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Assorted Computing and Computer Science books

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The X books

Here are some of the more-or-less famous computing books known by their characteristic cover art.

2019 - Silberschatz et al. - Operating System Concepts - The dinosaur book
2017 - Hennessy & Patterson - Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach - The column book
2013 - Aho - Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools - The dragon book, except the dragon is apparently invisible nowadays
2003 - Sethi & Ravi - Programming Languages: Concepts and Constructs - The teddy bear book
1996 - Abelson & Sussman - Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - The wizard book

1992 - Aho & Ullman - Foundations of Computer Science [http] - The turtle book

1990 - Ullman - Principles of Database and Knowledge-base Systems - The baseball player book

More Theoretical and Abstract Computer Science

2015 - Gallier - Logic for Computer Science
2012 - Sipser - Introduction to the Theory of Computation
2011 - Moore - The Nature of Computation
2000 - Feynman - Feynman Lectures on Computation
1998 - Hailperin et al. - Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science using Scheme
1994 - Davis et al - Comutability, Complexity, and Languages
1983 - Davis - Computability and Unsolvability

Algorithms

2020 - Skiena - The Algorithm Design Manual
2009 - Cormen et al. - Introduction to Algorithms

Languages, automatons, dragons, and such

2021 - Nystrom - Crafting Interpreters
2013 - Hopcroft - Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation

Coding, Software, and Such

2021 - Hanson & Sussman - Software Design for Flexibility
2021 - Riccomini & Ryaboy - The Missing Readme
2019 - Thomas - The Pragmatic Programmer
2019 - Fowler - Refactoring
2018 - Felleisen et al. - How to Design Programs
2017 - Kleppmann - Designing Data-Intensive Applications
2014 - Stroustrup - Programming
2011 - Knuth - The Art of Computer Programming
1999 - Levine - Linkers and Loaders
1995 - Brooks - The Mythical Man-Month
1995 - Gamma et al - Design Patterns - The GoF

Github repo with lots of free programming reading

DevOps

2022 - Smith - Devops For The Desperate
2021 - Kim et al. - The DevOps Handbook
2014 - Chacon & Straub - Pro Git

Linux/Unix

2013 - Stevens & Rago - Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment
2013 - Love - Linux System Programming
2010 - Kerrisk - The Linux Programming Interface

Languages

Assembly

2021 - Hyde - The Art of [64-bit] Assembly

2020 - Seacord - Effective C
2014 - 21st Century C
1988 - Kernighan & Ritchie - The C Programming Language

C++

2019 - Lospinso - C++ Crash Course
2013 - Stroustrup - The C++ Programming Language

Python

2015/2022 - Ramalho - Fluent Python

R (close enough)

2016 - Davies - The Book of R

Ruby

2020 - why the lucky stiff - Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby - A less serious list entry
2013 - Thomas et al. - Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0

Networking

2018 - Kurose & Ross - Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach
2018 - Meyers - CompTIA Network+ Certification - McGraw-Hill
2011 - Fall & Stevens - TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols

2005 - Kozierok - The TCP/IP Guide [http]

1999 - Perlman - Interconnections

Cloud Computing

2018 - Geewax - Google Cloud Platform [GCP] in Action
2018 - Wittig - Amazon Web Services [AWS] in Action
2014 - Limoncellli - The Practice of Cloud System Administration
2013 - Erl et al. - Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology & Architecture
2011 - Buyya et al. - Cloud Computing: Principles and Paradigms

There are enough similarities between major platforms that starting with one of the big three is probably not a bad strategy to not get overwhelmed.

Misc. Cloud Computing

2021 - Millard - Cloud Computing Law

Operating Systems

2014 - Tanenbaum - Modern Operating Systems

2nd edition online [https]

2013 - Arpaci-Dusseau & Arpaci-Dusseau - Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces [https]

Administration

2017 - Nemeth et al. - UNIX and Linux System Administration
2017 - Limoncelli - The Practice of System and Network Administration

Learn You Some Linux/Unix

2021 - Blum & Bresnahan - Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible - Friendly introduction to working with terminals.
2019 - Shotts - The Linux Command Line
2009 - Siever et al. - Linux in a Nutshell
2006 - Dalheimer & Welsh - Running Linux
2005 - Robbins & Beebe - Classic Shell Scripting
2005 - Newham - Learning the Bash Shell

More specific tools

2012 - Fitzgerald - Introducing Regular Expressions
2009 - Bambenek & Klus - Grep Pocket Reference
2002 - Peek et al. - UNIX Power Tools

Regex

2012 - Fitzgerald - Introducing Regular Expressions
2006 - Mastering regular expressions

Sed/awk

2015 - Robbins - Effective AWK Programming
1997 - Dougherty & Robbins - SED & AWK

Vi/Vim

2015 - Neil - Practical Vim
2007 - Robbins et al - Learning vi and vim Editors

Dissecting the Penguin

2021 - Ward - How Linux Works - For the nitty gritty internals
2010 - Love - Linux Kernel Development
2005 - Corbet et al - Linux Device Drivers
2005 - Bovet & Cesati - Understanding the Linux Kernel

Through the Window Glass

2021 - Lee - PowerShell 7 for IT Professionals
2017 - Yosifovich - Windows Internals, part 1
2015 - Hart - Windows System Programming