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This is an unofficial list of books that are recommended in Spring 2026 computer science classes at Princeton
I’ve read sections of many of these, but the books marked with a bold ✨ are ones I’ve found interesting enough to read at length

Freshman level  
Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach
COS 126		 • Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach by Sedgewick & Wayne
Sophomore level  
Algorithms & Data Structures
COS 226		 • ✨Algorithms✨ by Sedgewick & Wayne
Junior level  
Adv. Programming Techniques
COS 333		 • ✨The Practice of Programming✨ by Kernighan & Pike
Senior level  
Innovating Across Technology, Business & Marketplaces
COS 448		 • In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works & Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy
• The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos & the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone
◦ The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
◦ Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer & Venture Capitalist by Feld & Mendelson
Parallel Computing: Principles, Systems & Programming
COS 476		 • Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by Hennessy, Patterson & Kozyrakis
◦ Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware/Software Approach by Culler, Singh & Gupta
◦ Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach by Hwu, Kirk & Hajj
Graduate level  
Empirical Research Methods for CS
COS 598D		  

←Fall 2025