More Programming Books Recommended By Readers

Due the overwhelming success of one of my previous posts: 6 Books Every Programmer Should Own, I wanted to compile a list of books suggested by readers.

These books are programming-language neutral and are an effective tool to writing succinct code.

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

Robert C. Martin

This book covers the best practices, case studies and first hand experiences with creating “clean” code.

Recommended by: Squirrel Hacker, Noroctal Labs and kodeninja

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, and Don Roberts

This book covers the best practices in modifying existing code.

Recommended by: kodeninja

How To Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing

Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, and Shriram Krishnamurthi

This book is geared to the beginning programmer and focuses on the design and creation of programs.

Recommended by: Dave

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman

Picking up where How To Design Programs left off, this book explores ways to look at code from an object-oriented point of view.

Recommended by: Dave

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