Common Lisp Cookbook
Shares rank 100 of 115 programming books by recommenders
People recommend it as a starting point for learning Common Lisp and as a reference to keep alongside it, noting support for various editors.
People recommend it as a starting point for learning Common Lisp and as a reference to keep alongside it, noting support for various editors.
2 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 2
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 2 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good starting point for Common Lisp
“Start here with Common Lisp 8-) https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/getting-started.h...”
Comment from 10 Jul 2026 in “A Road to Lisp: Why Lisp” Invaluable reference alongside other learning
“But the cookbook is invaluable as well”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Coalton is an efficient, statically typed Lisp with ideas from Haskell and OCaml” Support for various editors
“there is some support for various editors”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Mine, an IDE for Coalton and Common Lisp”
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The four most recommended other programming books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crafting Interpretersby Robert Nystrom | 60 | 4 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Clean Codeby Robert C. Martin | 31 | 87 | 26% | 9 | — | — |
| The Pragmatic Programmerby Hunt and Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Common Lisp CookbookThis page | 2 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Start here with Common Lisp 8-) https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/getting-started.h...”
“But the cookbook is invaluable as well”
“there is some support for various editors”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.