Tech Books

A curated collection of essential technical books for developers. From fundamentals to advanced topics, these books will help you grow your skills and understanding.

Beginner Intermediate Advanced All Levels

Programming Fundamentals

Clean Code

Intermediate

by Robert C. Martin

A handbook of agile software craftsmanship

The Pragmatic Programmer

All Levels

by Andrew Hunt, David Thomas

Your journey to mastery

Code Complete

Intermediate

by Steve McConnell

A practical handbook of software construction

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Advanced

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

Classic computer science text

Software Design

Design Patterns

Intermediate

by Gang of Four

Elements of reusable object-oriented software

Domain-Driven Design

Advanced

by Eric Evans

Tackling complexity in the heart of software

Refactoring

Intermediate

by Martin Fowler

Improving the design of existing code

A Philosophy of Software Design

All Levels

by John Ousterhout

How to decompose complex systems

Algorithms & Data Structures

Introduction to Algorithms

Intermediate

by Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein

Comprehensive algorithms textbook

The Algorithm Design Manual

Intermediate

by Steven Skiena

Practical guide to algorithm design

Grokking Algorithms

Beginner

by Aditya Bhargava

Illustrated guide for programmers

Algorithms

Intermediate

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

Fourth edition with Java implementations

Systems & Architecture

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Advanced

by Martin Kleppmann

The big ideas behind reliable, scalable systems

System Design Interview

Intermediate

by Alex Xu

Insider's guide to system design

Building Microservices

Intermediate

by Sam Newman

Designing fine-grained systems

Site Reliability Engineering

Advanced

by Google

How Google runs production systems

Specific Languages

Eloquent JavaScript

Beginner

by Marijn Haverbeke

Modern introduction to programming

The Rust Programming Language

Beginner

by Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols

Official Rust book

Fluent Python

Intermediate

by Luciano Ramalho

Clear, concise, effective programming

Effective Java

Intermediate

by Joshua Bloch

Best practices for Java

You Don't Know JS

Intermediate

by Kyle Simpson

Book series on JavaScript

DevOps & Infrastructure

The Phoenix Project

All Levels

by Gene Kim

Novel about IT, DevOps, and helping your business win

Continuous Delivery

Intermediate

by Jez Humble, David Farley

Reliable software releases through automation

The DevOps Handbook

Intermediate

by Gene Kim et al.

How to create world-class agility

Docker Deep Dive

Beginner

by Nigel Poulton

Zero to Docker in a single book

Web Development

HTML and CSS

Beginner

by Jon Duckett

Design and build websites

JavaScript: The Good Parts

Intermediate

by Douglas Crockford

The best features of JavaScript

Learning React

Beginner

by Alex Banks, Eve Porcello

Modern patterns for developing applications

Web Performance in Action

Intermediate

by Jeremy Wagner

Building faster web pages

Career & Soft Skills

The Mythical Man-Month

All Levels

by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

Essays on software engineering

Soft Skills

All Levels

by John Sonmez

The software developer's life manual

The Manager's Path

Intermediate

by Camille Fournier

A guide for tech leaders

Cracking the Coding Interview

Intermediate

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Programming interview preparation

Security

The Web Application Hacker's Handbook

Advanced

by Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto

Finding and exploiting security flaws

Practical Cryptography

Advanced

by Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier

Cryptography for developers

Security Engineering

Advanced

by Ross Anderson

A guide to building dependable distributed systems

Computer Science Classics

The Art of Computer Programming

Advanced

by Donald Knuth

Comprehensive computer science series

Introduction to the Theory of Computation

Advanced

by Michael Sipser

Formal languages and complexity theory

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

Intermediate

by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron

How computer systems execute programs

Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces

Intermediate

by Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau

Introduction to operating systems

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