Programming resources

The principal programming paradigms

The following is a list of recommended books for learning how to program:

First, check GitHub's extensive list of free programming books: https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md

Second, a very comprehensive list: http://programming-motherfucker.com/

If you don't see the book you're looking for listed, search the following lists for other sources of books:

C

O'Reilly - Practical C Programming

O'Reilly - The C Programming Language

C++

C++ for Everyone, 2nd ed.

Accelerated C++ 2000

C#

Apress Accelerated C# 2010

Lisp

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

Pascal

Essential Pascal

Start Programming Using Object Pascal

Python

Starting Out with Python, 2nd ed.

Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, Ver 2.0.12

Learn Python The Hard Way, 3rd Edition