Subject Books Comments

Algorithm&Data
Structure
Cormen,

Algorithmsunlocked
byCormen

ShaiSimonson

Fundamentalsof
Algorithms,by
Horowitz,Sahni,
Rajasekaran.

Goodrichand
Tamassiaalgorithm
design
,foundations,
analysisand
internetexamples,

Cormencoverseverythingalmosteverythingianddata
structures.Butitismoreforlearningconceptsthanfor
programming.Languageissimplefor
mostoftheundergraduateleveltopics.

Algorithmsunlockedisaverywellwrittenbookfor
layman.Itisverylesstechnicalandcontainsthegist
ofthesubjectinaveryshortandreadableform.
(around200250pages)

Aduni.org:Againbeforeyoudoanyotherthing,the
firstthingtodoiswatchShai,youwontbelievehow
awesomeShaiis.

Thisiswrittenverywellandunderstandableway,if
youstartwiththisbookthereisnoharm.

ThisbookisMiniversionofCormensbook,this
coveralmosteverythingwithshortdiscussions,which
iswritteninCormenwithmorepages.
usethisbookalongwithNPTELlectureofProfessor
NaveenGarg.
ActuallyifuseeprofGargsNptellecturesuponDS
youwillfindslidesaretakenfromthisbookandthose
slidesalsoavailablefromAuthorswebsite.

Here

AlfredV.Aho,Hopcroft
andJeffreyUllman.

http://ww3.algorithmdesign.net/handouts/

AnotherClassicbook.
DBMS ThomasConnolly,

1.ElmasriNavathe

2.Raghu
Ramakrisnan

3.KorthSudarshan
4.
C.J.Date
ForDBMSmanybooksareequallygoodandIhave
foundthelanguageusedinthisbooktobeverygood
whilethelanguageusedinSilberschatzisquite
high

ERdiagramsandproblemsonphysicaldatabase
organization.
NavatheisBestforFileStructuresand
Indexing...AlsofortheFDand
Normalform.Navathecontainslotoftechniques
andalgorithmsnotgivenanywhereelse.

Forphysicaldatabaseorganization(theory)andSQL,
RA,TRC.

FortransactionmanagementandNormalization.
Korthisverygoodfortransactionpart.

VeryGoodBookForNormalization
OS Silberschatz

ModernOperating
SystembyAndrew
STanenbaum
VerygoodforlearningtheoryinOS.Englishisgoodto
understand.Writingstyleisprettyeasyandfun.

TheBook,butifyoureadGalvinitsok,read
TanenbaumformoreKnowledge.Itcontainsgreat
numberofproblems.Alsoincludessomeoftheory
thatisnotincludedinGalvinsbook.
AutomataTheory Kozen,

Cohen,

Sipser

Papadimitriou

PeterLinz

Hopcroft

ShaiSimonson

GEBbydouglas
hofstadter

JohnCmartin
Kozenhasverygoodexerciseproblems.(Lowprice
indianeditionisalsoavailable)

Cohencanbereadifverygooddetailedanalysisis
required.SPOONFEEDING!

Sipserisaquickandcomprehensiveguide.Itis
recommendedtobereadafteryouhavegriponthe
subject.

Papadimitriou,ElementsofTheoryofComputation:If
youdontreadthisbookyouaredoingitwrong.Butthe
booklanguageislittlebittough.

PeterLinzexplainseverythinginaveryeasyway.
OneofthebestbookforGATE.

InmostcollegesyouwillfindthisbookasaMain
book,butbelievemewithinCohenorLinzor
Martin,ifyoureadanyoneofthem,Enough!

Aduni.org:Ifyouhavenotseen
http://www.aduni.org/courses/theory/,dontdo
anythinggoandseethevideosimmediately,no
excuses

Evenafterreadingthesubjectthereisaproblemin
understandingthedeepandtheoreticalissuesin
TOC,onecanreadthemasterpiecewrittenby
DouglasHofstadter.Itwillgivesphilosophicaldepthin
thesubjectwhichwillbeveryhelpfulinsolvingvery
difficultproblemsandcrackingverydifficultinterviews.

Goodbook.

Probability SheldonRoss,

RumaFalk

DavidStirzaker

Introductionto
Probabilityby
DimitriP.
Bertsekasand
JohnN.Tsitsiklis

Sheldonrosssbook(1stcourseinProbability)is
undoubtedlyverygood.Butyouhavetoreadthisbook
verydeeplypagebypage.

UseRumaFalksbookforgoodcollectionof
probabilityproblems.Itcontainstheworldsbest
problems.

Understandableandeasylanguage.

