The book is awesome, some eye opening solutions and best complement to Introduction to Algorithms. Although the book s not concise, but pretty straight to read. The Interview problem section within chapters is so informative, no book can beat that. Flipkart services while delivering the book were not much fast as in case of other books. One more thing about the book I liked most it gives references to some of the best existing implementations of algorithm in open source applications.

Flipkart delivery was very quick and i got a nice copy of the book. The book lived up to the expectations. Though soft copy of this book is freely available online still i purchased because it is a must-read.

A really great book on algorithms. Reading this after 'Introduction to Algorithms by CLRS' would help a lot. Not recommended for beginners.
Provides good amount of theory than code which is much helpful since for good programmers explanations is more valuable.
The war stories are awesome. They give step-by-step walkthrough on how the problem was solved. The thought process involved is explained very clearly.

A must book on shelf for real programmers.

This is really nice book, Its nice to have if you are into Competitive Programming and it does describes algorithms in simplest and interesting way. Even If you have read Cormen , try this one too, You wont be disappointed.

Yes, just as the title, this book fits completely for programmers who want to start off with competitive programming! Not as extensive as coreman, but one can always find algorithms online. Skiena lists out beautiful War Stories that make you realise how beautiful and close to real-life the world of algorithms are!

liked it a lot
skiena is a good expositor of intricate techniques
additionally also get a grab on Problems on Algorithms by ian parberry
after all practice makes u good not just reading :-)

This is an awesome book with very good collection of algorithms. Also some of the very known algorithms are solved in a very beautiful way. Also the style of describing problem is very good. Most of the problems are described in context of the real life problems. You will love to read this book if you love algorithms.
But this book is not recommended for beginners. It assumes you know the basic algorithms already.

This book is meant for those who have some prior knowledge of data structure, mathematics (prob,combination ...etc). Explains well the design techniques and language is easy. Chapters on backtracking, graph algorithm, greedy and dynamic programing are excellent and teaches you all these in easy way... But read it only if you all-ready had taken algorithm and DS course other-wise it will eat your time....

This is a good book on algorithm design. The author has compiled an exhaustive resource for all topics with references to online material, pointers to implementations and much more. The war stories are a novel concept by the author to throw light on the stories behind some of the great algorithms.
But this text is more useful as a reference and a companion book, not for beginners who want to begin their foray into algorithm design. I also feel that the writing style lacks a flow, a smoothness...

Nice collection of algorithmic problems and references. If you have basic insights into algorithms, start reading related material in the book. It provides various implementation methods, complexities, references and related problems.

Pick one topic and implement them. Just rush to read the content of the book won't help. Referring your implementation with the library code will improve your understanding.

Great book, but not recommended for beginners. To be reserved on professional's desk.