Best JavaScript Books (23 books)

Best JavaScript Books

“Nearly all of the books about JavaScript are quite awful. They contain errors, poor examples, and promote bad practices. Important features of the language are often explained poorly, or left out entirely. I have reviewed dozens of JavaScript books, and I can only recommend one: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (5th Edition) by David Flanagan.” — Douglas Crockford

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1	JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 1,698 ratings score: 1,992, and 20 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	High Performance JavaScript by Nicholas C. Zakas 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 154 ratings score: 878, and 9 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming by Marijn Haverbeke 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 159 ratings score: 874, and 9 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	JavaScript Patterns by Stoyan Stefanov (Goodreads Author) 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 320 ratings score: 786, and 8 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 743 ratings score: 591, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 743 ratings score: 583, and 6 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Programming Perl by Larry Wall 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 794 ratings score: 390, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Closure: The Definitive Guide by Michael Bolin 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Pro JavaScript Techniques by John Resig 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 95 ratings score: 286, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Nicholas C. Zakas 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 112 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Professional JavaScript for Web Developers by Nicholas C. Zakas 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 112 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	CoffeeScript: Accelerated JavaScript Development by Trevor Burnham 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 87 ratings score: 274, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Node: Up and Running: Scalable Server-Side Code with JavaScript by Tom Hughes-Croucher 3.14 of 5 stars 3.14 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Pro JavaScript Design Patterns by Dustin Diaz (Goodreads Author) 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 73 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Dom Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model by Jeremy Keith 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 186 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Past Present and Future of JavaScript by Axel Rauschmayer 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Effective JavaScript: 68 Specific Ways to Harness the Power of JavaScript by David Herman 4.59 of 5 stars 4.59 avg rating — 46 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The JavaScript Pocket Guide by Lenny Burdette 3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Async JavaScript by Trevor Burnham 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 50 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja by John Resig 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 88 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Maintainable JavaScript by Nicholas C. Zakas 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 66 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	JavaScript Web Applications by Alex MacCaw 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 110 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Learning Javascript Design Patterns by Addy Osmani (Goodreads Author) 3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars