Ask HN: Which is the best programming book you've come across?

Crafting Interpreters is probably the one that hits all the right notes for me. It's not dull, it's very hands on, it has excercises, it teaches you a very useful subject, it has illustrations, it's up to date, etc.

I really wish we could get more books like this one for other subjects.

The Little Schemer.

I haven’t read all if The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, but what I read I really liked.

“A philosophy of Software Design”