| Amazon.com: Ruby Programming: Lists books for sale on the topic of the Ruby programming language. Includes descriptions of individual books, reviews and purchase information. |
| Learn to Program: By Chris Pine; Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2006, ISBN 0976694042. Engaging beginner introduction to programming, via Ruby. Not only for Ruby newbies. Online version has live code samples, running input and output as a constant quality check; in English, Français, Nihongo. Treats one concept at a time. [Open Content] |
| Making Use of Ruby: By Suresh Mahadevan; John Wiley & Sons, 2002, ISBN 047121972X. Hands-on full introduction, how to save much time, many real-world examples, how to move beyond examples to specific tasks, end-of-chapter reviews, exercises. |
| Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide: Full online HTML text at Ruby Central, with download link. [Open Content, Open Publication License] |
| Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide: By David Thomas, Andrew Hunt; Addison-Wesley Professional, 2000, ISBN 0201710897. First ever English language book on Ruby assumes reader knows programming. [Addison-Wesley] |
| Ruby Cookbook: By Lucas Carlson, Leonard Richardson; O'Reilly, 2006, ISBN 0596523696. From data structures to algorithms to integrating with new technologies; when solving a problem, don't reinvent the wheel: look it up in here. O'Reilly Media. |
| Ruby In A Nutshell: By Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto; O'Reilly & Associates, 2001, ISBN 0596002149. By programmer, and Ruby creator; concise broad reference guide assumes reader knows programming. [O'Reilly & Associates] |
| RubyBookList: At Ruby Garden. Includes cancelled and non-English titles. |
| Sams Teach Yourself Ruby in 21 Days: By Mark Slagell. Book price comparing various online bookstores. |
| Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby: An online Ruby book for beginning coders which reads like an illustrated novel. |