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Algorithms and Data Structures Books Recommended on Hacker News

These algorithms and data structures books are ranked using Hacker News discussions, comment activity, and editorial review. The collection covers algorithm analysis, design techniques, data structures, graph algorithms, functional approaches, sorting and searching, and practical problem solving.

Top 5 quick picks

#1 Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition #2 The Algorithm Design Manual #3 Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0) #4 Algorithms (4th Edition) #5 Algorithm Design

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

1. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

2. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0) cover

3. Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0)

by Chris Okasaki

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Algorithms (4th Edition) cover

4. Algorithms (4th Edition)

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

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Algorithm Design cover

5. Algorithm Design

by Jon Kleinberg, Éva Tardos

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Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design cover

6. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design

by Richard Bird

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Data Structures and Algorithms (Addison-Wesley Series in Computer Science and Information Pr) cover

7. Data Structures and Algorithms (Addison-Wesley Series in Computer Science and Information Pr)

by Alfred V. Aho, John E. Hopcroft, Jeffrey D. Ullman

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Algorithms Unlocked (Mit Press) cover

8. Algorithms Unlocked (Mit Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen

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Algorithms in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) cover

9. Algorithms in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))

by George T. Heineman

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Grokking Algorithms: An Illustrated Guide for Programmers and Other Curious People cover

10. Grokking Algorithms: An Illustrated Guide for Programmers and Other Curious People

by Aditya Y. Bhargava

Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4B cover

11. Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4B

by Donald Knuth

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Algorithms on Strings, Trees, and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology cover

12. Algorithms on Strings, Trees, and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology

by Dan Gusfield

Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition) cover

13. Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition)

by David Harel, Yishai Feldman