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This time: Python 🐍.

I wanted to know what were the most recommended Python books ever 🏆

So I've compiled more than 2000 recommendations from 130 lists and came up with this top 25 most recommended Python books of all-time 📕

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In short, I've compiled articles from Google search results for queries like "Best python books" and many of its variations

I scraped all pages using @ScrapingBee and extracted 📕 titles

Then deduplication + normalization + ✍️ cleaning
A link to the detailed methodology will be put at the end of this thread.

% is the % of the time this book was recommended out of 208 lists.

So if % is 20%, one out of five lists about startups book have talked about this book.
Ok, let's begin, here the top 25 🤓

25. Python: Learn Python in One Day by Jamie Chan (7.9%)
24. Deep Learning with Python by @fchollet (7.9%)
23. Python Data Science Handbook by @jakevdp (7.9%)
22. Violent Python by TJ O'Connor (8.8%)
21. Natural Language Processing with Python by S.Bird & E.Klein & E.Loper (9.6%)
20. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python by @kennethreitz & Tanya Schlusser (9.6%)
19. Python Pocket Reference by Mark Lutz (10.5%)
18. Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python by @AlSweigart (10.5%)
17. Python in a Nutshell by A.Martelli & A.Ravenscroft & S.Holden (11.4%)
16. Introduction to Machine Learning with Python by A.Müller & @sarah_guido (12.3%)
15. Programming Python by Mark Lutz (12.3%)
14. Python Essential Reference by David Peazley (14.0%)
13. Dive into Python 3 by Mark Pilgrim (14.0%)
12. Python Machine Learning by S.Raschka & V.Mirjalili (14.9%)
11. Python Tricks by @dbader_org (14.9%)
10. Think Python: How to Think Like a C.Sist by Allen B. Downey (19.3%)
9. Effective Python by @haxor (19.3%)
8. Python for Data Analysis by @wesmckinn (20.2%)
7. Learn Python the Hard Way by @lzsthw (21.1%)
6. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python by @AlSweigart (23.7%)
5. Head First Python by Paul Barry (25.4%)
4. Python Crash Course by @ehmatthes (33.3%)
3. Fluent Python by @ramalhoorg (35.1%)
2. Python Cookbook by @dabeaz & Brian K. Jones (36.0%)
1. Learning Python by Mark Lutz (36.0%)

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- @OReillyMedia big winner of the list with 12 books in the list
- My favorite editor @nostarch, has 4
- Mark Lutz alone has 3 books in the top 25

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This time I wanted to know what were the most recommended programming books ever 🏆

So I've compiled more than 1200 recommendations from 68 lists and came up with this top 25 most recommended programming books of all-time📕

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In short, I've compiled articles from Google search results for queries like "Best programming books" and many of its variations

I scraped all pages using @ScrapingBee, and, with custom rules for every page, extracted 📕 titles

Then deduplication + normalization + ✍ cleaning
A link to the detailed methodology will be put at the end of this thread.

% is the % of the time this book was recommended out of 208 lists.

So if % is 20%, one out of five lists about startups book have talked about this book.
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There are countless startup book lists on the internet 🌐

I wanted to know what were the most recommended startup books ever 🏆

So I've compiled more than 4000 recommendations from 208 lists and came up with with this top 25 most recommended startup books of all-time📕

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In short, I've compiled articles from Google search results for queries like "Best startups books" and many of its variations

I scraped all pages using @ScrapingBee, and, with custom rules for every page, extracted 📕 titles

Then deduplication + normalization + manual cleaning
A link to the detailed methodology will be put at the end of this thread.

% is the % of the time this book was recommended out of 208 lists.

So if % is 20%, one out of five lists about startups book have talked about this book.

Ok, let's begin, here the top 25 🤓
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