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Book Recommendations for Operating Systems in 2023

There are 80 operating systems books recommended by the community in 2023.
UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition)
UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition)
Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley, Dan Mackin, Visit Amazon's Dan Mackin Pagesearch resultsLearn about Author CentralDan Mackin
4.7
Comments: 23
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C# 7.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference
C# 7.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference
Joseph Albahari, Ben Albahari
4.6
Comments: 20
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Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition)
Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition)
Robert Love
4.6
Comments: 15
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The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook
The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook
Michael Kerrisk
4.9
Comments: 13
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Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition)
Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition)
Aaron Hillegass
4.1
Comments: 12
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Understanding the Linux Kernel, Third Edition
Understanding the Linux Kernel, Third Edition
Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati
4.0
Comments: 10
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Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed (WPF)
Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed (WPF)
Adam Nathan
4.6
Comments: 8
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Learning WCF: A Hands-on Guide
Learning WCF: A Hands-on Guide
Michele Bustamante
3.6
Comments: 8
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C# 3.0 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))
C# 3.0 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))
Joseph Albahari, Ben Albahari
4.7
Comments: 8
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Windows via C/C++
Windows via C/C++
Jeffrey Richter, Christophe Nasarre
4.2
Comments: 7
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Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach
Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach
Amit Singh
4.0
Comments: 7
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.NET Internationalization: The Developer's Guide to Building Global Windows and Web Applications
.NET Internationalization: The Developer's Guide to Building Global Windows and Web Applications
Guy Smith-Ferrier
4.5
Comments: 7
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Concurrent Programming on Windows
Concurrent Programming on Windows
Joe Duffy
4.4
Comments: 6
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Core Animation: Simplified Animation Techniques for Mac and iPhone Development
Core Animation: Simplified Animation Techniques for Mac and iPhone Development
Marcus Zarra, Matt Long
3.3
Comments: 6
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Programming with POSIX Threads
Programming with POSIX Threads
David R. Butenhof
4.2
Comments: 6
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Advanced Windows Debugging
Advanced Windows Debugging
Mario Hewardt, Daniel Pravat
4.7
Comments: 5
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Microsoft® .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise (Developer Reference)
Microsoft® .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise (Developer Reference)
Dino Esposito, Andrea Saltarello
4.3
Comments: 5
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Programming Windows® Identity Foundation (Dev - Pro)
Programming Windows® Identity Foundation (Dev - Pro)
Vittorio Bertocci
3.9
Comments: 5
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Mac OS X and iOS Internals: To the Apple's Core
Mac OS X and iOS Internals: To the Apple's Core
Jonathan Levin
4.2
Comments: 4
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Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft
Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft
G. Pascal Zachary
4.1
Comments: 4
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Assembly Language Step-by-step: Programming with DOS and Linux (with CD-ROM)
Assembly Language Step-by-step: Programming with DOS and Linux (with CD-ROM)
Jeff Duntemann
4.0
Comments: 4
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Head First C#
Head First C#
Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
3.7
Comments: 3
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Linux Kernel Development (2nd Edition)
Linux Kernel Development (2nd Edition)
Robert Love
4.0
Comments: 3
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Windows PowerShell in Action
Windows PowerShell in Action
Bruce Payette
4.0
Comments: 3
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The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer (Expert's Voice in Net)
The Definitive Guide to Windows Installer (Expert's Voice in Net)
Phil Wilson
3.4
Comments: 3
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Essential Linux Device Drivers
Essential Linux Device Drivers
Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran
3.0
Comments: 3
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Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5 (Books for Professionals by Professionals)
Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5 (Books for Professionals by Professionals)
