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Check out clr via c# too. https://www.amazon.com/CLR-via-4th-Developer-Reference/dp/07... It's about as deep as you can go into the .net runtime. I personally found it fascinating.

I guess C# in depth by Jon Skeet would be the obvious answer. Any language would be happy to have such a useful historical guide to best practice. I'm not really a c# dev although I do use it a fair bit and I thought it was excellent.

http://csharpindepth.com/

I am probably outliner but I really didn't get the book at all.

There is much intensive talk about differences between every version from 2.0 to 5.0, how you do same thing in 2.0, then in 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0.

I really don't get why I would need to know the difference between them unless my job involves maintaining super old systems. (Which is quite common).

However for me personally it was not a good book at all because for me personally that information was completely useless.

Feel the same, usually when I want to refresh how something became to be I go back and read it. Do you have any good practical book under your belt?

Not specifically about C#, but about something that is also on the radar of people who is developing LoB apps with .NET which is Domain Driven Design. The book by Eric Evans is the bible on the subject, but I also find it very abstract and hard to grasp with no prior knowledge and lack of concrete examples.

Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET is a bit old, but still a good resource on how to implement some sort of DDD.

https://www.amazon.com/Applying-Domain-Driven-Design-Pattern...

I wanted to learn about DDD too, read reviews on various books and noted your sentiment about Eric Evans' book repeated a lot. Eventually I settled on "Patterns, Principles and Practices of Domain-Driven Design" by Scott Millett and Nick Tune, which I'm part way through.

It's mostly easy to comprehend and examples are in C#. The subject is complex though, so I'm not even sure a single book is enough.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Patterns-Principles-Practices-Domai...

It's not a C# book, but I think it's a fundamental resource for .NET developers, especially those not familiar with basic practices like Unit Testing, Automated Testing & Builds, etc:

Pro .NET Best Practices - http://www.apress.com/9781430240235

It's getting a bit dated though.

Without a doubt, C# In Depth by Jon Skeet. As the title suggests, it's a book which deep dives into how C# works.

https://www.manning.com/books/functional-programming-in-c-sh...

http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/Professional-C-5-0-an...

actually, this is the "latest & greatest" - http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/Professional-C-6-and-...

I've been using C# and .NET for about a year.

Here are the books that I have found helpful.

Framework Design Guidelines - how to design libraries that anyone from Jon Skeet to Mort can use successfully

Effective C# - how to implement the usual idioms properly

CLR via C# - this is a dry read but has answers to many questions I would have never thought to ask.

C# in Depth - others have already commented on this

check out pluralsight.com it's not a book but it's got a lot of training in that space.

Thank your @shareywin, I found the site quite useful. :-)

The C# language specification, you can find it at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC#\Specifications\1033\CSharp Language Specification.docx"

What F# books are highly recommended for professional .NET developers? :)

The only book I found about the subject that is really good -> Real World Functional Programming: With examples in F# and C#

https://www.amazon.com/Real-World-Functional-Programming-Tom...

Also, check FSharp For Fun and Profit. Lots of details and tutorials about F# -> https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com also available as e-book -> https://www.gitbook.com/book/swlaschin/fsharpforfunandprofit...

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