From The Greats
Knuth includes this in the books he recommends on his own Stanford reading page.
Recommended · Wording not verified
Source: Donald Knuth / Stanford University
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Retirement — recommended nontechnical booksExplicit recommendation in his own reading list; no preferred edition or fixed endorsement date.
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Donald Knuth / Stanford University · undated · accessed 2026-10-01
Article · Own reading list
The current page explicitly introduces its list as recommendations. The updated list has no verified endorsement date; retirement year is not used as the recommendation date.