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@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ curve diving straight into Rails. There are several curated lists of online reso
 for learning Ruby:
 
 * [Official Ruby Programming Language website](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/)
+* [List of Free Programming Books](https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md#ruby)
 
 Be aware that some resources, while still excellent, cover versions of Ruby as old as
 1.6, and commonly 1.8, and will not include some syntax that you will see in day-to-day