There are many books on Perl and Perl-related. A few of these are
good, some are OK, but many aren't worth your money. There is a list
-of these books, some with extensive reviews, at http://books.perl.org/
-. We list some of the books here, and while listing a book implies our
+of these books, some with extensive reviews, at
+L<http://books.perl.org/> . We list some of the books here, and while
+listing a book implies our
endorsement, don't think that not including a book means anything.
Most of these books are available online through Safari Books Online
-( http://safaribooksonline.com/ ).
+( L<http://safaribooksonline.com/> ).
=head2 The most popular books
=item I<Programming Perl> (the "Camel Book"):
- by Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall with Jon Orwant
- ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 [4th edition February 2012]
- ISBN 978-1-4493-9890-3 [ebook]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004927
+ by Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall with Jon Orwant
+ ISBN 978-0-596-00492-7 [4th edition February 2012]
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-9890-3 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004927
=back
=item I<The Perl Cookbook> (the "Ram Book"):
- by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington,
- with Foreword by Larry Wall
- ISBN 978-0-596-00313-5 [2nd Edition August 2003]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/
+ by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington,
+ with Foreword by Larry Wall
+ ISBN 978-0-596-00313-5 [2nd Edition August 2003]
+ ISBN 978-0-596-15888-0 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/
=back
=item I<Learning Perl> (the "Llama Book")
- by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
- ISBN 978-1-4493-0358-7 [6th edition June 2011]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920018452
+ by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-0358-7 [6th edition June 2011]
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-0458-4 [ebook]
+ http://www.learning-perl.com/
=back
=item I<Intermediate Perl> (the "Alpaca Book")
- by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix
- foreword by Damian Conway
- ISBN 978-1-4493-9309-0 [2nd edition August 2012]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920012689/
+ by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix
+ foreword by Damian Conway
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-9309-0 [2nd edition August 2012]
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-0459-1 [ebook]
+ http://www.intermediateperl.com/
=back
=item I<Perl 5 Pocket Reference>
- by Johan Vromans
- ISBN 978-1-4493-0370-9 [5th edition July 2011]
- ISBN 978-1-4493-0813-1 [ebook]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920018476/
+ by Johan Vromans
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-0370-9 [5th edition July 2011]
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-0813-1 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920018476/
=item I<Perl Debugger Pocket Reference>
- by Richard Foley
- ISBN 978-0-596-00503-0 [1st edition January 2004]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596005030/
+ by Richard Foley
+ ISBN 978-0-596-00503-0 [1st edition January 2004]
+ ISBN 978-0-596-55625-9 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596005030/
=item I<Regular Expression Pocket Reference>
- by Tony Stubblebine
- ISBN 978-0-596-51427-3 [July 2007]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514273/
+ by Tony Stubblebine
+ ISBN 978-0-596-51427-3 [2nd edition July 2007]
+ ISBN 978-0-596-55782-9 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514273/
=back
=item I<Beginning Perl>
- by James Lee
- ISBN 1-59059-391-X [3rd edition April 2010]
- http://www.apress.com/9781430227939
+(There are 2 books with this title)
-=item I<Learning Perl>
+ by Curtis 'Ovid' Poe
+ ISBN 978-1-118-01384-7
+ http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/productCd-1118013840.html
- by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
- ISBN 978-0-596-52010-6 [5th edition June 2008]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596520106
+ by James Lee
+ ISBN 1-59059-391-X [3rd edition April 2010 & ebook]
+ http://www.apress.com/9781430227939
+
+=item I<Learning Perl> (the "Llama Book")
+
+ by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, and brian d foy
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-0358-7 [6th edition June 2011]
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-0458-4 [ebook]
+ http://www.learning-perl.com/
=item I<Intermediate Perl> (the "Alpaca Book")
- by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix
- foreword by Damian Conway
- ISBN 0-596-10206-2 [1st edition March 2006]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596102067
+ by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy, with Tom Phoenix
+ foreword by Damian Conway
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-9309-0 [2nd edition August 2012]
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-0459-1 [ebook]
+ http://www.intermediateperl.com/
=item I<Mastering Perl>
- by brian d foy
- ISBN 978-0-596-10206-7 [1st edition July 2007]
- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527242
+ by brian d foy
+ ISBN 9978-1-4493-9311-3 [2st edition January 2014]
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-6487-8 [ebook]
+ http://www.masteringperl.org/
=item I<Effective Perl Programming>
- by Joseph N. Hall, Joshua A. McAdams, brian d foy
- ISBN 0-321-49694-9 [2nd edition 2010]
- http://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/
+ by Joseph N. Hall, Joshua A. McAdams, brian d foy
+ ISBN 0-321-49694-9 [2nd edition 2010]
+ http://www.effectiveperlprogramming.com/
=back
=item I<Writing Perl Modules for CPAN>
- by Sam Tregar
- ISBN 1-59059-018-X [1st edition August 2002]
- http://www.apress.com/9781590590188
+ by Sam Tregar
+ ISBN 1-59059-018-X [1st edition August 2002 & ebook]
+ http://www.apress.com/9781590590188
=item I<The Perl Cookbook>
- by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington
- with foreword by Larry Wall
