ANSI Common LISP

A good introduction to the language and a some nice medium scale examples in the second half. I’d choose Norvig’s Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming, which is really a general book about Lisp programming techniques in spite of the title, if I could only have one Lisp book. And I would get Graham’s other book On Lisp as a follow-up. But if you are a serious Lisper, get this, too, if only for the examples. Graham is a good programmer and worth learning from.