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I'd also highly recommend the redbook (readings in databases) which is by several luminaries in the database world including Peter Bailis, Joe Hellerstein, and Michael Stonebraker. They also updated it in recent years to ensure it was up to date for the latest research on databases as well - http://www.redbook.io/

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There is also a "Red Book" in mathematics. It is David Mumford's Algebraic Geometry book.

Are there any other fields with a "Red Book"? I am mildly curious.

IBM has a division which produces technical books based on internal staff, business partner and client contributions. They've been doing this for quite a long time (I participated in one almost 20 years ago). Historically they had red covers and so to this day they are called the Redbooks. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com

A well-known OpenGL book was also the Red Book.

http://www.opengl-redbook.com/

In OSI networking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloured_Book_protocols

In civil engineering, all construction contracts are usually based on FIDIC's Red Book. This way, everybody is used to a standard contract, from lawyers to judges, in whatever jurisdiction, nationally or internationally...

There is also a Red Book for audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_Digital_Audio

Mao and Feynman

Political philosophy.

The Lord of the Rings contains a Red Book which is basically itself :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_of_Westmarch

I'll show myself out...

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