Top Books on Lua

February 27, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

  • Programming in Lua, 4th Ed. - Roberto Ierusalimschy - 2016 - The definitive Lua book by its chief architect; basics through the C API; free online.
  • Lua Programming Gems - Lua community - 2008 - Collection of articles on techniques, design, algorithms, and embedding Lua; free download.
  • Beginning Lua Programming - Kurt Jung & Aaron Brown - 2007 - Practical Lua for databases, web, games, and C/Lua interfacing.