[Books] Algorithms

I'm often asked about good books about algorithms, so here are my favorites. This is highly subjective, but these are the books I like and still reading and I recommend them.

• (Entry level, easy) Niklaus Wirth -- Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs. wikipedia, archived PDF. Uses Pascal.
• (Entry level, easy) Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne -- Algorithms. Homepage. Uses Java. Robert Sedgewick was a student of Donald E. Knuth.
• (Hard) Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest and Clifford Stein -- Introduction to Algorithms. Homepage. (Rivest is the R in RSA.) Uses Algol-like pseudocode.
• (Hardest, for hardcore geeks and computer scientists) Donald E. Knuth -- The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP). Homepage. Uses assembly language for hypothetical computer (MIX/MMIX).

To my best knowledge, all these books have been translated to Russian.

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