Bioinformatics Books
Resources for Software Developers
Genome
A great, non-technical introduction to the genome. Each chapter is a biography of a gene on a different chromosome.
Essential Cell Biology
Teaches the fundamentals of cell biology without going into the molecular details.
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Considered the bible of molecular biology. Whereas the previous book was an overview, this is an in-depth guide to cell biology.
Bioinformatics for Dummies
Written for biologists, but still useful as an overview of what bioinformatics is and how to use the common toolset.
Bioinformatics Programming
Written for biologists to learn Python, but still useful to see what sort of tools bioinformaticians must build for themselves.
Introduction to Bioinformatics
An introduction to working with large-scale genomic data. It also provides an overview of all the sub-fields within bioinformatics.
Understanding Bioinformatics
Another introductory textbook that's divided into three parts: foundations, application, and theory.
Bioinformatics Functional Genomics
An introductory text that focuses on the application of bioinformatics from a researcher's viewpoint.
Statistics in a Nutshell
A concise book teaching foundations of statistics. Statistics is used heavily in bioinformatics and is a great tool to learn.
Statistical Bioinformatics with R
R is a popular language used in bioinformatics for dealing with statistics.
Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics
Teaches the common statistical methods used in sequence alignment, pattern matching, microarray analysis, and more.