"Programming Rust" by Jim Blandy et al was the book that really helped me to understand why many of the design decisions behind the implementation of Rust were made.

I found it more approachable than some of the other Rust books and highly recommend it as a first Rust book.

Programming Rust is the best beginner Rust programming book in my opinion, followed by the official book. It has more detail and better examples.

Unfortunately, I haven't read Programming Rust. The list includes just the books I used to learn Rust. But will definitely give Blandy's book a read. Thanks for the recommendation!