Ask HN: What's the best computer science book you've read recently?

SICP I read it twice and it is still a gem

I cannot recommend it enough.

It's a fun read. 30+ years since I last read it, I'll have to bump it up on The Pile :-)

Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppman. He does a great job of distilling storage systems to concepts and discussing conceptual trade offs instead of focusing on particular storage products.

I didn't love this book, it was OK.

all 3 by Bentley

I love this book for how approachable, readable, and even enjoyable it is. Skiena does a great job of motivating each of the algorithmic techniques. I recommend this one widely.

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach is a great read!

I'd like to nominate the Deep Learning Book

i found the "Paradigms Of AI Programming" by peter-norvig to be waay better.

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions An interesting mix of computer science and psychology. Just started on this one recently. Highly recommended by a colleague. Seems great so far.

I second this, although I am not finished with it, I can say it is a very interesting read.

This would be my recommendation as well.

Quantum Computing Since Democritus by Scott Aaronson. A brilliant MIT professor's reflections on the intersection between computer science, physics and philosophy.

This is one of the more fascinating books that I've read recently. The commentary makes the paper itself very accessible. I rather enjoyed the direct reproduction of the paper itself (with typos!) in the book, and the near line by line commentary at points.