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| Title | Author(s) | Typical Use Case | PDF Status | |-------|-----------|------------------|-------------| | Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) | Abelson, Sussman, Sussman | MIT's legendary intro; functional programming in Scheme | Freely available (MIT Press / GNU project) | | Introduction to Algorithms (CLRS) | Cormen et al. | Algorithm bible for undergraduates | Copyrighted; widespread unauthorized PDFs | | Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (CSAPP) | Bryant, O'Hallaron | Systems programming from bits to assembly | Copyrighted; institutional access only | | The C Programming Language (K&R) | Kernighan, Ritchie | The classic for systems thinking | Copyrighted; legal PDF via subscription | | Algorithms (4th ed.) | Sedgewick, Wayne | Java-based algorithms & data structures | Partial free online version; full PDF paid | | Think Python | Allen Downey | Accessible intro to programming & CS thinking | Freely available under CC BY-NC license | | Foundations of Computer Science | Aho, Ullman | Theory-heavy, C-based | Legally free from the authors' website |