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By Paul Graham; Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 0133708756. Tutorial introduction of essential Lisp programming concepts, plus a convenient, up-to-date reference manual, for ANSI CL.

The Common Lisp Cookbook

Collaborative project; goal: write for CL a work similar to O'Reilly Media's Perl Cookbook.

Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation

By David S. Touretzky; Benjamin-Cummings, 1989, ISBN 0805304924. Fine introduction for beginners; even one who never programmed before in any language will be able to use this book, yet covers all relevant topics thoroughly. Full version online, two formats.

On Lisp

By Paul Graham; Prentice Hall, 1993, ISBN 0130305529. Thorough study of advanced methods, with bottom-up programming as unifying theme. First full description of macros and their uses. Covers important topics related to bottom-up programming: functional programming, rapid prototyping, interactive development, embedded languages. Free download, PDF.

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

By Peter Norvig; Morgan Kaufmann, 1992, ISBN 1558601910. Overview of classical AI programming, valuable history lessons, basic introduction to Lisp, efficiency considerations.

Practical Common Lisp

By Peter Seibel; Apress, 2005, ISBN 1590592395. Focus: putting CL to practical use with example projects: spam filter, ID3 parser, Shoutcast server. Source code downloads. Full version online.