Book list

Archive of interesting books

A personal list of books¹ that I have used and I don’t want to forget about :)

Linux

• The Linux Programming Interface. Michael Kerrisk

C

• Modern C. Jens Gunstedt
• Effective C. Robert C. Seacord

Compilers

• SSA-based Compiler Design. Fabrice Rastello, Florent Bouchez Tichadou. Springer

Computer Architecture

Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture is generally a good place to start if a computer architecture-related topic interests you.

• [A] Processor Microarchitecture an Implementation Perspective
• [A] A Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence
• [A] Is Parallel Programming Hard, And If So, What Can You Do About It?. Software-oriented but full of examples and discussion. Simply superb.
• [B] Digital Design and Computer Architecture. Harris and Harris

Both advanced books are really good. They are most benefited from when the reader has a solid base, but they can also be used to get it.

I have a pretty negative opinions towards the vast majority of computer architecture books, particularly the introductory ones. In my opinion, Harris & Harris’s book is the best introductory text by far.

Operating Systems

• Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces. Arpaci-Dusseau

VLSI

• VLSI Physical Design: From Graph Partitioning to Timing Closure. Andrew B Kahng
• Handbook of Algorithms for Physical Design Automation. Charles J. Alpert
• CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective. Harris

Physics

• Electricity and Magnetism. P.F. Kelly

Combinatorics

• Combinatorial Optimization. Bernhard Korte, Jens Vygen

Math

• Recorridos por la Teoría de Números. Juan Luis Varona Malumbres
• A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics. Martin Liebeck
• Algebra Lineal y Geometría. Eugenio Hernández.

Dover books

Dover

• Introductory Discrete Mathematics. V. Balakrishnan