The most-mentioned books on r/Python

May 22, 2024

Reddit is a social media and news aggregation website that ranks content based on a voting system. People worldwide post content (usually links, but also original content), and other users can “upvote” or “downvote” posts, pushing the most interesting content to the top.

It’s a place where you can find groups of like-minded people. Reddit calls these groups subreddits, and they cover different topics, including niche interests, politics, hobbies, and thousands of other topics people want to talk about.

Since its launch in 2005, the site has become one of the most popular social media sites with millions of monthly active users.

We've processed billions of comments to find the books most mentioned on Reddit.

Table of Contents

The most-mentioned books on r/Python
Our methodology
Who are we

The most-mentioned books on r/Python

Fluent Python	29 users
Python Essential Reference	27 users
Learning Python	25 users
Clean Code	22 users
Python Crash Course	22 users
Python Cookbook	19 users
Effective Python	16 users
Fluent Python	14 users
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python	14 users
Code Complete	11 users
Programming Collective Intelligence	10 users
Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner	10 users
Python for Data Analysis	9 users
Python Programming	9 users
Design Patterns	8 users
Programming in Python 3	8 users
Programming Python	8 users
Mastering Regular Expressions	8 users
Foundations of Python Network Programming	8 users
Violent Python	8 users
Introduction to Algorithms	7 users
Code	7 users
Cracking the Coding Interview	7 users
Learning Python	7 users
Black Hat Python	7 users
Expert Python Programming	7 users
The Python Standard Library by Example	6 users
Python in a Nutshell	6 users
Python Algorithms	6 users
Python Data Science Handbook	6 users
Python Programming On Win32	6 users
Beginning Python	6 users
Gray Hat Python	6 users
Python for Kids	6 users
C Programming Language	5 users
Learn Python the Hard Way	5 users
Python in Practice	5 users
The Grammar of Graphics	5 users
A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python	5 users
Working Effectively with Legacy Code	4 users
Core Python Programming	4 users
The Pragmatic Programmer	4 users
Flask Web Development	4 users
Think Python	4 users
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow	4 users
Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt	3 users
Core Python Applications Programming	3 users
Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python	3 users
Game Programming	3 users
Head First Design Patterns	3 users
JavaScript	3 users
Head First Programming	3 users
Two Scoops of Django	3 users
Robust Python	3 users
Data Structures and Algorithms in Python	3 users
Pro Python	3 users
High Performance Python	3 users
Python for Finance	3 users
Learning Python	3 users
Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures Using Python	3 users
Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame	3 users
Python Machine Learning	3 users
Python 3 Object Oriented Programming	3 users
Python Scripting for Computational Science	3 users

Our methodology

Book mentions are found by checking every reddit comment for links to Amazon, Goodreads, Google Books, and O'Rielly Media. Non-link mentions are too tricky to parse in an unbiased way: books with short, simple titles like The Road get massively under- or over-counted.

When a user mentions the same book multiple times in the same subreddit, we only count the top-voted comment. This curbs users shilling a particular book, and gives a more representative feel for an entire subreddit.

Who are we

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