ACM Books
High Quality, Advanced-Level Books for the Computing Community
ACM Books is a series of scholarly research monographs and graduate-level texts, authored by computer scientists and practitioners at the forefront of computing technology. The series includes books from across the spectrum of computer science, geared to researchers, educators, practitioners and students.
The series focuses on four kinds of books: graduate-level textbooks, research monographs that provide an overview of established and emerging fields, practitioner-level professional books, and books devoted to the history and social impact of computing. ACM Books are conveniently published as ebooks and print volumes at affordable prices and widely distributed through booksellers and to libraries and individual ACM members via the ACM Digital Library.
Find Subject Coverage that Spans the Entire Range of Computing Science
The ACM Books series is comprehensive in its coverage of both established and emerging computing fields. At present, the series' editorial scope spans a broad list of subject areas. We will expand this list to cover all areas of computer science and engineering research, and so this list will grow and change.
Discover an Editorial Board Comprised of the Foremost Names in Computer Science
ACM Books is managed by an editorial board composed of world-renowned professionals in computer science and engineering who collectively represent the field’s major areas of study.
Authors – Submit Your Work to the World's Most Respected Computing Science Publisher
See author instructions for information to help authors submit proposal, prepare manuscripts, and learn about ACM’s publishing policies.
Smart, Aggressive Promotion Drives Sales of ACM Books
As the world's largest international association and publisher in the field of computing, ACM has the ability to promote your work to a global audience. To enhance discovery, all ACM Books are included in the ACM Digital Library. At present, more than 1,500,000 students, researchers, educators, and practitioners from over 3,000 institutions from academia, government, and industry regularly download content from the ACM Digital Library. Learn more.
Flexible Purchase Options for Libraries and Individuals
ACM Books are priced affordably for institutions to maximize the accessibility of all titles published in the series. Pricing is based on an “ownership model” that provides “archival rights” for customers purchasing an entire collection of ACM Books, with the ability to locally host individual titles for internal use at the discretion of the purchasing institution.
While individual titles in the series are available for purchase through the most popular book and e-book retailers, the most affordable way for individuals to access every book is through the heavily discounted ACM Membership pricing option ($29 annual price for professional members and $10 annual price for student members).
Bundled pricing for institutions makes it possible for all users within an institution to have unrestricted access to titles published in the ACM Books series.
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Call for Proposals: ACM Books
The Editors-in-Chief of ACM Books invite new book proposals of high quality and enduring value in all areas of computing. The series is selective: a small number of proposals are accepted each year, and every proposal is reviewed against the standards applied to the titles already in the series. Authors should have demonstrated expertise in the subject area, evidenced by a substantial record of peer-reviewed publication or comparable professional standing, and should be able to show the command of the field a book-length treatment requires.
New Title from ACM Books: System-2 Reasoning: From Semantic Anchoring to Causal Intelligence
August 3, 2026
Large language models can write poetry, pass bar exams, and generate fluent code. Yet they continue to fail in the domains where intelligence must be accountable: distinguishing causation from correlation, recognizing when evidence is insufficient, preserving commitments over time, and correcting their own reasoning failures. System-2 Reasoning: From Semantic Anchoring to Causal Intelligence: The Path to Artificial General Intelligence, Volume 2 by Edward Y. Chang argues that the transition from pattern matching to genuine reasoning requires a System-2 layer grounded in coordinated diagnosis, audit, causal validation, memory, and meta-cognitive control.
