The Best SQL Books According to Hacker News

These SQL books are ranked using Hacker News discussions, comment activity, and editorial review. The list includes books for beginners, advanced SQL users, performance tuning, relational theory, and database design.

Top 5 quick picks

#1 SQL Performance Explained Everything Developers Need to Know about SQL Performance #2 SQL and Relational Theory, 2nd Edition #3 SQL Antipatterns #4 SQL Cookbook #5 Learning SQL

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 books

SQL Performance Explained Everything Developers Need to Know about SQL Performance cover

1. SQL Performance Explained Everything Developers Need to Know about SQL Performance

by Markus Winand

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SQL and Relational Theory, 2nd Edition cover

2. SQL and Relational Theory, 2nd Edition

by C. J. Date

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3. SQL Antipatterns

by Bill Karwin

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4. SQL Cookbook

by Anthony Molinaro

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5. Learning SQL

by Alan Beaulieu

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6. The Art of SQL

by Stephane Faroult, Peter Robson

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SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL, 4th Edition cover

7. SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL, 4th Edition

by John L. Viescas

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Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties cover

8. Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties

by Joe Celko

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Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes cover

9. Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes

by Ben Forta

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Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, 5th Edition cover

10. Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, 5th Edition

by Joe Celko

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Developing Time-Oriented Database Applications in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

11. Developing Time-Oriented Database Applications in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Richard T. Snodgrass

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Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

12. Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Joe Celko

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