The Definitive C Book Guide and List

Source: The Definitive C Book Guide and List (Stack Overflow Answer)

Reference Style – All Levels

• The C Programming Language (2nd Edition) – Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
• C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition) – Samuel P. Harbison and Guy R. Steele
• C Pocket Reference (O’Reilly) – Peter Prinz, Ulla Kirch-Prinz
• C – Traps and Pitfalls – Andrew R. Koenig (Bell Labs)
• The comp.lang.c FAQ – Steve Summit

Beginner

• Programming in C (3rd Edition) – Stephen Kochan
• C Primer Plus (5th Edition) – Stephen Prata
• C Programming: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition) – K. N. King
• A Book on C – Al Kelley/Ira Pohl
• The C Book (Free Online) – Mike Banahan, Declan Brady and Mark Doran
• Practical C Programming (3rd Edition) – Steve Oualline
• C: How to Program (6th Edition) – Paul Deitel & Harvey M. Deitel
• Head First C – David & Dawn Griffiths
• Beginning C (5th Edition) – Ivor Horton

Intermediate

• Object-oriented Programming with ANSI-C (Free PDF) – Axel-Tobias Schreiner
• C Interfaces and Implementations – David R. Hanson
• The C Puzzle Book – Alan R. Feuer
• The Standard C Library – P.J. Plauger
• 21st Century C – Ben Klemens
• Algorithms in C – Robert Sedgewick
• Pointers on C – Kenneth Reek
• Pointers in C – Naveen Toppo, Hrishikesh Dewan
• Understanding and Using C Pointers – Richard M Reese

Above Intermediate

• Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets – Peter van der Linden
• Advanced C Programming by Example – John W. Perry
• Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment – Richard W. Stevens

Uncategorized Additional C Programming Books

• Essential C (Free PDF) – Nick Parlante
• The new C standard – an annotated reference (Free PDF) – Derek M. Jones