Best Books for Learning Data Structures and Algorithms

Here are my top picks on the best books for learning data structures and algorithms. Of course, there are many other great resources, but I picked these specifically with the beginner engineers/students in mind. I wanted give you guys a list the gradually progresses in complexity -- from easy read, to deeply technical. I hope you enjoy these and improve your algorithm chops!
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[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Thanks for all the comments! I wanted to add a quick note here that the intention of this video is to help you get better at Data Structures and Algorithms, and not to help you prepare for coding interviews. While I did add a book with interviews in mind and discuss that perspective throughout the video, that isn't the main goal of this video. The goal here is to simply help you get a better grasp of Data Structures and Algorithms. Interviewing is a whole different ballgame, and requires specific strategies and approaches to nail. I will make a video series on the whole process of getting better at coding interviews in the near future. But before you can get better at interviewing, you have to improve your foundational knowledge of Data Structures and Algorithms -- that's what this video is for! Hope that makes sense. Cheers! :)

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could you suggest which Discrete mathematics book are better

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Good. But do take breaks and do different things so that you don't get burnt out.👍

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[@damercy]

Love how you actually showed and read through the books instead of blabbering out a script. What a man! ❤😃

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

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Grokking algorithm literally helped me to vanish my fear for coding.

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KZbin algorithm can sometimes be fantastic, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot!

[@sudaminis1302]

This is a really helpful list of resources. I appreciate your channel and efforts you are putting into educating others! Thank you!

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The best thing about your videos you give all the answers in a structured way.

[@nikcsm]

Dudeee.....you look so happy while reading from those books 😀😀 I used Elements of Programming Interviews for my interview prep and it is an amazing resource for sure. The questions are amazing and the way they relate other possible questions which can emerge from one question.

[@Mop_Deep]

Damn dude. Im about to graduate next semester and was looking for something just like this. I love the layed approach. I need to freshen up on my algo and DS for interviews. Thank you for sharing this!

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thanks for showing inside the books and giving short explanation and leveling books. this video is amazing :)

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Love your videos. It makes me calm and focused , much needed for a software developer ❤️.

[@jamesj5469]

I just bought 3 of the books for the summer to study and help understand before the class starts. I also liked the way you you pick the books. Cause I was just going to buy a book but glad I watched this video

[@harshithranadhir1656]

Awesome video man👌 .Thanks for the suggestions and detailed procedure to get good at algorithms.

[@tusharjain9707]

You really motivate me, man! I am taking the ds&algo class next quarter! really excited :D

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

You got this!

[@comscinerd2070]

I'm taking it right now! One mistake I made was to just read the textbook and learn the theory. When you take it I would suggest to try to implement every single algorithm and data structure (esp the recursive ones). It really tests how well you understand the underlying concepts and (if you have time to implement a visualization) see how they work.

[@samueltekle2267]

Another awesome video and content. Thank you very much for sharing brother, I will definitely be buying one of the books.

[@smikkelbeer7890]

Interesting video. I am preparing for next semester with Robert Sedgewick's 'Algorithms 4th edition' and was curious what other people were using to study.

[@abimaelmartell]

Nice video, i've had Computer Science Distilled on my Wish List for about a year, but after your recommendation i'll buy it. I'm an experience Software Developer, but still struggle with Algorithm Interviews. Thanks!

[@ShotterManable]

great great video. I will continue with CS destilled. I was looking to feel confident about alg & ds interviews. Thanks a lot

[@satyajitmajhi1406]

highly appreciate this video brother!, it helped me to get an insight regarding what books should i go to

[@sparshsharma1343]

Amazing Video. Provides great insights and resources in the video as well as in description. Thank You Very Much.❤❤

[@casualray2096]

This is great! Next semester I start “Introduction to C++” first year of a community college working on an Associate Transfer to SDSU. I’ve been looking books like this, thank you for the video!

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Ha we are in the same boat. Im hammering on c++ and java language because those are coding languages UC schools focus on

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Same! I am also trying to transfer to CPP! Good luck to both of you! 💪🏻

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@@arturofonseca5846 If you don’t have any programming experience IT will be a bit difficult but don’t give up! With time, all that you have learned will connect in some way. Keep your heads up and good luck!

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You can do it! I transferred from a California CC to Cal!

[@neoTriny]

Cant thank you enough I was searching for these type of book suggestions those 4 books are gem, like you 🔥

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i have being search for a while for a video like this. I am very lucky to have found your video and chanell, i was very lost looking for how to approach DSA. My University is pretty terrible at it and teaching it, so i had to find by myself a way to find. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I think i will buy all of the books, but start from the Distilled one and end up in the interview book one. You have saved my career life :D

[@zafarhussain9510]

Thanks sir for this video. I have a request to you . Can you make a separate video like this on DISCRETE MATHEMATICS ( for the step by step learning)

[@SB-tc5je]

Great video Utsav! Very informative! Ordered the first two books, will be a good read for the upcoming holidays . Thanks! :)

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Awesome! The first two books are a fun read!

[@Krazness]

All solid recommendations. Grokking Algorithms was one of the best texts I read regarding the topic. I loved how Aditya broke the concepts down into simple relatable examples

[@somebodyoulove]

I’m reading it currently. So beginner friendly.

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would you recommend me this book to learn algorithms in python 3 ?

