okay, I&#x27;ve skimmed everything in that list. I haven&#x27;t read any of them cover to cover though. that&#x27;s what I really question, mostly because, who has the time for that? there&#x27;s especially a lot of shared material between PFPL and TAPL, so why are you reading about the material twice?<p>the problem is that all of those textbooks are great for an introduction (that&#x27;s why they&#x27;re textbooks) and so what is usually more productive is:<p>1. ask your supervisor or a senior student or postdoc for a 10-30 minute explanation &#x2F; intro to a topic<p>1a. skim the relevant chapter(s) from one of the textbooks to make sure you got what they said<p>2. go read research papers<p>and frequently, you can just skip straight to 2.