12 Best Programming Books

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"Instead of worrying about code, the authors boiled down all the practical approaches that they've found to work in the real world into this one book." - Jeff Atwood

Part of "Jeff's Reading List."

"Larry [Ellison] had given this book to every software executive whom he met within the company." - Marc Benioff

"Had a huge impact on me." - Marc Benioff

"An early look and experience with timeless truths (and gotchas) from systems building with teams" - Alan Kay

"Arguably the only classic book in our field. If you haven't read it, shame on you." - Jeff Atwood

"The very act of reading this book already sets you apart from probably ninety percent of your fellow developers. In a good way." - Jeff Atwood

"In the aggregate [with other programming books] hugely shaped me." - Patrick Collison

"This is one of the great classics of computer science. I bought my first copy 15 years ago, and I still don't feel I have learned everything the book has to teach." - Paul Graham

"Easier to read [than "The Art of Computer Programming"] end-to-end quickly." - Max Levchin

"The collective wisdom of many journeyman coders distilled into succinct, digestible columns." - Jeff Atwood