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18 Programming eBooks, 1 Bundle, and Your Purchase Also Fights Surveillance
No Starch Press is one of my favorite indie tech publishers. I am a fan of their Linux titles like How Linux Works and System Programming in Linux. This is why I get excited when I see a new book from them.
I am telling you all this because Humble Bundle is offering the Think Like a Programmer 2026 bundle by No Starch Press (partner link) that includes 18 books across 3 price tiers.
You can start with 4 books for $11.80 or get all 18 for $47.20. The full tier includes Think Like a Programmer, The Rust Programming Language, 3rd Edition, and How Computers Really Work, along with books on C, ARM assembly, algorithms, and computer architecture.
Part of your purchase automatically goes to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The books are DRM-free downloads in PDF, EPUB, and MOBI formats.
⏲️ The deal ends on September 28, 2026, at 11:30 PM IST (6:00 PM UTC).
The first tier is a compact introduction to programs, software, and the machine underneath.
The title "Think Like a Programmer" starts to make sense here as this tier focuses on problem-solving instead of a single programming language. How Software Works explains common software ideas in plain terms, while The Secret Life of Programs and How Computers Really Work walk through what your code is actually doing on real hardware.
If you want a foundation before picking up a language like C, Rust, or even assembly, this is the small but useful starting point.
The second tier includes the first 4 books and adds 6 more on top of that.
Effective C, 2nd Edition and Write Great Code, Volume 2, 2nd Edition move you into C and lower-level implementation. Data Structures and Algorithms in JavaScript covers the usual structures and algorithm patterns in a language many people already know.