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Eloquent JavaScript
✏️ Marijn Haverbeke
📊 Beginner
📔 472 pages
You Don't Know JS
✏️ Kyle Simpson
📊 Intermediate
📔 1000+ pages
JavaScript: The Good Parts
✏️ Douglas Crockford
📊 Intermediate
📔 176 pages
HTML & CSS: Design and Build Websites
✏️ Jon Duckett
📊 Beginner
📔 490 pages
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
✏️ Al Sweigart
📊 Beginner
📔 504 pages
Python Crash Course
✏️ Eric Matthes
📊 Beginner
📔 544 pages
Fluent Python
✏️ Luciano Ramalho
📊 Advanced
📔 792 pages
Think Python
✏️ Allen Downey
📊 Beginner
📔 292 pages
Grokking Algorithms
✏️ Aditya Bhargava
📊 Beginner
📔 256 pages
Introduction to Algorithms
✏️ CLRS
📊 Advanced
📔 1312 pages
The Algorithm Design Manual
✏️ Steven Skiena
📊 Intermediate
📔 748 pages
Cracking the Coding Interview
✏️ Gayle McDowell
📊 Intermediate
📔 687 pages
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
✏️ Martin Kleppmann
📊 Advanced
📔 616 pages
System Design Interview
✏️ Alex Xu
📊 Intermediate
📔 280 pages
Clean Architecture
✏️ Robert Martin
📊 Intermediate
📔 432 pages
Building Microservices
✏️ Sam Newman
📊 Advanced
📔 612 pages
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