+++ date = '2025-07-25T11:29:52+02:00' draft = false title = 'Computer Science books every student should read' +++ 1. [Frederick P. Brooks, _The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering_](/posts/mythical-man-month). 2. Carl Hamacher and Zvonko Vranesic, _Computer Organization_. 3. David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, _Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface_. 4. Andrew Tanenbaum, David Wetherall, Nick Feamster, _Computer Networks_. 5. Tanenbaum, A.S., Bos, H.J., _Modern Operating Systems_. 6. Maurice Herlihy, Nir Shavit, Victor Luchangco, Michael Spear, _The Art of Multiprocessor Programming_. 7. [W. Brian Arthur, _The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves_.](/posts/nature-of-technology)