Avideolectureseriesisalsoavailablefrom
MITOCW.
C Dennismritchie NocommentsThisisthebest
ItsTheBOOK.Period!
DataStructurefor
placements
MarkAlanweiss

Fundamentalsof
DataStructures,Ellis
HorowitzandSartaj
Sahni

AaronMTanenbaum

http://www.geeksforg
eeks.org/datastructu
res/

HasbasicsofDataStructure.

Goodforbeginners.

goodforbasics

VeryGoodArticlesOnDataStructures.

CPracticeProblems

TestYourCSkills

TheCpuzzlebook

Goodbookforpractice.Questionscoverall
topics,butDONOTreadthis.

BestbookforpracticingCpuzzles.
C++Practise TestYourC++Skills Pleasedontreadthis,oranyofyashwant
Problems

hl
http://www.stroustru
p.com/programming.
html
ttp://www.stroustrup.
com/4th.htm

kanetkarsbook.

youcanreadthisbook,goodone,ebookalso
available.

Anotherclassics.
Programming
problems
http://www.mktechni
calclasses.com/Note
s/Cracking%20the%
20Coding%20Intervie
w,%204%20Edition%
20%20150%20Prog
ramming%20Intervie
w%20Questions%20
and%20Solutions.pdf

cracking the coding interview by Gayle
LaakmannMcDowell

www.careercup.com

Computer
Organization
WilliamStallings

1.MorrisMano

2.ZakyHamacher(
C.Hamacher,
Z.Vranesicand
S.ZakyComputer
Organization)

3.Patterson.D.A.
andHennessy.J.L.
Computer
Architecture:A
Quantitative
Approach

4.W.Stallings
Computer
Organizationand
Architecture
Designingfor
Performance

5.Tanenbaum,A.S
Structured
Computer
Organization

6.Pauland
choudhary
Cacheisnicelycoveredinthisbookwithsomegood
exercisesoncache.Remember

M.MannoescapessometopiclikePipeline..

cachememoryandPipelinesREADfromThis
book(zaki).andifyouneedmoreknowledgeother
thanMorrisManogowithit.

GoodBook.

easylanguage.

Mastersbook.

Goodonethoughquitebulky.
Networking Forouzan,

TopDownApproach
ByKuroseand
Ross.

Tanenbaum

GoodbookwithBasicsclear.

KuroseisbestforAlmostallfundamentalconcept
withclearfigureandveryunderstandablemanners

Onecannotneglecttheamazingbookbytanenbaum.
Itcontainseverythinginaverywellwrittenway.Itis
amusingand`itdealswithissuesinamanneryou
wanttodo.Ifyouarestartingthesubject,gowithit.It

isnotrecommendedforlasttimereading.Keep
makinggoodnotesifyoureadhisbook.

Oneofthebestbooktostudydatalinklayerconcepts
innetworking.
Discrete
Mathematics
KennethH.Rosen

CLLiu

Kolman,Busby
&Ross(Grouptheory
).

RalphPGrimaldi

J.P.Tremblayand
R.Manohar

SusannaS.Epp

BestBookforDiscretemaths.Almostbestformore
than80%gatesyllabusofDM...and1verygood
featureaboutthisbookisitsdefinitionpart.Graph
theorypartisalsogood..

CLLiuisveryeasytounderstand.Simple
language,butmisssomepart.

usefulforGrouptheory.

Combinatoricsspecialist.

OldisGold.

ForsomethisbookisunknownbutSusannasbookis
alsogoodforDMwithcrispylanguageandeasyto
understandconceptswith
examples.
GraphTheory NarasinghDeo

DouglasWest

Hasgooddefinitionsandproofs.Goodfor
undergraduatelevel.

first4chaptersareimportantforGATE.solution
manualalsoavailable.

LinearAlgebra BSGrewal

ErwinKreyszig

GilbertStrang
ForGATE,GrewalsbookissufficientforL.algebra.

ForKreyszigSOLUTIONManualisavailableovernet.

BestBook.AMITvideolectureseriesalsoavailable.
Calculus GilbertStrang Thebook.
GeneralAptitude Aggarwal

ArunSharma

Goodbooktostartwithbasics.
DigitalLogic MorrisMano

Floyd
NoCommentOneandonly

Floydcoverseverytopicingreatdetail.Itcontains
implementationswithactualchipnumbersand
circuitry.Everytopicisexplainedwithexamples.Very
goodcollectionofproblems.Comprehensive.

http://gate0000.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/booksforcomputerscience/

http://gate0000.worpdress.com/2011/11/30/gateguidebyair82/

Forreferenceonly.

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