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Some recommended (not required) books on the C programming language:

This unit focuses on the ANSI/ISO-C99 Programming Language.
While drafts on this most recent standard appeared in the mid-1990s, very few textbooks began to seriously focus on C99 until after 2005. Obviously, a book into its 3rd, or higher edition, will have corrected many errors from its earlier editions, and very likely have included up-to-date descriptions of the current state of the C programming language.

You may like to read a review of any book you are considering. Online bookstores, such as Amazon, also include many reviews by their customers. The webpage Best C language textbooks provides some good reviews and commentary on some textbooks and approaches to teaching programming languages. Good, independent, reviews of older books are provided by The Association of C & C++ Users.

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If nothing else, grab this free PDF:

C Notes for Professionals
The C Notes for Professionals book is compiled from Stack Overflow Documentation by GoalKicker.com,
342 pages (a free PDF download)
May 2019.

Excellent first textbooks on C:

	Computer Science: A Structured Programming Approach Using C, 3rd Edition Behrouz Forouzan, Richard Gilberg Publisher: Cengage Learning US ISBN-13: 978-0-534-49132-1 1184 pages 2007 Amazon reviews
	C Programming a Modern Approach - 2nd Edition K.N. King Publisher: Manning Press ISBN-13: 978-0393979503 2008 Amazon reviews A freely available (legal) PDF copy

Some other introductory books on C:

These are suitable as a first book on C.

	Programming in C Stephen G. Kochan, Addison-Wesley Professional, Aug 2014, 600 pages.
	C Primer (6th ed) Stephen Prata, Addison-Wesley Professional, Nov 2013, 1080 pages.
	Head First C David Griffiths, Dawn Griffiths, O'Reilly Media, 2012, 640 pages. Head First C is also available as a DRM-free PDF.
	A Book on C: Programming in C, 4th Edition Al Kelley, Ira Pohl Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional ISBN: 0201183994 752 pages 1997

Some advanced books on C:

If you are already a strong programmer in Java or even C, then these books will be suitable for you. Do not purchase one of these as a first textbook on C.

	Pointers on C Kenneth Reek Publisher: Addison-Wesley ISBN: 0673999866 636 pages 1998
	Understanding and Using C Pointers Richard M. Reese O'Reilly Media May 2013 226 pages.
	21st Century C Ben Klemens O'Reilly Media October 2012 296 pages.
	Data Structures: A Pseudocode Approach with C, 2nd Edition Richard Gilberg, Behrouz Forouzan Publisher: Cengage Learning US ISBN-13: 9780534390808 672 pages 2005

Some Reference Materials on C:

These are not materials or textbooks from which you will be able to learn C from scratch. They are listed here because they are often cited, well respected, definitive references on the C Programming Language. If you have a serious interest in the C Programming Language (or if you're a pedant) you may be interested in one of these (perhaps a secondhand copy). Do not purchase one of these as a first textbook on C.

	The C Standard: Incorporating Technical Corrigendum 1 British Standards Institute Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 0-470-84573-2 558 pages 2003
	C Programming Language, 2nd Edition Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN-13: 978-0-13-110362-7 274 pages 1988
	The C Standard Library P.J. Plauger Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 978-0-13-1315099 512 pages 1991
	WG14 N1570 This International Standard specifies the form and establishes the interpretation of programs expressed in the programming language C. Its purpose is to promote portability, reliability, maintainability, and efficient execution of C language programs on a variety of computing systems (April 2011).
	C99RationaleV5.10 The rationale for the C99 standard.
	The New C Standard - A Cultural and Economic Commentary by Derek M. Jones updated June 2009. This is a very advanced commentary on the C language - NOT light reading!
	The CERT(R) C Coding Standard, 2nd ed: 98 Rules for Developing Safe, Reliable, and Secure Systems Publisher: Addison-Wesley ISBN-13: 978-0321984043 576 pages 2014.