Donald Knuth Book Recommendations
Donald Knuth is an American computer scientist, mathematician, and professor emeritus at Stanford University.
(Read more on Wikipedia)24 Books Recommended
Hackers
Heroes of the Computer Revolution
by Steven Levy
"Incredibly well written tale of our times." - Donald Knuth (Source)
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Feynman
by Jim Ottaviani
"Vivid, witty, hilarious, poignant: I laughed, I cried, I learned; demonstrates the unreasonable effectiveness of a graphic novel." - Donald Knuth (Source)
Blasphemy
Wyman Ford, Book 2
by Douglas Preston
"The best novel to deal with 'science versus religion' that I've ever encountered." - Donald Knuth (Source)
Lifeline Rule
by Doug Nufer
"The rule: parity to vowel; an awesome conovowel opus." - Donald Knuth (Source)
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
by Ibn Battutah
"Fascinating and eye-opening journal by a 14th-century Muslim scholar." - Donald Knuth (Source)
Life
A User's Manual
by Georges Perec
"Perhaps the greatest 20th century novel." - Donald Knuth (Source)
On Food and Cooking
The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
by Harold McGee
"Applied biochemistry in the kitchen." - Donald Knuth (Source)
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A Dual Autobiography
by Will Durant
"Superbly written, a great story about how a man and woman can work creatively and sustainably together despite the mysteries of the human sex drive." - Donald Knuth (Source)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
by Robert Kanigel
"Biographies of Ramanujan and Hardy." - Donald Knuth (Source)
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Murder In The Museum Of Man
by Alfred Alcorn
"Delicious caricature of academic follies." - Donald Knuth (Source)
Food
An Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World
by Waverley Root
"His magnum opus, a wonderful history of everything delicious." - Donald Knuth (Source)
America
A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
by Jon Stewart
"Has graffiti even better than the marginal notes in 'Concrete Mathematics.'" - Donald Knuth (Source)
The Hornet's Nest
A Novel of the Revolutionary War
by Jimmy Carter
"A revolutionary novel about the Revolutionary War at all levels." - Donald Knuth (Source)
Marjorie Morningstar
by Herman Wouk
"In-depth characters plus a whole philosophy." - Donald Knuth (Source)
The Golden Gate
by Vikram Seth
"The Great California Novel, entirely in 14-line sonnets." - Donald Knuth (Source)
Blacklist
by Sara Paretsky
"A brilliant characterization of the tragic state of politics and class relations in America that also happens to be an action-packed murder mystery." - Donald Knuth (Source)
Efronia
An Armenian Love Story
by Stina Katchadourian
"Diaries and letters of a remarkable Armenian woman." - Donald Knuth (Source)
Death of a Salesperson
And Other Untimely Exits
by Robert Barnard
"[The author] is at his best in short stories like these." - Donald Knuth (Source)
The Age of Faith
A History of Medieval Civilization - Christian, Islamic, and Judaic - From Constantine to Dante
by Will Durant
"Volume 4 of his series, covers the years 325--1300." - Donald Knuth (Source)
The Abominable Man
Martin Beck, Book 7
by Maj Sjöwall
"One of their brilliantly Swedish detective novels." - Donald Knuth (Source)
Gaudy Night
Lord Peter Wimsey, Book 12
by Dorothy L. Sayers
"Captures Oxford high-table small-talk wonderfully." - Donald Knuth (Source)
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder
"About how Paul Farmer's local and global life combines theory and practice." - Donald Knuth (Source)
Also recommended by:
Bill Gates, Jeff Dean, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Rainn Wilson, Richard Branson
