""Lisp in small pieces" is frequently recommended." Lisp In Small Pieces covers everything except the garbage collector. Truth to tell I haven't yet seen a "h

""Lisp in small pieces" is frequently recommended." Lisp In Small Pieces covers everything except the garbage collector. Truth to tell I haven't yet seen a "how to implement a lisp" tutorial that implements all the bits - macros , gc etc. You might have to dig into source code. SIOD is just a little crufty but it has all the pieces in very little code.