# Future ruby books?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/future-ruby-books/149751>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 29, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/future-ruby-books/149751 "2008-09-29T12:17:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![lpc2148](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@lpc2148](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lpc2148)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/future-ruby-books/149751/1 "2008-09-29T12:17:35Z")

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Could you guys give me a list of books that should come out soon ? Ruby  
related, of course . I’m not interested in Rails .

Thanks

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**Author:** ![lpc2148](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@lpc2148](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lpc2148)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/future-ruby-books/149751/2 "2008-09-29T13:07:22Z")

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[http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1222686382/ref=sr\_st?keywords=ruby&rs=3839&page=1&rh=n%3A5%2Cn%3A3839%2Ck%3Aruby&sort=daterank](http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1222686382/ref=sr_st?keywords=ruby&rs=3839&page=1&rh=n%3A5%2Cn%3A3839%2Ck%3Aruby&sort=daterank)

Lex W. wrote:

> Could you guys give me a list of books that should come out soon ? Ruby  
> related, of course . I’m not interested in Rails .
> 
> Thanks

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**Author:** ![lpc2148](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@lpc2148](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lpc2148)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/future-ruby-books/149751/3 "2008-09-29T15:18:28Z")

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On Sep 29, 2008, at 6:06 AM, Erik T. wrote:

> [http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1222686382/ref=sr\_st?keywords=ruby&rs=3839&page=1&rh=n%3A5%2Cn%3A3839%2Ck%3Aruby&sort=daterank](http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1222686382/ref=sr_st?keywords=ruby&rs=3839&page=1&rh=n%3A5%2Cn%3A3839%2Ck%3Aruby&sort=daterank)

- the Third Edition PickAxe, which Amazon can’t list while the second  
edition is alive…

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**Author:** ![lpc2148](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@lpc2148](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lpc2148)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/future-ruby-books/149751/4 "2008-10-02T14:47:32Z")

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Lex W. wrote:

> Could you guys give me a list of books that should come out soon ? Ruby  
> related, of course . I’m not interested in Rails .
> 
> Thanks

Why wait for the future? The Ruby P.ming language at OReilly’s is  
an awesome book about Ruby. Don’t be fooled by its “only 450 pages”,  
each word on each page has a meaning, no boring fluff.

From all the books I have read it is my favorite one.

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**Author:** ![lpc2148](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@lpc2148](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lpc2148)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/future-ruby-books/149751/5 "2008-09-29T15:42:05Z")

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Hi –

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Lex W. wrote:

> Could you guys give me a list of books that should come out soon ? Ruby  
> related, of course . I’m not interested in Rails .

> **[The Well-Grounded Rubyist](https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-rubyist)**
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> The Well-Grounded Rubyist takes you from interested novice to proficient practitioner. It's a beautifully written tutorial that begins with the basic steps to get your first Ruby program up and running and goes on to explore sophisticated topics like...

David