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5 Best Functional Programming Books of All Time


Our goal: Find the best Functional Programming books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

    Here's what we did:
  1. Type "best functional programming books" into our search engine and study the top 4 pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 馃槉
    (It was a lot of work. But hey! That's why we're here, right?)

(Updated 2023)

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  1. 1

    Scala for the Impatient

    Cay S. Horstmann

  2. 2

    Programming in Scala

    Martin Odersky

  3. 4

    Scala in Action

    Nilanjan Raychaudhuri

FAQ

  • How was this Functional Programming books list created?

    We searched for "best Functional Programming books", found the top 5 articles, took every book mentioned in 2+ articles, and averaged their rankings.

  • How many Functional Programming books are in this list?

    There are 5 books in this list.

  • Why did you create this Functional Programming books list?

    We wanted to gather the most accurate list of Functional Programming books on the internet.

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