Books

Here’s a list of progamming books that I personally enjoyed and consider to be the best.

History

• “Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software” by Charles Petzold
• “Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming” by Peter Seibel
• “Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution” by Steven Levy
• “Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary” by Linus Torvalds
• “Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages” by Federico Biancuzzi, Shane Warden
• “Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering” by Frederick Brooks Jr.
• “The Design and Evolution of C++” by Bjarne Stroustrup
• “The Soul of A New Machine” by Tracer Kidder
• “UNIX: A History and a Memoir” by Brian W Kernighan

Computer Science (data structures, algorithms)

• “Algorithms” by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
• “From Mathematics to Generic Programming” by Alexander Stepanov, Daniel Rose
• “Introduction to Algorithms” by Thomas H. Cormen et al.
• “The Algorithm Design Manual” by Steven S. Skiena

Low level, OS etc.

• “Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective” by Randal E. Bryant and David Richard O’Hallaron
• “Modern Operating Systems” by Andrew S Tanenbaum

Linux

• “How Linux Works, 3rd Edition: What Every Superuser Should Know” by Brian Ward
• “The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction” by William E. Shotts Jr.

Tools

• “Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought” by Drew Neil
• “Pro Git” by Scott Chacon and Ben Straub.
• “Professional CMake: A Practical Guide” by Craig Scott

Compilers

• “Compiler Construction: Principles and Practice” by Kenneth C. Louden
• “Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools” by Alfred Aho et al.
• “Crafting Interpreters” by Robert Nystrom.
• “Writing An Interpreter In Go” and “Writing A Compiler In Go” by Thorsten Ball

Architecture, design patterns etc.

• “API Design for C++” by Martin Reddy
• “Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition” by Steve McConnell
• “Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software” by Erich Gamma et al.
• “Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code” by Martin Fowler
• “Working Effectively with Legacy Code” by Michael Feathers

C

• “21st Century C: C Tips from the New School” by Ben Klemens
• “Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets” by Peter van der Linden
• “C Programming Language” by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
• “Practical C Programming: Why Does 2+2 = 5986” by Steve Oualline
• “Effective C: An Introduction to Professional C Programming” by Robert C. Seacord

C++

• “A Tour of C++” by Bjarne Stroustrup
• “C++ Concurrency in Action” by Anthony Williams
• “Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14” by Scott Meyers
• “Modern C++ Programming with Test-Driven Development: Code Better, Sleep Better” by Jeff Langr
• “The C++ Programming Language” by Bjarne Stroustrup
• “The Practice of Programming” by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike

Advanced

• “C++ Templates: The Complete Guide” by David Vandevoorde, Nicolai Josuttis, Douglas Gregor
• “C++17 - The Complete Guide” by Nicolai M. Josuttis
• “Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied” by Debbie Lafferty, Andrei Alexandrescu

Outdated, but worth a read

• “Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs” by Scott Meyers
• “Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Library” by Scott Meyers
• “More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs” by Scott Meyers

Go

• “Let’s Go” and “Let’s Go Further” by Alex Edwards
• “The Go Programming Language” by Alan A. A. Donovan, Brian W. Kernighan

Lua

• “Programming in Lua” by Roberto Ierusalimschy

Game development

• “3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development” by Fletcher Dunn
• “Artificial Intelligence for Games” by Ian Millington and John Funge
• “Foundations of Game Engine Development” series by Eric Lengyel
• “Game Coding Complete, Fourth Edition” by Mike McShaffry, David Graham
• “Game Engine Achitecture” by Jason Gregory
• “Game Engine Gems” series
• “Game Feel” by Steve Swink
• “Game Programming Gems” series
• “Game Programming Patterns” by Robert Nystrom.
• “Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design” by Scott Rogers
• “Programming Game AI by Example” by Mat Buckland
• “Real-Time Collision Detection” by Christer Ericson

Graphics

• “3D Graphics Rendering Cookbook: A comprehensive guide to exploring rendering algorithms in modern OpenGL and Vulkan” by Sergey Kosarevsky, Viktor Latypov
• “Anton’s OpenGL 4 Tutorials” by Anton Gerdelan.
• “GPU Gems” series
• “GPU Pro” series
• “Learn OpenGL: Learn modern OpenGL graphics programming in a step-by-step fashion” by Joey de Vries.
• “Real-Time Rendering” by Tomas Akenine-Moller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman
• “Real-Time Shadows” by Elmar Eisemann et al.

Consoles / platforms / games

• “Game Engine Black Book Doom” by Fabien Sanglard.
• “Game Engine Black Book Wolfenstein” by Fabien Sanglard.
• “Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering” by Andrew Huang
• “I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer / Entertainment System Platform” by Nathan Altice
• “Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System” by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost