I'm a fan of the structure used in Essentials of Compilation [1][2] and Writing a C Compiler [3]. If you want to start with interpreters, I like Essentials of Programming Languages [4]. I have to admit, as popular as Crafting Interpreters is on this site and others, I'm not a fan. Others seem to love it so it's worth a shot, and freely available.

EOC and EOPL are a bit on the academic side, but, I think, they're highly approachable aside from the issues some people have with Scheme and Racket (the Python version of EOC would address that issue). Afterwards, I think the other, deeper and more academic texts on compilers become more approachable.

[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047760/essentials-of-compila... - Racket version, has an open access version

[2] https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048248/essentials-of-compila... - Python version, has an open access version

[3] https://nostarch.com/writing-c-compiler - Your choice of implementation language

[4] https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262062794/essentials-of-program... - Scheme, but works in Racket

I'd say check out Crafting Interpreters [1]. It has 2 parts, the first in Java for doing a treewalk Interpreter in Java before going farther with a version written in C.

1. https://craftinginterpreters.com/

Haven't tried it myself, but there is "the-super-tiny-compiler": https://github.com/jamiebuilds/the-super-tiny-compiler

I suggest starting with the old but classic Compiler Construction for Digital Computers by David Gries. Pair it with some modern books recommended here and you should be good.

David Gries - https://www.cs.cornell.edu/gries/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gries

Dutch computer scientist Dick Grune has written of Compiler Construction for Digital Computers that "entire generations of compiler constructors have grown up with it and they have not regretted it."

Note that Dick Grune himself is famous for his books on compilers/programming languages - https://dickgrune.com/index.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Grune