Ask HN: Best book to learn C in 2022?

Using K&R, I try to practice the problems and understand them to learn C.

another vote for K&R "The C Programming Language" - for the sheer joy of it!

the only c book I've read was the k&r book. It seemed fine.

what I used was "The C Programming Language" book. It was a great experience

Here's another vote for K&R.

K&R is a must have for any C programmer.

K&R would put C in historical context.

reading K&R is a must

Regarding K&R C, you should read it for its historical relevance to the C programming language

Just read K&R C 2nd ed

K&R is a bit more intermediate. Come back to it when you're more experienced.

K&R is so obsolete it's now wrong about some things.

Here's my advice to the original poster: If you come across unsubstantiated comments telling you to ignore K&R for all the bad things it contains, then ignore those.

K&R was a very interesting read for me

K&R 2nd Edition is still a very good read of course

34 year old book

K & R

I recommend "Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective"

[1] is a very good book

This is my favorite of the bunch.

King’s is amazing, IMO. Very didactic and covers C in depth.

This book was a life saver.

King is good

C Programming: A Modern Approach by King

reading Hanson's book is a reasonable way to get some ideas.

The data structures/algorithms given in Hanson's book are "industrial strength"

Close to as much fun to read was maybe Steve Maguire's "Writing Solid Code".

I preferred Seacord’s Effective C to Modern C.

I would say "Effective C" is a good book

Effective C is the most current in terms of being up to date with present-day C standards.

Effective C

I preferred Seacord’s Effective C to Modern C.

Secure C from Oreilly and Modern C from Manning are more relevant in 2022.

I recommend "Modern C" by Jens Gusted.

then the book on Modern C

Also "Code Reading" will be useful.

The best one might be https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/

I read the Hanson book ~10 years ago

I especially like that the focus is on the module level, not on the algorithms themselves.

I highly recommend Head First C.

I would recommend "Head First C" from o reilly.