Exploring JS: JavaScript books for programmers

Dr. Axel Rauschmayer
Blogger (2ality), book author, trainer

Most of the books are free to read online! You can also buy offline versions.

Versions of JavaScript

	Exploring JavaScript (ES2025 edition) New A modern guide to the language for programmers Start reading here
	Deep JavaScript: Theory and techniques Covers advanced JavaScript topics The book to read after “Exploring JavaScript”
	Exploring TypeScript New If you know JavaScript: Learn TypeScript. Deepen your existing knowledge of TypeScript.
	Shell scripting with Node.js If you know JavaScript: Learn how Node.js works: Its foundations: its architecture, its event loop, etc. Its API: How to use its global variables and modules. Learn how to use and create npm packages. Learn how to use and create shell scripts and package scripts (in `package.json`).

	Exploring ES6 Covers what’s new in ES6 (relative to ES5)
	Speaking JavaScript (ES1–ES5) JavaScript for programmers No required knowledge (apart from programming)

Dr. Axel Rauschmayer specializes in JavaScript and web development. He blogs, writes books and teaches classes.

Axel has been writing about the future of JavaScript since early 2011.