Which are good books to learn C programming ?

The following is a list of recommended books for learning C programming:

1. C Programming Language (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Software) by Brian W Kernighan & Dennis M Ritchie.
2. Foundations of Computer Science: C Edition (Principles of Computer Science Series) by Aho & Ullman
3. Pointers on C by Kenneth Reek
4. C Programming FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Summit
5. The C Puzzle Book by Alan R. Feuer
6. Algorithms in C, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structures, Sorting, Searching (3rd Edition) (Pts. 1-4) by Robert Sedgewick
7. Expert C Programming by Peter van der Linden

Books NOT recommended

1. Let Us C - Yashwant Kanetkar
2. C The Complete Reference - Herbert Shildt

These books are not recommended as they contain a lot of erroneous and non-standard content. Learning from these books will rather spoil your knowledge than improve it in any way, and may badly hamper your learning process.

External links

• Ian Hay's recommended book list∞
• Highly Recommended books for Beginners in C∞ by Association of C & C++ Users∞
• Highly Recommended books for Advanced C ∞ by Association of C & C++ Users∞
• CLC-FAQ: What's a good book for learning C? What about advanced books and references?∞
• Some recommended books by Dr. Chris McDonald∞

C Standard

In addition to the books, we recommend you have a copy of the C language standard. It serves as a great reference whenever you're unsure of some language construct. The C language standards draft copies are available for free (links given below) which are about 99% same as the original standard.

C99 Draft: (C99 is the current C standard)

• Plain Text format∞
• HTML format∞
• PDF format∞

You can buy the official standard from the ANSI website∞.

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