# Best Fluent Python alternatives

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1. **Designing Data-Intensive Applications** (score 94.0): Martin Kleppmann's book on reliable, scalable and maintainable data systems. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/designing-data-intensive-applications
2. **The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition** (score 92.5): Practical software craft advice from David Thomas and Andrew Hunt. Paid | PDF/EPUB/Kindle/Print. https://listme.name/books/the-pragmatic-programmer
3. **Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs** (score 91.0): MIT programming classic on abstraction and interpreters, with free full text. Free | Read online. https://listme.name/books/sicp
4. **Crafting Interpreters** (score 90.5): Free web book on writing a programming language interpreter. Free | Read online/PDF/EPUB/Kindle/Print. https://listme.name/books/crafting-interpreters
5. **Eloquent JavaScript, 4th Edition** (score 89.5): Free introduction to programming and JavaScript, 4th edition. Free | Read online/PDF/EPUB/Kindle/Print. https://listme.name/books/eloquent-javascript
6. **Software Engineering at Google** (score 89.0): Engineering practices for keeping a large codebase healthy. Free | Read online/Print. https://listme.name/books/software-engineering-at-google
7. **The Rust Programming Language** (score 88.0): Official free book that teaches the Rust language from first steps. Free | Read online. https://listme.name/books/rust-programming-language
8. **Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code** (score 86.5): Martin Fowler's catalog of small, safe changes to improve code design. Paid | Print. https://listme.name/books/refactoring
9. **Think Python, 3rd Edition** (score 83.5): Free beginner's introduction to programming in Python by Allen B. Downey. Free | Read online/Print. https://listme.name/books/think-python
10. **Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 3rd Edition** (score 80.5): Practical Python for automating files, spreadsheets, web tasks and email. Free | Read online/PDF/EPUB/Kindle/Print. https://listme.name/books/automate-the-boring-stuff

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