डेटाबेस सिस्टम लगभग हर एप्लिकेशन के केंद्र में हैं। ये पुस्तकें संबंध मॉडल, SQL, क्वेरी प्रोसेसिंग, लेनदेन, वितरित डेटाबेस, और आधुनिक NoSQL और NewSQL सिस्टम को कवर करती हैं।
Foundational Database Textbooks
The standard database systems textbooks used in undergraduate and graduate courses.
| Book | Author | Year | Level | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Database System Concepts 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill | Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan | 2019 | Intermediate | The most widely used database textbook covering the relational model, SQL, database design, transactions, and distributed databases. The 'Korth book'. |
| Database Management Systems 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill | Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke | 2002 | Intermediate-Advanced | Comprehensive database systems textbook with strong coverage of query processing and transaction management. |
| Fundamentals of Database Systems 7th Edition, Pearson | Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe | 2015 | Intermediate | Broad introductory textbook with accessible presentation of relational theory and SQL. |
SQL and Practical Database Design
Hands-on SQL and database design guides.
| Book | Author | Year | Level | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQL and Relational Theory 3rd Edition, O'Reilly | C.J. Date | 2015 | Intermediate-Advanced | Theoretical SQL from the field's foremost thinker. Clarifies what SQL does right and wrong relative to relational theory. |
| Designing Data-Intensive Applications O'Reilly | Martin Kleppmann | 2017 | Intermediate-Advanced | The essential modern data systems book. Covers databases, stream processing, distributed systems, and data engineering. Required reading for backend engineers. |
| SQL Performance Explained Markus Winand | Markus Winand | 2012 | Intermediate | Focused, practical guide to SQL indexing and query performance across major database engines. |
Internals and Implementation
How databases are implemented internally.
| Book | Author | Year | Level | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings in Database Systems 5th Edition | Peter Bailis, Joseph M. Hellerstein, Michael Stonebraker (Eds.) | 2015 | Advanced | The 'Red Book' - curated readings of the most important database systems papers. Free online. |
| Database Internals O'Reilly | Alex Petrov | 2019 | Advanced | Modern guide to how databases actually work internally, covering storage engines, B-trees, LSM-trees, consensus, and replication. |
| Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques Morgan Kaufmann | Jim Gray, Andreas Reuter | 1992 | Advanced | The classic reference on transaction processing by the field's pioneers. Still the definitive treatment of ACID properties. |
Distributed and NoSQL Databases
Modern distributed database systems beyond traditional RDBMS.
| Book | Author | Year | Level | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NoSQL Distilled Addison-Wesley | Pramod J. Sadalage, Martin Fowler | 2012 | Intermediate | Concise overview of NoSQL databases covering key-value, document, column-family, and graph databases. |
| Cassandra: The Definitive Guide 3rd Edition, O'Reilly | Jeff Carpenter, Eben Hewitt | 2020 | Intermediate | Complete guide to Apache Cassandra covering architecture, data modeling, and operations. |
| MongoDB: The Definitive Guide 3rd Edition, O'Reilly | Shannon Bradshaw, Eoin Brazil, Kristina Chodorow | 2019 | Intermediate | Comprehensive guide to MongoDB from its core developers. |
Data Warehousing and Analytics
Books on data warehousing, OLAP, and analytical databases.
| Book | Author | Year | Level | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Data Warehouse Toolkit 3rd Edition, Wiley | Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross | 2013 | Intermediate | The canonical guide to dimensional modeling and data warehouse design by its inventor. |
| Building the Data Warehouse 4th Edition, Wiley | W.H. Inmon | 2005 | Intermediate | Alternative data warehousing approach from Inmon with emphasis on corporate information factory. |
| Star Schema: The Complete Reference McGraw-Hill | Christopher Adamson | 2010 | Intermediate | Detailed reference on dimensional modeling patterns. |