Matthew MacDonald
4.1
Comments: 3
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Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying (Developer Reference)
Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying (Developer Reference)
Itzik Ben-Gan, Lubor Kollar, Dejan Sarka
4.4
Comments: 3
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Programming WPF
Programming WPF
Chris Sells, Ian Griffiths
4.0
Comments: 3
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A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming (3rd Edition)
A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming (3rd Edition)
Mark G. Sobell
4.3
Comments: 3
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Programming Windows with MFC, Second Edition
Programming Windows with MFC, Second Edition
Jeff Prosise
4.0
Comments: 3
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Test-Driven Development in Microsoft® .NET (Developer Reference)
Test-Driven Development in Microsoft® .NET (Developer Reference)
James W. Newkirk, Alexei A. Vorontsov
3.0
Comments: 3
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Python Programming On Win32: Help for Windows Programmers
Python Programming On Win32: Help for Windows Programmers
Mark Hammond, Andy Robinson
3.4
Comments: 3
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iOS 7 Programming Pushing the Limits: Develop Advance Applications for Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
iOS 7 Programming Pushing the Limits: Develop Advance Applications for Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
Mugunth Kumar, Visit Amazon's Mugunth Kumar Pagesearch resultsLearn about Author CentralMugunth Kumar
3.7
Comments: 2
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Unix Shell Programming (3rd Edition)
Unix Shell Programming (3rd Edition)
Patrick Wood
4.5
Comments: 2
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Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus (2nd Edition)
Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus (2nd Edition)
Andre LaMothe
4.0
Comments: 2
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Debugging Applications (DV-MPS Programming)
Debugging Applications (DV-MPS Programming)
John Robbins
4.1
Comments: 2
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Modern Linux Administration: How to Become a Cutting-Edge Linux Administrator
Modern Linux Administration: How to Become a Cutting-Edge Linux Administrator
Sam R. Alapati
0.0
Comments: 2
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Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows (Dv-Mps General)
Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows (Dv-Mps General)
Jeffrey Richter
4.0
Comments: 2
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Operating System Design, Vol. 2: Internetworking with Xinu (Prentice-Hall Software Series)
Operating System Design, Vol. 2: Internetworking with Xinu (Prentice-Hall Software Series)
Douglas Comer
4.0
Comments: 2
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C# 3.0 Design Patterns: Use the Power of C# 3.0 to Solve Real-World Problems
C# 3.0 Design Patterns: Use the Power of C# 3.0 to Solve Real-World Problems
Judith Bishop
3.0
Comments: 2
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Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach (paperback)
Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach (paperback)
Amit Singh
3.9
Comments: 2
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Unix Power Tools, Third Edition
Unix Power Tools, Third Edition
Tim O'Reilly, Mike Loukides
4.6
Comments: 2
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Python Essential Reference (4th Edition)
Python Essential Reference (4th Edition)
David M. Beazley
4.0
Comments: 2
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Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 4
Pro WF: Windows Workflow in .NET 4
Bruce Bukovics
3.0
Comments: 2
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In the Beginning...was the Command Line
In the Beginning...was the Command Line
Neal Stephenson
4.0
Comments: 2
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GNU/Linux Application Programming (Programming Series)
GNU/Linux Application Programming (Programming Series)
M. Tim Jones
3.5
Comments: 1
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Inside OS/2
Inside OS/2
Gordon Letwin
5.0
Comments: 1
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Developing Windows 10 Applications with C#
Developing Windows 10 Applications with C#
Sergii Baidachnyi
4.2
Comments: 1
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Windows Assembly Language and Systems Programming: 16- and 32-Bit Low-Level Programming for the PC and Windows
Windows Assembly Language and Systems Programming: 16- and 32-Bit Low-Level Programming for the PC and Windows
Barry Kauler
2.9
Comments: 1
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Shared Source CLI Essentials
Shared Source CLI Essentials
David Stutz, Ted Neward, Geoff Shilling
4.1
Comments: 1
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Windows via C/C++ (softcover) (Developer Reference)
Windows via C/C++ (softcover) (Developer Reference)
Jeffrey Richter, Christophe Nasarre
4.2
Comments: 1
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Python Distilled (Developer's Library)
Python Distilled (Developer's Library)
David Beazley
4.8
Comments: 1
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Undocumented Windows: A Programmers Guide to Reserved Microsoft Windows Api Functions (The Andrew Schulman Programming Series/Book and Disk)
