[dan-robertson]

I think it’s a great second book. For a first I’ve always recommended Practical Common Lisp. I don’t know if that recommendation is still up to date.

[js8]

I would recommend it to a Lisp enthusiast as a third after On Lisp. That's how I read it, anyway.

Many things in LOL are quite opinionated. I don't think it's a distillation of knowledge (like On Lisp), but rather an exploration how far you can take some things (macros).

[qohen]

As a reminder, Paul Graham's On Lisp is freely downloadable, in PDF or PostScript via links on this page at PaulGraham.com:

http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisptext.html

[TurboHaskal]

I'd simply give newbies this link http://stevelosh.com/blog/2018/08/a-road-to-common-lisp/

[zeveb]

Yeah, that's an excellent — and modern — guide.