Beginner
levelBest programming books for beginners recommended by developers. Start your coding journey with developer-recommended books.
Books
259
Total mentions
1,511
Avg 90d mentions
0
Rankings
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The Phoenix Project
Gene Kim
612 in 90d
software-architecturedevops
136.1
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Deep Work
Cal Newport
7549 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
130.7
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Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide
Eric Freeman
762 in 90d
software-architecturejavabackend
129.6
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Grokking Algorithms
Aditya Bhargava
433 in 90d
computer-sciencebackend
99.9
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Atomic Habits
James Clear
390 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
91.5
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Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual
John Sonmez
300 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
71
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Don't Make Me Think
Steve Krug
250 in 90d
software-architecturefrontend
62.5
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
250 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
54.5
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
181 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
43.8
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
170 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
42.5
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The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
180 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
41
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The Go Programming Language
Alan Donovan and Brian Kernighan
141 in 90d
gobackend
35.8
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Kubernetes: Up and Running
Kelsey Hightower, Brendan Burns, Joe Beda
152 in 90d
kubernetesdevops
35.1
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Start with Why
Simon Sinek
140 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
35
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Learn Python the Hard Way
Zed Shaw
131 in 90d
pythonbackend
31.3
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Python Crash Course
Eric Matthes
130 in 90d
pythonbackend
30.5
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The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
120 in 90d
liberal-artsfrontend
30
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Zero to One
Pay
130 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
28.5
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So Good They Can't Ignore You
Cal Newport
120 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
28
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Getting Things Done
David Allen
120 in 90d
career-and-growthbackend
26
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