- Practical Common Lisp - Peter Seibel - 2005 - Lisp with practical projects: unit testing, web server, spam filter; free online.
- ANSI Common Lisp - Paul Graham - 1995 - Introduction and reference; recursion, macros, CLOS; 20+ substantial examples.
- On Lisp - Paul Graham - 1993 - Advanced Lisp: bottom-up programming, macros, embedded languages; free online.
- Land of Lisp - Conrad Barski - 2010 - Learn Common Lisp through game development with a playful style.