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Here's my list of the classics:

General Computing

• But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone
  
  
• The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
  
  
• Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
  
  
• Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
  
  Computer Science
  
  
• The New Turing Omnibus: Sixty-Six Excursions in Computer Science
  
  
• Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools, 2nd Edition (aka The Dragon Book)
  
  
• The Art of Computer Programming
  
  
• Algorithms, 4th Edition
  
  
• Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (aka CLRS)
  
  
• Essential Algorithms: A Practical Approach to Computer Algorithms Using Python and C#, 2nd Edition
  
  
• Grokking Algorithms: An Illustrated Guide for Programmers and Other Curious People
  
  
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, 2nd Edition (aka SICP, available for free on the MIT website)
  
  
• Discrete Mathematics with Applications, 4th Edition
  
  Software Development
  
  
• Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems by Martin Kleppmann
  
  
• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (aka The Gang of Four)
  
  
• Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving
  
  
• The Pragmatic Programmer: your journey to mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition
  
  
• The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
  
  
• Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, 2nd Edition
  
  
• The Design of Everyday Things
  
  
• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
  
  
• Programming Pearls, 2nd Edition
  
  
• Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual
  
  
• Hello, Startup: A Programmer's Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams
  
  
• Hacker's Delight, 2nd Edition
  
  
• Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, 3rd Edition
  
  Case Studies
  
  
• The Soul of a New Machine
  
  
• Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
  
  
• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
  
  
• Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet
  
  
• Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal Computer, 3rd Edition
  
  Employment
  
  
• Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions, 6th Edition
  
  
• The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide: How to Learn Programming Languages Quickly, Ace Your Programming Interview, and Land Your Software Developer Dream Job
  
  
• The Self-Taught Programmer: The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally
  
  
• The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development
  
  Language-Specific
  
  C
  
  
• The C Programming Language, 2nd Edition
  
  Python
  
  
• Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners, 2nd Edition
  
  
• Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
  
  
• Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, 3rd Edition
  
  
• Effective Python: 59 Specific Ways to Write Better Python
  
  C#
  
  
• The C# Player's Guide, 3rd Edition
  
  C++
  
  
• The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition
  
  
• Starting Out with C++: from Control Structures to Objects, 9th Edition
  
  Java
  
  
• Introduction to Java Programming and Data Structures: Comprehensive Version, 11th Edition
  
  
• [Java: A Beginner's Guide](https://www.amazon.com/Java-Beginners-Seventh-Herbert-Schildt/dp/1259589315/, 7th Edition)
  
  
• Java: The Complete Reference, 11th Edition
  
  
• Core Java Volume I - Fundamentals, 11th Edition
  
  
• Starting Out with Java: From Control Structures through Objects, 6th Edition
  
  
• Effective Java, 3rd Edition
  
  Linux Shell Scripts
  
  
• The Linux Command Line: A Complete Introduction, 2nd Edition
  
  
• Wicked Cool Shell Scripts: 101 Scripts for Linux, OS X, and UNIX Systems, 2nd Edition
  
  
• Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible
  
  
• Mastering Linux Shell Scripting
  
  Web Development
  
  
• Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Graphics, 5th Edition
  
  
• Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming, 3rd Edition (also available for free on the author's website)
  
  
• JavaScript and JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development
  
  
• HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites
  
  
• You Don't Know JS: Up & Going
  
  Ruby and Rails
  
  
• Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails, 4th Edition (Note: this book is somewhat out of date compared to the live version on the author's website.)
  
  
• The Well Grounded Rubyist, 3rd Edition
  
  
• Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer
  
  
• Agile Web Development with Rails 5.1
  
  
• Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide, 4th Edition
  
  
• Eloquent Ruby
  
  Assembly
  
  
• Assembly Language for x86 Processors, 8th Edition

Ah! You have few options available then:

Helsinki's university MOOC:

https://moocfi.github.io/courses/2013/programming-part-1/

And two popular and often recommended books, you should be able to find them at your local university bookstore easily (even if you live outside US, at least Horstmann book is available in multiple languages):

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Programming-Structures-Comprehensive-Version/dp/0134670949

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0134177304

Daniel Liang's book is quite extensive and covers and wide variety of subjects beyond just learning about variables, for loops, and OOP. He also covers advanced data structures, multithreaded programming, JDBC, servlets, sockets, etc.
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Programming-Structures-Comprehensive-Version/dp/0134670949/ref=sr_1_1?crid=MISLS3C1LLZC&keywords=introduction+to+java+programming+daniel+liang+11th+edition&qid=1557694359&s=books&sprefix=introduction+to+java+%2Cstripbooks%2C125&sr=1-1

Hey, I know this is quite old but I found this [book] (https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Programming-Structures-Comprehensive-Version/dp/0134670949/ref=pd_cp_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0134670949&pd_rd_r=MHYE6B8XA6WPERN5GNHW&pd_rd_w=l9SBR&pd_rd_wg=23PZO&psc=1&refRID=MHYE6B8XA6WPERN5GNHW), if you prefer something more updated.

This is a good one that covers a lot if you're motivated.

ISBN-13: 978-0-13-467094-2

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Programming-Structures-Comprehensive-Version/dp/0134670949

Introduction to Java Programming and Data Structures by Y. Daniel Liang should be the same content. When I was in 151 we had to do some of the exercises through the online book submission thing though, so I'm not sure you'll be able to completely switch over to a hardcopy.

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Programming-Structures-Comprehensive-Version/dp/0134670949/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=6W47Z6EEEJ2BDGWFAPHJ

This is the one I use. The price went down.


https://www.amazon.com/Intro-Java-Programming-Comprehensive-Version/dp/0133761312

This is the older edition. It has more material for cheaper price. It's the same book and the one I used when I was in uni.

Unless you're gifted with coding and algorithms, don't expect to be able to land an interview and then land a job. Interviews will test you on algorithms, and coding.


If I were you, I'd just focus on learning Java syntax very well, then move on to OOP principles, and then move on to MVC principles.


Assuming you already have the required math background, you need to open this book, and starting going through the important parts in each chapter, and committing it to memory. You will be tested on things from this book during job interviews. You are expected to code them as well. Amazon specifically ask about Linear Programming whereas Google might ask about other stuff.


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Algorithms book, considered to the holy bible in CS

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-3rd-MIT-Press/dp/0262033844




Start using Java, and commit things to memory.


You will need at least 9 months of prep time.


Use this book to learn java https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Programming-Structures-Comprehensive-Version/dp/0134670949/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=liang+java&qid=1564003011&s=books&sr=1-3






Use this other book as well:


http://www.deitel.com/Books/Java/JavaHowtoProgram11e/tabid/3683/Default.aspx




I assume you already know how to study and memorize and take good notes.





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