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13 Best Ruby Books of All Time

Our goal: Find the best Ruby books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

Our process:

  1. Search for "best ruby books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 😊

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1

Head First Ruby

A Brain-Friendly Guide

by Jay McGavren

2

The Ruby Programming Language

Everything You Need to Know

by David Flanagan

3

The Well-Grounded Rubyist

by David A. Black

4

Ruby on Rails Tutorial

Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series

by Michael Hartl

5

Beginning Ruby

From Novice to Professional

by Peter Cooper

6

Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby

An Agile Primer

by Sandi Metz

7

Ruby Cookbook

Recipes for Object-Oriented Scripting

by Lucas Carlson

8

Ruby Pocket Reference

Instant Help for Ruby Programmers

by Michael Fitzgerald

9

Intro To Ruby Programming

Beginners Guide Series

by John Elder

10

Learn Ruby in 24 Hours or Less

A Beginner’s Guide To Learning Ruby Programming Now

by Robert Dwight

11

Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0

The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide

by Dave Thomas

12

Ruby For Beginners

Your Guide To Easily Learn Ruby Programming in 7 days

by iCode Academy

13

The Rails 5 Way

by Obie Fernandez

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