[@Krazness]

@@russellkarabelnikov539 I would. But focus on learning how they work generally, and not for a specific language

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Liked the part that you stressed on first having a brief overview of the topics and then slowly and steadily diving deeper into specific topics. I first started learning a topic too much, which indeed helped but then it becomes discouraging if you are learning on your own, you don't get immediate results and then you started doubting yourself. Having a brief idea is enough to start solving problems and then picking up the topic as you keep on learning. This way I learned a lot and at the same time had the motivation to study. I am still a noob :) but this way my learning curve is much much better.

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Nice readings. I want to improve my algorithm knowledge. Btw, giving that personal piece of info helps out!

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Glad it was helpful!

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Thanks a lot man, you got inspired me to learn DS algo :-)

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Great Video! Fantastic content as always!!

[@AntoineJacques]

Thank you so much, this will help. I'm going to start learning dsa in a week or so.

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Best of luck! You got this!

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Thanks for this. Keep up the great work :)

[@DivyaJharia]

I liked the video the books recommended are the once i used in my college i guess time to read them once again :-P, also the happiness in your face when u were saying you should know whats an int, array, variables etc hehe

[@grizzlah]

Really enjoying these book reviews with, at least, this level of detail. Please continue with this format. 👍

[@jorgechamorroguitar]

Great video. Could you do this for Object Oriented Analysis and Design? (OOAD) Thanks!

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Great!!! Finally we have the recommended book list from Utsavized on Data Structures and Algorithms. YAY!!!!!

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

😅

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Amazing content! Can you please recommend some good resources on dynamic programming! Thank you!

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Just watching this video today and I'm so blessed by everything you said... As a software engineer with decades of experience...do you recommend knowing concepts in-depth or just having a surface/shallow knowledge as a starter in software engineering/development? Cos some say you'll learn more on jobs and there's no need to know have a deep-rooted knowledge. Would appreciate if I got an answer from you...

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This is great. Thanks!

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I am Buying all these books in the description!! Thank you!!

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GREAT Job 👍 dude...excelent...2 books of your recommedatinexcellent, two books of your recommendation are my favorites at Amazon. Thanks...one thing good is that i am able understand Very well your English

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Much Needed Video 🙏

[@fubarace1027]

My CS Professor was telling us last week about the Introduction to Algorithms book, and how it's the bible for this job. He was suggesting to all of us that if we intend to pursue this line of work, we should try to pick up at least an older edition of the book. Thanks for giving me some lead in books.

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I am envious of their students, the only important thing that my university has taught me was agile methodology :(

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nice video and good content, thank you

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Thank you for making such amazing videos man....You really are awesome...:)

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

My pleasure!

[@shyampramanik780]

Thank you so much for the recommendations , really very helpful .. can you please recommend books on system design and database design ?

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Please check out rest of the videos.

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Thank you for this video, I have messaged so many times for this. Thank you😀

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

No problem 😊

[@comscinerd2070]

This video actually read my mind lol, my DS&A kicked my ass this semester and I was like "hm I need a better textbook to study over break" and when I come home I see this video lol

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Thank you utsav for this valuable info

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Thanks for the video

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This is legitimately great content thank you.

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

You are welcome!

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Your way of explaining tremendous bro..

[@astropgn]

I bought the big one. In my mind: i studied a lot of the topics, i intuitively understand what these algorithms do, and now I am ready to get deep into them and learn how they really work. I started reading it and on the first algorithm (insertion sort) I opened my code editor and started doing it. I tried to do without copying the pseudo code, but actually doing it from reasoning. It took me several hours until I got it done (it was a naive bug of changing the variable and not the element in the list). I also had to look at some implementations in the meantime. Yeah. This is going to be a LONG ride.

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Then you are probably doing it wrong way, don't waste hours on it, 8-10 minutes are enough, sometimes you need to know k things already to be able to think of next bunch of n things Think about it 😉

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[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

You're welcome!! Glad it was useful!

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Love your content!

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Love your videos a lot

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Thanks you made my day

[@indiansoftwareengineer4899]

Thanks man, for these recommendations..... Please make a video for Junior developers to grasp more and more concepts of Software Development, to become best in field.

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

I'd suggest watching my other recommendations videos, on books, projects, programming languages. It covers a lot of stuff useful for beginner software engineers.

[@manaralkammessy6360]

Hi Utsav thank you so much for this video its very helpful and I'm in the process of getting the recommended books. In regards to Elements of Programming Interviews, does a book exist for C# that i can use to practice? thanks again

[@coderlife2706]

One of the most practical vids on the topic! New sub here. Are there any maths books you would recommend that will serve as a solid foundation in CS?

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

I’ll dig up some books for math and let you know

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Very helpful ☺

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[@UserBDXYZ]

A good introductory book on algorithms is "How to Solve It by Computer" by R. G. Dromey. This is a great book for learning to think algorithmically.

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Love the videos by the way. 🙏 Hopefully, help me get an internship in Microsoft here in ireland 🇮🇪

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Thanks! Keep at it, and you will get there! BTW I wanted to work at Microsoft Ireland, too :)

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Good explanation 👍

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Great video, loved it! :)

[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Thanks! 😃

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Hi thank you for your advices,

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Utsav dai, thanks for this video. Cheers from Germany!

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Hi Utsav, can you make a video on how to read the clrs and analyse those proofs and mathematical theory?

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As always brilliant.

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[@EngineeringwithUtsav]

Any time!

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The hard cover with CLRS is ❤️

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Thank you 👍

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