## Some Lisp books

*caveat: tthis is not a best-of nor a comprehensive list of Lisp books; it is merely a selection of Lisp books you may not have heard of or that special to me in some way. If you find this post interesting then you might like [my yearly best-of posts](http://blog.fogus.me/2019/01/02/the-best-things-and-stuff-of-2018/).*

My first Lisp book:

<a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/"> 
![symbolic-comp](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8147/7643955638_dbf848ebf6_n_d.jpg)
</a>

My first Lisp:

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/LISP-STAT-Object-Oriented-Environment-Statistical-Probability/dp/0471509167/?tag=fogus-20">
![lisp-stat](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/7643885134_eeb7dcca8f_n_d.jpg)
</a>

My favorite undergrad Lisp/Prolog book:

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Symbolic-Computing-PROLOG-Robert-Mueller/dp/0471607711/?tag=fogus-20"> 
![lisp-prolog](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8283/7643812708_d796319b72_n_d.jpg)
</a>

My favorite Lisp:

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-Dialect-Lisp/dp/013881905X/?tag=fogus-20"> 
![T](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8292/7643701892_acf82b18e5_n_d.jpg)
</a>

The best Lisp book I've ever read and could ever possibly read[^1]:

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Computers-Mcgraw-Hill-Supercomputing-Processing/dp/0070355967/?tag=fogus-20">
![arch](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7252/7644006104_e55c00e35c_m_d.jpg)
</a>

[^1]: This is one of those "I wish I had written this" books.

[Chouser's book](http://n01se.net/chouser/):

<a href="http://www.joyofclojure.com">
![joy](http://www.joyofclojure.com/images/joy-of-clojure-cover-239x300.jpg)
</a>

Mind-blowing and bombastic:

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Let-Over-Lambda-Doug-Hoyte/dp/1435712757/?tag=fogus-20">
![letoverlambda](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41rpu2m9vkL.jpg)
</a>
*excerpts at [the author's site](http://letoverlambda.com/textmode.cl/guest/toc)*

The best Clojure book for beginners:

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Clojure-Programming-Chas-Emerick/dp/1449394701/?tag=fogus-20">
![clojure-book](http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/0636920013754/cat.gif)
</a>

Language implementation 101:

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Essentials-Programming-Languages-Daniel-Friedman/dp/0262062798/?tag=fogus-20">
![lang-impl-101](http://www.eopl3.com/cover.jpg)
</a>


## Some books are worth any price

#### On Lisp by Paul Graham

<a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisptext.html">
![on-lisp](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412T69YKAXL.jpg)
</a>

#### Compiling with Continuations by Andrew Appel[^2]

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Compiling-Continuations-Andrew-W-Appel/dp/052103311X/?tag=fogus-20"> 
![k](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TXGKT68AL.jpg)
</a>

#### Lisp in Small Pieces by Christian Queinnec

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lisp-Small-Pieces-Christian-Queinnec/dp/0521545668/?tag=fogus-20">
![LiSP](http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181590037l/1168500.jpg)
</a>

#### LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual by John McCarthy

<a href="http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/LISP/book/LISP%201.5%20Programmers%20Manual.pdf">
![lisp15](http://blog.fogus.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/LISP1.5ProgrammersManual.gif)
</a>


#### Applicative Higher-order Programming by Stefan Sokolowski

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041V599Q?tag=fogus-20">
![applicative](http://blog.fogus.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/001d0115medium.jpg)
</a>

#### PAIP

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Paradigms-Artificial-Intelligence-Programming-Studies/dp/1558601910/?tag=fogus-20">
![paip](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51aMLUO8KLL._SX385_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
</a>

:F

[^2]: Appel also wrote a series of [compiler implementation books in various languages](http://www.amazon.com/Andrew-W.-Appel/e/B000AP5X0W/?tag=fogus-20) that I've yet to read.  Any thoughts on the series?