The Best Python Books for All Skill Levels
The Python language is great for coding software, building websites, and for general server scripting. It’s an all-around incredible language and it’s often a preferred language for developers.
Getting into Python doesn’t have to be a challenge and if you use the right books it can even be fun! That’s why I’ve created this great and massive list of the best Python books to help you move from a newbie to a skilled developer with ease.
- +20 Python Libraries You Aren’t Using (But Should) (email address requested, not required)
- A Beginner’s Python Tutorial – Wikibooks
- A Byte of Python (3.x) (HTML, PDF, EPUB, Mobi)
- A Guide to Python’s Magic Methods – Rafe Kettler
- A Whirlwind Tour of Python – Jake VanderPlas (PDF) (EPUB, MOBI)
- Automate the Boring Stuff – Al Sweigart
- Biopython (PDF)
- Build applications in Python the antitextbook (3.x) (HTML, PDF, EPUB, Mobi)
- Building Machine Learning Systems with Python – Willi Richert & Luis Pedro Coelho, Packt. (email address requested, not required)
- Building Skills in Object-Oriented Design (Python) (PDF) (2.1.1)
- Building Skills in Python (PDF) (2.6)
- Code Like a Pythonista: Idiomatic Python
- CodeCademy Python
- Composing Programs (3.x)
- Data Structures and Algorithms in Python – B. R. Preiss (PDF)
- Dive into Python 3 – Mark Pilgrim (3.0)
- Dive into Python – Mark Pilgrim (2.3)
- From Python to NumPy
- Full Stack Python
- Functional Programming in Python (email address requested, not required)
- Fundamentals of Python Programming – Richard L. Halterman (PDF) (3.2)
- Google’s Python Class (2.4 – 2.x)
- Google’s Python Style Guide
- Hacking Secret Cyphers with Python – Al Sweigart (3.3)
- Hadoop with Python (email address requested, not required)
- High Performance Python (PDF)
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python! (2.6)
- How to Make Mistakes in Python – Mike Pirnat (PDF) (1st edition)
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python, Interactive Edition (3.2)
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python – Allen B. Downey, Jeff Elkner and Chris Meyers (2.4)
- Think Python – Allen B. Downey (2.x & 3.0)
- Intermediate Python – Muhammad Yasoob Ullah Khalid (1st edition)
- Introduction to Programming with Python (3.3)
- Introduction to Programming Using Python – Cody Jackson (1st edition) (2.3)
- Introduction to Python – Kracekumar (2.7.3)
- Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python – Al Sweigart (3.1)
- Learn Python, Break Python
- Learn Python in Y minutes
- Learn Python The Hard Way (2.5 – 2.6)
- Learn to Program Using Python – Cody Jackson (PDF)
- Learning Python – Fabrizio Romano, Packt. (email address requested, not required)
- Learning to Program
- Lectures on scientific computing with python – J.R. Johansson (2.7)
- Making Games with Python & Pygame – Al Sweigart (2.7)
- Math for programmers (using python)
- Modeling Creativity: Case Studies in Python – Tom D. De Smedt (PDF)
- Natural Language Processing with Python (3.x)
- Non-Programmer’s Tutorial for Python 3 – Wikibooks (3.3)
- Non-Programmer’s Tutorial for Python 2.6 – Wikibooks (2.6)
- Picking a Python Version: A Manifesto (email address requested, not required)
- Porting to Python 3: An In-Depth Guide (2.6 – 2.x & 3.1 – 3.x)
- Practical Programming in Python – Jeffrey Elkner (PDF)
- Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Python – Bradley N. Miller and David L. Ranum
- Program Arcade Games With Python And Pygame (3.3)
- Programming Computer Vision with Python (PDF)
- Python 2 Official Documentation (PDF, HTML, TEXT) (2.x)
- Python 2.7 quick reference – New Mexico Tech (2.7)
- Python 3 Official Documentation (PDF, EPUB, HTML, TEXT) (3.x)
- Python 3 Tutorial
- Python Cookbook – David Beazley
- Python Data Science Handbook – Jake VanderPlas (HTML, Jupyter Notebooks)
- Python for Everybody Exploring Data Using Python 3 – Charles Severance (PDF, EPUB, HTML)
- Python for you and me (2.7.3)
- Python for you and me (3.x)
- Python Idioms (PDF)
- Python in Education (email address requested, not required)
- Python in Hydrology – Sat Kumar Tomer
- Python Koans (2.7 or 3.x)
- Python Module of the Week (3.x)
- Python Notes for Professionals – Compiled from StackOverflow documentation (3.x)
- Python Practice Book (2.7.1)
- Python Practice Projects
- Python Programming – Wikibooks (2.7)
- Python Programming – Wikibooks (PDF) (2.6)
- Scipy Lecture Notes
- SICP in Python (3.2)
- Snake Wrangling For Kids (3.x)
- Suporting Python 3: An In-Depth Guide (2.6 – 2.x & 3.1 – 3.x)
- Test-Driven Web Development with Python – Harry Percival (3.3 – 3.x)
- Text Processing in Python – David Mertz (2.3 – 2.x)
- The Coder’s Apprentice: Learning Programming with Python 3 – Pieter Spronck (PDF) (3.x)
- The Definitive Guide to Jython, Python for the Java Platform – Josh Juneau, Jim Baker, Victor Ng, Leo Soto, Frank Wierzbicki (2.5)
- The Little Book of Python Anti-Patterns (Source)
- The Programming Historian – William J. Turkel, Adam Crymble and Alan MacEachern
- The Python Ecosystem: An Introduction
- The Python GTK+ 3 Tutorial
- The Standard Python Library – Fredrik Lundh
- Think Complexity – Allen B. Downey (2nd Edition) (PDF, HTML)
- T/ny Python 3.6 Notebook – Matt Harrison (3.6)
- Web2py: Complete Reference Manual, 6th Edition (pre-release) (2.5 – 2.x)
