A bibliography of Lisp books from the Association of Lisp Users

By Paul Graham; Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 0133708756. Tutorial introduction of essential Lisp programming concepts, plus a convenient, up-to-date reference manual, for ANSI CL.

A variety of books on Common Lisp programming and AI, personally chosen by an experienced developer.

By David S. Touretzky; Benjamin-Cummings, 1989, ISBN 0805304924. Fine introduction for beginners; even one who never programmed before in any language will be able to use this book, yet covers all relevant topics thoroughly. Full version online, two formats.

By Stuart C. Shapiro; W.H. Freeman, 1992, ISBN 0716782189. For advanced CS students, undergraduate and graduate, stepped tutorial, many exercises and assignments for hands-on learning. treats functional before imperative programming, covers CLOS. Full version online, several formats.

Guide to online Lisp resources.

By Stephen Slade; Prentice Hall PTR, 1998, ISBN 0136059406. Likely the best book available on using a CL environment for uses other than AI programming.

By Paul Graham; Prentice Hall, 1993, ISBN 0130305529. Thorough study of advanced methods, with bottom-up programming as unifying theme. First full description of macros and their uses. Covers important topics related to bottom-up programming: functional programming, rapid prototyping, interactive development, embedded languages. Free download, PDF.

By Peter Norvig; Morgan Kaufmann, 1992, ISBN 1558601910. Overview of classical AI programming, valuable history lessons, basic introduction to Lisp, efficiency considerations.

By Peter Seibel; Apress, 2005, ISBN 1590592395. Focus: putting CL to practical use with example projects: spam filter, ID3 parser, Shoutcast server. Source code downloads. Full version online.

Collaborative project; goal: write for CL a work similar to O'Reilly Media's Perl Cookbook.