Free-To-Read Books and Guides

Programming/CS/Software Development

• Python

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python - Kenneth Reitz, Tanya Schlusser. (GitHub: realpython/python-guide)
  • Dive Into Python 3 by Mark Pilgrim.
  • Automate the Boring Stuff with Python - Al Swigart.
  • Python Data Science Handbook - Jake VanderPlas. (GitHub: - jakevdp/PythonDataScienceHandbook)

• JavaScript

  • getify/You-Dont-Know-JS - Kyle Simpson.
  • Eloquent JavaScript - Marijn Haverbeke. (GitHub)

• Haskell

  • Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! - Miran Lipovaca.

• C++

  • Competitive Programmer's Handbook - Antti Laaksonen.

• Deep Learning/ML

  • Neural networks and deep learning - Michael Nelson.
  • Deep Learning - Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville.
  • Dive into Deep Learning - Aston Zhang, Zack C. Lipton, Mu Li, Alex J. Smola. (GitHub)
  • Machine Learning from Scratch (GitHub)

• Cryptography

  • A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography - By Dan Boneh, Victor Shoup.

• Git

  • Pro Git - Scott Chacon, Ben Straub (GitHub)

• Mathematics for CS

  • MIT 6.042J Mathematics for CS

• Linux

  • Linux Inside - 0xAX.
  • The Debian Administrator's Handbook - Raphaël Hertzog and Roland Mas.
  • Debian Reference - Debian Project.

• Vim

  • Learn Vimscript the Hard Way - Steve Losh.

• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) - Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman. (reformatted(GitHub))

• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, JavaScript Adaptation

• The Art of Unix Programming - Eric S. Raymond. (reformatted)

• Bash Guide for Beginners - Machtelt Garrels.

• Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide - Mendel Cooper.

• The Cathedral and the Bazaar - Eric S. Raymond.

• The Jargon File - Eric S. Raymond and contributors.

• Let's Build a Compiler - Jack Crenshaw.

• Game Programming Patterns - Bob Nystrom.

• Crafting Interpreters - Bob Nystrom.

• Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces - Remzi H. and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau.

• Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science - Boaz Barak.

• Tech Interview Handbook - Tangshun Tay.

• How to Make a Computer Operating System - Sammy Pesse.

• Adopting Erlang - Tristan Sloughter, Fred Hebert, Evan Vigil-McClanahan.

• The Erlang Runtime System (GitHub)

• Essential Image Optimization - Addy Osmani. (GitHub: GoogleChrome/essential-image-optimization)

• Site Reliability Engineering - Google.

• Building Secure and Reliable Systems - Google.

• The Architecture of Open Source Applications - authors of four dozen open source applications.

• Enterprise Open Source: A Practical Introduction - The Linux Foundation.

• An Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language - Stephen Wolfram.

• A Primer on Bézier Curves (GitHub)

• Readings in Database Systems

• The Book of Shaders (GitHub)

• Elements of Statistical Learning: data mining, inference, and prediction

Mathematics

• Calculus Made Easy - Silvanus Thompson. (reformatted(GitHub))
• Immersive Linear Algebra - J. Ström, K. Åström, T. Akenine-Möller.
• Mathematics All-in-One Cheat Sheet - Alex Spartalis.

Philosophy

• Meditations - Marcus Aurelius.
• The Genealogy of Morals - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche.
• The Critique of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant.
• The Critique of Practical Reason - Immanuel Kant.
• Critique of Judgement - Immanuel Kant.

Novels

• Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad.

General Knowledge

• Encyclopedia Britannica

Guides

• How to do a code review - Google.
• GitLab's Guide to All-Remote - GitLab.
• Technical Writing Courses - Google.
• Beej's Guide to Network Programming - Brian Hall.
• Linux Kernel Teaching - collection of lectures and Linux kernel topics.

See Also:

• ./ebooks-and-research-papers.md
• MIT OpenCourseWare Index of Online Textbooks
• Colin Stebbins Gordon