Undocumented Windows: A Programmers Guide to Reserved Microsoft Windows Api Functions (The Andrew Schulman Programming Series/Book and Disk)
Andrew Schulman, Matt Pietrek
5.0
Comments: 1
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A Quarter Century of Unix
A Quarter Century of Unix
Peter H. Salus
4.2
Comments: 1
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The Pc is not a typewriter
The Pc is not a typewriter
Robin Williams
4.0
Comments: 1
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Introduction to 64 Bit Assembly Programming for Linux and OS X: Third Edition - for Linux and OS X
Introduction to 64 Bit Assembly Programming for Linux and OS X: Third Edition - for Linux and OS X
Ray Seyfarth
4.1
Comments: 1
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Introduction to 64 Bit Intel Assembly Language Programming for Linux
Introduction to 64 Bit Intel Assembly Language Programming for Linux
Ray Seyfarth
4.2
Comments: 1
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Linux Kernel Development
Linux Kernel Development
Robert Love
4.4
Comments: 1
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Solaris Internals: Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Kernel Architecture (paperback) (2nd Edition)
Solaris Internals: Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Kernel Architecture (paperback) (2nd Edition)
Richard McDougall, Jim Mauro
4.9
Comments: 1
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iOS Hacker's Handbook
iOS Hacker's Handbook
Charlie Miller, Dion Blazakis, Dino Dai Zovi, Stefan Esser, Vincenzo Iozzo, Ralf-Philip Weinmann
3.8
Comments: 1
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The Power of Frameworks: For Windows and Os/2
The Power of Frameworks: For Windows and Os/2
Taligent Inc.
4.6
Comments: 1
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BeOS Bible, The
BeOS Bible, The
Scot Hacker, Chris Herborth, Henry Bartman
4.0
Comments: 1
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Hands-On System Programming with Go: Build modern and concurrent applications for Unix and Linux systems using Golang
Hands-On System Programming with Go: Build modern and concurrent applications for Unix and Linux systems using Golang
Alex Guerrieri
0.0
Comments: 1
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Windows System Programming, Paperback (4th Edition) (Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology)
Windows System Programming, Paperback (4th Edition) (Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology)
Johnson M. Hart
4.0
Comments: 1
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Windows Programmer's Guide to Ole/Dde/Book and Disk
Windows Programmer's Guide to Ole/Dde/Book and Disk
Jean S. Clark
4.4
Comments: 1
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Old New Thing, The: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows
Old New Thing, The: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows
Raymond Chen
4.3
Comments: 1
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Windows Internals, Part 2 (7th Edition)
Windows Internals, Part 2 (7th Edition)
Andrea Allievi
3.8
Comments: 1
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Linux Firewalls
Linux Firewalls
Steve Suehring, Robert L. Ziegler
4.3
Comments: 1
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Microsoft Windows User Experience (Microsoft Professional Editions)
Microsoft Windows User Experience (Microsoft Professional Editions)
Windows User Experience Team
4.5
Comments: 1
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Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library
Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library
Robert Love
4.4
Comments: 1
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UNIX: A History and a Memoir
UNIX: A History and a Memoir
Brian W Kernighan
4.6
Comments: 1
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Inside the Windows NT File System
Inside the Windows NT File System
Helen Custer
2.5
Comments: 1
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Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux
Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux
Jeff Duntemann
4.0
Comments: 1
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The Magic Garden Explained: The Internals of Unix System V Release 4 : An Open Systems Design
The Magic Garden Explained: The Internals of Unix System V Release 4 : An Open Systems Design
Berny Goodheart, James Cox
4.2
Comments: 1
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Microsoft Visual C# Step by Step (8th Edition) (Developer Reference)
Microsoft Visual C# Step by Step (8th Edition) (Developer Reference)
John Sharp
4.2
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C# 6.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference
C# 6.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference
Joseph Albahari, Ben Albahari
4.8
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Complete CompTIA A+ Guide to IT Hardware and Software (7th Edition) standalone book (Pearson IT Cybersecurity Curriculum (ITCC))
Complete CompTIA A+ Guide to IT Hardware and Software (7th Edition) standalone book (Pearson IT Cybersecurity Curriculum (ITCC))
Cheryl A. Schmidt
3.7
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Windows Forms Programming in C#
Windows Forms Programming in C#
Chris Sells
4.1
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Windows 98 Annoyances: Taking Charge of Windows 98
Windows 98 Annoyances: Taking Charge of Windows 98
David Karp
4.1
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