Computer Science Books

Best Introduction to Computer Science & Programming

• Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
  • [Google Books]
• How to think like a computer scientist: Learning with Python
  • [Google Books] [Open Book Project]

Best CS Books

• The C Programming Language (2^nd Edition) (K&R)
  • Abbreviation "K&R" is taken from the initials from the authors: Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie
  • [Google Books] [PDF]
• Introduction to Algorithms (CLRS)
  • Abbreviation "CLRS" is taken from the initials from the authors: Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein
  • [Google Books] [MIT press]
  • CLRS Solutions
    • [sites.math.rutgers.edu] [gzc/CLRS] [walkccc/CLRS] [atekihcan/CLRS]
  • CLRS might be tedious to read, an alternative is Stanford's [CS 97SI: Introduction to Programming Contests]
• Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (CSAPP)
  • [Google Books]
• Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces (OSTEP)
  • Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau
  • [OSTEP]
• Designing Data-Intensive Applications (DDIA)
  • [Oreilly Learning] [Google Books]
• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
  • [Oreilly Learning] [Google Books]

Books for CS Job Interviews

• Cracking the Coding Interview (CTCI)
  • [Website]
  • 6^th Ed. Solutions: [careercup/CtCI-6^th-Edition]
• Elements of Programming Interviews
  • [Amazon]