Best JavaScript Books
TopicBest JavaScript books recommended by developers. From fundamentals to advanced patterns, curated from real developer articles.
Rankings
Role
Level
Intent
1—
JavaScript: The Good Parts
Douglas Crockford
716 in 90d
javascriptfrontend
90.3
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2↓5
You don't know JS: Async & Performance
Kyle Simpson
140 in 90d
javascriptfrontend
31
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3—
Eloquent JavaScript
Marijn Haverbeke
133 in 90d
javascriptfrontend
28.9
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4↑88
Autonomous Agents. Building Multi-Agent Systems and Workflows with LangGraph.js
Leo Hartmann
2020 in 90d
llmjavascriptai-ml
28
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5↓6
JavaScript and JQuery
Jon Duckett
110 in 90d
javascriptfrontend
25.5
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6↓9
JavaScript Patterns: The Good Parts
Stoyan Stefanov
90 in 90d
javascriptsoftware-architecturefrontend
18.5
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7↓6
Functional Programming: Higher Order Functions
Rehan Sattar
70 in 90d
javascriptcomputer-sciencebackend
17.5
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8—
Head First Javascript Programming
Eric T. Freeman, Elisabeth Robson
70 in 90d
javascriptfrontend
15.5
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9↓7
Programming TypeScript
Boris Cherny
70 in 90d
typescriptjavascriptfrontend
15.5
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10↓7
Effective JavaScript
David Herman
70 in 90d
javascriptcode-qualityfrontend
15.5
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11—
Professional JavaScript for Web Developers
Matt Frisbie
60 in 90d
javascriptfrontend
15
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12↓6
Functional-Light JavaScript
Kyle Simpson
60 in 90d
javascriptcode-qualityfrontend
15
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13↓6
The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript
Nicholas C. Zakas
50 in 90d
javascriptsoftware-architecturefrontend
12.5
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14↑43
Refactoring UI
Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger
53 in 90d
javascriptcode-qualityfrontend
10.9
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15—
High Performance Browser Networking
Ilya Grigorik
40 in 90d
networkingjavascriptfrontend
10
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16—
Programming Javascript Applications
Eric Elliott
40 in 90d
javascriptnodejsfrontend
10
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17↓9
Node Cookbook
David Mark Clements
40 in 90d
nodejsjavascriptbackend
10
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18↓6
You Don't Know JS Yet
Kyle Simpson
50 in 90d
javascriptfrontend
8.5
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19↓16
A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript
Mark Myers
40 in 90d
javascriptfrontend
8
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20—
If Hemingway Wrote Javascript
Angus Croll
30 in 90d
javascriptfrontend
7.5
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