> I still find the C Programming Language is an excellent work of technical writing, its concise and minimalist style has its own elegance.

Probably the best non-fiction book I own, Ambrose Bierce and Randall Munroe's books are funnier, my X references are more useful as monitor stands, and my sister's book about cloth (she's an embroiderer) is much prettier, but K&R is the best book.

Perhaps it's notable that my "Student's Introduction to English Grammar" by Huddleston and Pullum is of similar size to K&R. Of course, Huddleston and Pullum merely happened upon English's Grammar already fully formed, which they can only try to explain in retrospect, whereas Ritchie wrote the first C compiler.