Best Books to Learn Python

Ready to learn Python? Check out one of these recommended books and get to work!

Head First Python

Paul Barry

Core Python

Wesley Chun

Data Structures and Algorithms in Python

Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia, Michael H. Goldwasser, 2013
 

Python Algorithms

by Magnus Lie Hetland

Foundations of Network Programming in Python

 John Goerzen, Brandon Rhodes

Python 2.6 Text Processing

Jeff McNeil

Python for Software Design: How to Think like a Computer Scientist

by Allen B. Downey

Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science

John M. Zelle

Python 3 Tutorial

Alan Gauld

Learning Python

Mark Lutz

Programming in Python 3: A Complete Introduction to the Python Language

Mark Summerfield

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python

Dive into Python 

Mark Pilgrim

Python Cookbook

Alex Martelli

Python Programming for Beginners: An Introduction to the Python Computer Language and Computer Programming

Jason Cannon

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