dPhong31415
What’s a good list of Elixir books recommended for beginners?
Hey everyone 
I’ve just recently discovered Elixir, and honestly—it’s been mind-blowing so far (coming from a React background). I’m really excited to dive deeper, learn the language properly, and start building web apps that integrate AI models (working with inference, APIs, and possibly fine-tuning down the road).
I’d love to hear your recommendations on Elixir books for beginners—whether it’s for grasping the language fundamentals, building web apps with Phoenix, or just getting into functional programming with Elixir in general.
What would you recommend as a solid starting list?
Thanks in advance for sharing 
Most Liked
jss
Programming Elixir 1.6 from pragprog.com should be a good one. Most Elixir/Phoenix books from them are often recommended.
chris.johan
If you already have some years of experience in another programming language, then Elixir in Action 3rd edition from Manning Publications should be a good start.
AstonJ
I’ll copy my post from EF here…
I’ll repost links to what I’ve said about books I’ve read (I recommend all of them)…
That last one is an excellent look into functional programming 
Never got around to finishing Programming Phoenix - but here’s a quick interim review of it:
Started doing Pragmatic Studio’s LiveView Course too but again haven’t had time to finish it (but I loved it and look forward to getting back into it when I’ve got time to get back into it all):
I want to get through all of the Elixir books if I can and would recommend others try to as well, there’s always something invaluable to glean from them 
Popular General Dev topics
Other popular topics
Sponsor Spotlight
Real-time error tracking, performance insights, and observability for devs.
Latest in Elixir
Categories:
Sub Categories:
- All
- In The News (10849)
- Dev Chat (206)
- Questions
- Resources (122)
- Blogs/Talks (27)
- Jobs (3)
- Events (15)
- Code Editors (59)
- Hardware (59)
- Reviews (5)
- Sales (16)
- Design & UX (5)
- Marketing & SEO (2)
- Industry & Culture (14)
- Ethics & Privacy (19)
- Business (4)
- Learning Methods (6)
- Content Creators (7)
- DevOps & Hosting (9)
Popular Portals
- /elixir
- /rust
- /wasm
- /ruby
- /erlang
- /phoenix
- /keyboards
- /python
- /js
- /rails
- /security
- /go
- /swift
- /vim
- /clojure
- /java
- /emacs
- /haskell
- /svelte
- /onivim
- /typescript
- /kotlin
- /c-plus-plus
- /crystal
- /tailwind
- /react
- /gleam
- /ocaml
- /flutter
- /elm
- /ash
- /vscode
- /html
- /opensuse
- /zig
- /deepseek
- /centos
- /php
- /scala
- /react-native
- /lisp
- /textmate
- /sublime-text
- /nixos
- /debian
- /agda
- /deno
- /django
- /kubuntu
- /arch-linux
- /nodejs
- /spring
- /ubuntu
- /revery
- /manjaro
- /julia
- /lua
- /diversity
- /markdown
- /v
Devtalk Sponsors
Practical resources that improve the lives of professional developers.
We build trusted fault-tolerant systems that scale to billions of users.
Real-time error tracking, performance insights, and observability for devs.
Supporting innovation across the BEAM ecosystem.
We build reliable cloud platforms for business-critical systems.
Develop your skills with books, videos, and courses.
Catch errors, track performance, monitor hosts and more.
Enabling companies to succeed by building software people love.
Courses that move you from confusion to "Aha, now I get it!"
Publishing Linux Magazine, ADMIN, and MakerSpace for 25+ years.