- ISBN 1-56592-243-3 [2nd edition August 2003]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135
+ by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington,
+ with Foreword by Larry Wall
+ ISBN 978-0-596-00313-5 [2nd Edition August 2003]
+ ISBN 978-0-596-15888-0 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/
=item I<Automating System Administration with Perl>
- by David N. Blank-Edelman
- ISBN 978-0-596-00639-6 [2nd edition May 2009]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596006396
+ by David N. Blank-Edelman
+ ISBN 978-0-596-00639-6 [2nd edition May 2009]
+ ISBN 978-0-596-80251-6 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596006396
=item I<Real World SQL Server Administration with Perl>
- by Linchi Shea
- ISBN 1-59059-097-X [1st edition July 2003]
- http://www.apress.com/9781590590973
+ by Linchi Shea
+ ISBN 1-59059-097-X [1st edition July 2003 & ebook]
+ http://www.apress.com/9781590590973
=back
=item I<Regular Expressions Cookbook>
- by Jan Goyvaerts and Steven Levithan
- ISBN 978-0-596-52069-4 [May 2009]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596520694
+ by Jan Goyvaerts and Steven Levithan
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-1943-4 [2nd edition August 2012]
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-2747-7 [ebook]
+ http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023630.do
=item I<Programming the Perl DBI>
- by Tim Bunce and Alligator Descartes
- ISBN 978-1-56592-699-8 [February 2000]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565926998
+ by Tim Bunce and Alligator Descartes
+ ISBN 978-1-56592-699-8 [February 2000]
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-8670-2 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565926998
=item I<Perl Best Practices>
- by Damian Conway
- ISBN: 978-0-596-00173-5 [1st edition July 2005]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001735
+ by Damian Conway
+ ISBN 978-0-596-00173-5 [1st edition July 2005]
+ ISBN 978-0-596-15900-9 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001735
=item I<Higher-Order Perl>
- by Mark-Jason Dominus
- ISBN: 1-55860-701-3 [1st edition March 2005]
- http://hop.perl.plover.com/
+ by Mark-Jason Dominus
+ ISBN 1-55860-701-3 [1st edition March 2005]
+ free ebook http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/
+ http://hop.perl.plover.com/
=item I<Mastering Regular Expressions>
- by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
- ISBN 978-0-596-52812-6 [3rd edition August 2006]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528126
+ by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
+ ISBN 978-0-596-52812-6 [3rd edition August 2006]
+ ISBN 978-0-596-55899-4 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528126
=item I<Network Programming with Perl>
- by Lincoln Stein
- ISBN 0-201-61571-1 [1st edition 2001]
- http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Network-Programming-with-Perl/9780201615715.page
+ by Lincoln Stein
+ ISBN 0-201-61571-1 [1st edition 2001]
+ http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Network-Programming-with-Perl/9780201615715.page
=item I<Perl Template Toolkit>
- by Darren Chamberlain, Dave Cross, and Andy Wardley
- ISBN 978-0-596-00476-7 [December 2003]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004767
+ by Darren Chamberlain, Dave Cross, and Andy Wardley
+ ISBN 978-0-596-00476-7 [December 2003]
+ ISBN 978-1-4493-8647-4 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596004767
=item I<Object Oriented Perl>
- by Damian Conway
- with foreword by Randal L. Schwartz
- ISBN 1-884777-79-1 [1st edition August 1999]
- http://www.manning.com/conway/
+ by Damian Conway
+ with foreword by Randal L. Schwartz
+ ISBN 1-884777-79-1 [1st edition August 1999 & ebook]
+ http://www.manning.com/conway/
=item I<Data Munging with Perl>
- by Dave Cross
- ISBN 1-930110-00-6 [1st edition 2001]
- http://www.manning.com/cross
+ by Dave Cross
+ ISBN 1-930110-00-6 [1st edition 2001 & ebook]
+ http://www.manning.com/cross
=item I<Mastering Perl/Tk>
- by Steve Lidie and Nancy Walsh
- ISBN 978-1-56592-716-2 [1st edition January 2002]
- http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565927162
+ by Steve Lidie and Nancy Walsh
+ ISBN 978-1-56592-716-2 [1st edition January 2002]
+ ISBN 978-0-596-10344-6 [ebook]
+ http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565927162
=item I<Extending and Embedding Perl>
- by Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens
- ISBN 1-930110-82-0 [1st edition August 2002]
- http://www.manning.com/jenness
+ by Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens
+ ISBN 1-930110-82-0 [1st edition August 2002 & ebook]
+ http://www.manning.com/jenness
=item I<Pro Perl Debugging>
- by Richard Foley with Andy Lester
- ISBN 1-59059-454-1 [1st edition July 2005]
- http://www.apress.com/9781590594544
+ by Richard Foley with Andy Lester
+ ISBN 1-59059-454-1 [1st edition July 2005 & ebook]
+ http://www.apress.com/9781590594544
=back
Some of these books are available as free downloads.
-I<Higher-Order Perl>: http://hop.perl.plover.com/
+I<Higher-Order Perl>: L<http://hop.perl.plover.com/>
+
+I<Modern Perl>: L<http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/>
=head2 Other interesting, non-Perl books
=item I<Programming Pearls>
- by Jon Bentley
- ISBN 978-0-201-65788-3 [2 edition, October 1999]
+ by Jon Bentley
+ ISBN 978-0-201-65788-3 [2 edition, October 1999]
=item I<More Programming Pearls>
- by Jon Bentley
- ISBN 0-201-11889-0 [January 1988]
+ by Jon Bentley
+ ISBN 0-201-11889-0 [January 1988]
=back
the time of release. This poses a problem for content such as book
lists. There are probably very nice books published after this list
was included in your Perl release, and you can check the latest
-released version at http://perldoc.perl.org/perlbook.html .
+released version at L<http://perldoc.perl.org/perlbook.html> .
Some of the books we've listed appear almost ancient in internet
scale, but we've included those books because they still describe the
=head2 Get your book listed
If your Perl book isn't listed and you think it should be, let us know.
+L<mailto:perl5-porters@perl.org>
=cut
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