<story><title>Humble Book Bundle: The Joy of Coding</title><url>https://www.humblebundle.com/books/joy-of-coding-book-bundle</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>qwertyuiop924</author><text>Having read several of these, I know they&amp;#x27;re good.&lt;p&gt;LYAH and LYSE are both VERY good. Like, really, really good. They are free, but if they weren&amp;#x27;t, they&amp;#x27;d make this bundle worth it on their own.&lt;p&gt;Likewise, The Land of Lisp and The Realm of Racket are great if you want to &lt;i&gt;think&lt;/i&gt; like a Lisper&amp;#x2F;Schemer. TLOL, however, is a better book, covering (I think) more stuff. TROR also suffers a library dependance, but I don&amp;#x27;t especially LIKE Racket, so take this with a grain of salt.&lt;p&gt;If Hemmingway Wrote Javascript is an excellent exploration. You&amp;#x27;ll see a variety of code, some good, some bad, some smart, some dumb, and all of it mind-expanding and entertaining. It demonstrates Javascript&amp;#x27;s remarkable flexability, and argues that there is no one way to write good JS: you should use the right tool for the job. It doesn&amp;#x27;t substantiate this well, but it&amp;#x27;s fun all the same.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve heard good things about EQJS, and Write Good Code looks interesting, but I haven&amp;#x27;t read any of them, so I cannot pass judgement.&lt;p&gt;But honestly, most of NoStarch&amp;#x27;s stuff is pretty good. Not as consistently good as O&amp;#x27;Reilley, but their best stuff is better than O&amp;#x27;Reilley, although not as good as MITPress.&lt;p&gt;Seriously, if you&amp;#x27;re ever in Camebridge, visit the MITPress bookstore. It&amp;#x27;s full of good books, Has excellent staff, and sells off slightly damaged books at discounts that aren&amp;#x27;t even funny. And even without the discount, it&amp;#x27;s much cheaper than buying their stuff online.&lt;p&gt;&amp;#x2F;shameless-plug</text></comment>
<story><title>Humble Book Bundle: The Joy of Coding</title><url>https://www.humblebundle.com/books/joy-of-coding-book-bundle</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>yojex</author><text>I would gladly pay for a higher tier (at least $50) that ships you physical copies of these books.</text></comment>