernighan and Ritchie · technical43120
- 3The Pragmatic ProgrammerAndy Hunt and Dave Thomas · technical40720
- 4Introduction to AlgorithmsCormen, Leiserson, Rivest and Stein · technical38720
- 5Clean CodeRobert C. Martin · technical36719
- 6Code CompleteSteve McConnell · technical33720
- 7The Art of Computer ProgrammingDonald Knuth · technical28219
- 8The Mythical Man-MonthFred Brooks · technical27820
- 9Designing Data-Intensive ApplicationsMartin Kleppmann · technical22713
- 10Design PatternsGamma, Helm, Johnson and Vlissides · technical20820
- 11CodeCharles Petzold · technical17719
- 12Domain-Driven DesignEric Evans · technical10818
- 13Working Effectively with Legacy CodeMichael Feathers · technical9819
- 14Computer Systems: A Programmer's PerspectiveBryant and O'Hallaron · technical9017
- 15Clean ArchitectureRobert C. Martin · technical6813
- 16Cracking the Coding InterviewGayle Laakmann McDowell · technical6414
- 17Patterns of Enterprise Application ArchitectureMartin Fowler · technical5018
- 18You Don't Know JSKyle Simpson · technical4810
- 19PeoplewareTom DeMarco and Timothy Lister · technical16019
- 20The Little SchemerFriedman and Felleisen · technical14320
- 21The Elements of Computing SystemsNisan and Schocken · technical14218
- 22The Phoenix ProjectGene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford · technical12914
- 23The Algorithm Design ManualSteven Skiena · technical11617
- 24Programming PearlsJon Bentley · technical11018
- 25Grokking AlgorithmsAditya Bhargava · technical5212
- 26The Clean CoderRobert C. Martin · technical4814
- 27Pro GitScott Chacon and Ben Straub · technical4015
- 28Crafting InterpretersRobert Nystrom · technical9010