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Haskell book after Get Programming with Haskell?
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I'm looking for a printed book to read after finishing with Manning Publication's Get Programming with Haskell.

Some things to consider are that, though I can't say for sure why, I don't like this book. I think the issue is that it's light. Not just verbose, but lacking in substance. Since it isn't entirely vapid and having paid money for it, I will finish the book. It's just anemic. And the capstone projects are fun.

Two books which worked well for me are Manning's The Joy of Clojure 2nd Ed. and PragProg's Programming Clojure 3rd Ed. This is of particular significance since at least 90% of the first seven chapters of The Joy of Clojure are redundant with Programming Clojure, which I read first. I feel like I'm getting less from reading Get Programming with Haskell than I did reading content I had already covered in another book. The content just isn't there.

(Also, it's worth noting that the code examples are kind of crappy. I'm finding myself refactoring this "expert's" code because it's ugly and horribly redundant. One thing I like about Haskell is that it's beautiful, with minimal boilerplate, and code I write in Haskell looks great to me. I don't like looking at unsightly code, and his code is mostly that. But for the sake of learning, I can look beyond that.)

So, with this in mind, what might /r/Haskell recommend as a second Haskell book?

Edit: I should probably mention (admit?) that I am not a programmer, and if you exclude my Numerical Analysis textbook from grad school, those two Clojure books are the only programming books I've read. I have been programming at some level for decades, but I don't have a typical CompSci background. (Which may or may not be a good thing since it does also mean I don't need to unlearn OOP.)

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I'm moderately embarrassed to say I have struggled with this one.. I'm not sure what it is, but I've found it very hard to follow.

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