SICP is not about Lisp, Scheme was chosen because of its simplicity, but the book is not about Scheme. If you always wanted to go through the book, maybe also t

SICP is not about Lisp, Scheme was chosen because of its simplicity, but the book is not about Scheme. If you always wanted to go through the book, maybe also take a look at "How to design programs." It's a bit like a SICP, but it's written in a different style, you may prefer that one instead. - If you want something practical - do try Clojure. Don't listen to JVM haters and Lisp "purists". JVM is a pretty robust piece of tech and Clojure is a proper Lisp dialect. Besides, Clojurescript is a lot of fun. - If you like Lua, and want to make simple, fun games try Fennel. If you're into math and enjoy playing with fractals and such, do try Racket. - If you are serious about Lisp, sooner or later you may want to learn Common Lisp. Especially if you already using Emacs and want to improve your emacs-lisp skills.