10 Must Read books for every computer science students

"Introduction to the Theory of Computation" by Michael Sipser:

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"Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship" by Robert C. Martin:

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"Cracking the Coding Interview" by Gayle Laakmann McDowell:

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"Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software"

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"Algorithms" by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne:

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"The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery" by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas:

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"Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach" by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig:

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"Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman:

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"Introduction to Algorithms" by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein:

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"Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" by Charles Petzold:

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