randcraw

K&R C is a minimalist introduction to the C language. And I love it for that.

I liked the first edition of K&R a lot. Today I suspect it shines most when compared to recent intro language books. It was succinct yet offered insight into both the language's design concepts and its implementation

"Hackers" by Steven Levy

"Quiet" by Susan Cain

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

"At Home" by Bill Bryson

Atul Gawande's “Better”

“Complete Turbo Pascal” by Jeff Duntemann and “The Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC” blazed my trail into professional computing.

and “Complications” on general surgery in particular and medicine in general.

The writing style grows more distant and cold as the hero involuntarily withdraws from life. Much overlooked, IMO.

Made in America: an Informal History of the English Language in the US

One Summer: America, 1927

Shakespeare: the World as Stage

The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way