Programming Books

The Best Culture and History Books

1. 

   3 Rankings

   Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

   by Paul Graham
2. 

   2 Rankings

   Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

   by Linus Torvalds, David Diamond
3. 

   1 Ranking

   Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

   by Steven Levy
4. 

   1 Ranking

   The Unix Philosophy

   by Mike Gancarz
5. 

   1 Ranking

   Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution

   by Brian Behlendorf, Scott Bradner, Jim Hamerly, Kirk McKusick, Tim O'Reilly, Tom Paquin, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Paul Vixie, Larry Wall, Bob Young
6. 

   1 Ranking

   The Soul of a New Machine

   by Tracy Kidder
7. 

   1 Ranking

   Death March

   by Edward Yourdon
8. 

   1 Ranking

   Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

   by Richard M. Stallman, Lawrence Lessig
9. 

   1 Ranking

   The Art of UNIX Programming

   by Eric S. Raymond
10. 

    1 Ranking

    Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

    by Steven Levy