&quot;Programming in Lua&quot; is Lua&#x27;s K&amp;R. It is a very well written technical book.<p>The Lua reference manual is also very approachable.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lua.org&#x2F;pil&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lua.org&#x2F;pil&#x2F;</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lua.org&#x2F;manual&#x2F;5.3&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lua.org&#x2F;manual&#x2F;5.3&#x2F;</a>