# A Tour of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup

4 Hacker News commenters recommended A Tour of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a compact, up-to-date overview of C++ concepts and features, written by the language's creator, for learning the language quickly.

## Why people recommend it

- Covers concepts and features thoroughly (1 comments): "That will get you most of the concepts and features, and why the concepts are the way they are." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47393948))
- Official resource for experienced programmers (1 comments): "tailor-made to be the official resource for an experienced programmer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47397993))
- Includes recent C++20 and C++23 material (1 comments): "now that I read the synopsis I'm thinking that the C++20/23 material makes sense in this "tour" book" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48302731))

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- [Clean Code by Robert C. Martin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clean-code.md): 31 recommend
- [The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt and Thomas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pragmatic-programmer.md): 28 recommend
- [How to Design Programs by Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/how-to-design-programs.md): 18 recommend
- [Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastering-emacs.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0136823548?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780136823544) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "A Tour of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup", https://hackerapproved.com/p/a-tour-of-c-plus-plus/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).