# Is there a Julia book you recommend?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-book-you-recommend/63722
**Category:** Teaching & Outreach
**Created:** [June 29, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-book-you-recommend/63722 "2021-06-29T02:35:03Z")
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### Author:  [@waforbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/waforbes)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-book-you-recommend/63722/1 "2021-06-29T02:35:04Z")
I’ve already written a numerical PDE project in Julia, but I’d like to learn it a bit more thoroughly. I have professional experience in Python and a little experience in R, by the way.
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### Author:  [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-book-you-recommend/63722/2 "2021-06-29T02:46:53Z")
Hands-On Design Patterns and Best Practices with Julia: I found some excellent gems in there.
Algorithms for Optimization: some great ideas how to structure mini-programs within the context of a book (including graphics and typesetting), plus an excellent introduction to optimization in general.
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### Author:  [@waforbes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/waforbes)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-book-you-recommend/63722/3 "2021-06-29T02:53:57Z")
Thanks for the reply. I’ll check it out.
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### Author:  [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-book-you-recommend/63722/4 "2021-06-29T07:50:42Z")
> [@PetrKryslUCSD](#):
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> Hands-On Design Patterns and Best Practices with Julia
Second that.