JavaScript Books

Considered the bible for JavaScript. It's split into three parts: core language, client-side for browsers, and a reference.

A much more lightweight introduction to JavaScript that covers the most important/elegant subset.

Improve your application's user experience by writing high performance code.

An advanced book on JavaScript written by the creator of jQuery. Covers OOP, testing, unobtrusive techniques, and more.

Another advanced book for JavaScript developers. Learn common design patterns that's useful for the dynamic language.

Learn coding patterns for common problems on the web. Also learn best practices for large code bases and how to avoid anti-patterns.

JavaScript is a prototype-based language, this book shows intermediate developers how to use JavaScript in an object-oriented manner.

Learn the best practices for agile JavaScript development using TDD.

Use HTML5's Canvas and jQuery to create games, charts, UI effects, and other rich graphics.

jQuery is the most popular client side framework for JavaScript. This book is for beginner to intermediate jQuery users.

Node.js uses a non-blocking I/O model to build fast network applications with JavaScript.

Another Node.js book, this hasn't been published yet but is available for pre-order.

Beginner to Advanced JavaScript