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If you want to learn more, you already have everything you need. The documentation that comes with Rust is truly outstanding. In particular, there is the book.

The Rust Programming Language (aka, "the book") is a free guide to the language that comes with it. It is remarkably well done. Whether you read it cover-to-cover or jump around haphazardly, you should definitely read it. You can view a local copy with rustup docs --book, even when you're offline. You can also buy an ink-on-paper copy if you prefer.

You can see lots of other great docs that come with Rust by running rustup docs.

Other books

• I really liked Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development by Jim Blandy and Jason Orendorff. I read the first edition, but now there's a second edition with a third author, Leonora Tindall.

  • Jim Blandy was on the CoRecursive podcast twice.
  • Jason Orendorff gave a really fun talk at Rust Belt Rust 2017.
  • Leonora Tindall was on the Building with Rust podcast.

• I started reading Rust in Action by Tim McNamara in the electronic early-access version, but it's out now. It takes a project-based approach, which is a little different.

  • Tim McNamara gave a nice talk at Linux Conf Australia 2020.