# Book/other resource for Akka

**URL:** <https://discuss.akka.io/t/book-other-resource-for-akka/298>\
**Category:** Akka Libraries\
**Created:** [March 16, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/book-other-resource-for-akka/298 "2018-03-16T15:23:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![mghildiy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/mghildiy/32/915_2.png) [@mghildiy](https://discuss.akka.io/u/mghildiy)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/book-other-resource-for-akka/298/1 "2018-03-16T15:23:10Z")

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Hi,

I am a beginner in Akka related topics,like actor model,stream etc.  
Please suggest really good book or other detail resources for a newbie. I have completed IoT tutorial available on akka site. I am looking for further detailed study.

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**Author:** ![ktoso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/ktoso/32/19_2.png) [@ktoso](https://discuss.akka.io/u/ktoso)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/book-other-resource-for-akka/298/2 "2018-03-17T02:23:34Z")

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We’re listing books in the docs here: [https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.5/additional/books.html](https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.5/additional/books.html)

My personal top pics are two currently:

- [https://www.manning.com/books/reactive-design-patterns](https://www.manning.com/books/reactive-design-patterns) - by Roland Kuhn, who used to be oue Akka tech lead some time ago; The book is more about the patterns, architectural ideas and concepts, but features code as well ofc.
- and [https://www.manning.com/books/akka-in-action](https://www.manning.com/books/akka-in-action) which is as the title states “in Action”, so very hands on and goes over most modules of Akka. Not the Typed ones yet, but most of all other ones.

There is also [https://www.manning.com/books/reactive-web-applications](https://www.manning.com/books/reactive-web-applications) which takes it also step by step with a focus on more web apps, but also a good one, by a long time member of the community.

There will also soon be a refreshed Coursera course about reactive systems which you may enjoy to follow once it’s out (in a few months) :-)

Hope this helps,

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**Author:** ![tiennv147](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/tiennv147/32/178_2.png) [@tiennv147](https://discuss.akka.io/u/tiennv147)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/book-other-resource-for-akka/298/3 "2018-03-24T09:15:13Z")

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@mghildiy hi  
My favorite book about akka is **Mastering Akka**  
Ebook for you: [https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/mastering-akka](https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/mastering-akka)  
Have fun!

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**Author:** ![TimMoore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/timmoore/32/7_2.png) [@TimMoore](https://discuss.akka.io/u/TimMoore)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/book-other-resource-for-akka/298/4 "2019-09-20T06:26:25Z")

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Updating this thread with some more recent resources. The books mentioned previously are still good choices as well.

Here is the course that @ktoso referred to in his earlier post:

> **[Programming Reactive Systems](https://www.edx.org/course/programming-reactive-systems-2)**
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> Principles of Reactive Programming in Scala.

There is also a free course on reactive architecture offered by Lightbend and IBM. This is more high level, focused on architectural principles rather than code. It is not specific to Akka, although Akka is a great way to implement the concepts in the course:

> **[Lightbend Reactive Architecture | @lightbend](https://www.lightbend.com/learn/lightbend-reactive-architecture)**
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> Lightbend Reactive Architecture is a crash course in thinking differently with a free, self-paced, online course based on guidelines from Lightbend experts.