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1. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
Read 69 comments

2. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Read 31 comments

3. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
Read 42 comments

4. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Read 36 comments

5. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
Read 63 comments

6. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
Read 37 comments

7. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
Read 17 comments

8. Working Effectively with Legacy Code
Read 45 comments

9. JavaScript: The Good Parts
Read 59 comments

10. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
Read 26 comments

11. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)
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12. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Read 21 comments

13. Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
Read 22 comments

14. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
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15. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas
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16. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition)
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17. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
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18. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
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19. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
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20. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
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21. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
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22. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
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23. The C Programming Language
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24. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
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25. The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
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26. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces
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27. Steve Jobs
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28. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
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29. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
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30. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)
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31. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
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32. The Art of Electronics
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33. The Design of Everyday Things
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34. The Algorithm Design Manual
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35. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
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36. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
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37. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
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38. Programming Collective Intelligence
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39. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
Read 19 comments

40. Thinking in Systems: A Primer
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41. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
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42. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)
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43. The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal
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44. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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45. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
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46. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
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47. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition)
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48. The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook
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49. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition
Read 26 comments

50. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)
Read 17 comments

51. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
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52. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets
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53. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
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54. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
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55. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
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56. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
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57. 21st Century C
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58. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
Read 27 comments

59. How to Win Friends & Influence People
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60. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition
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61. Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners
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62. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
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63. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
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64. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
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65. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)
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66. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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67. On Intelligence
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68. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition
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69. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
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70. Purely Functional Data Structures
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71. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
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72. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition
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73. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
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74. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
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75. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)
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76. Lisp in Small Pieces
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77. Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft
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78. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition
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79. Gödel's Proof
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80. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
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81. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
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82. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet
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83. Programming Rust
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84. The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
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85. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
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86. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business
Read 11 comments

87. Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them
Read 9 comments

88. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
Read 17 comments

89. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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90. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition
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91. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
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92. A Philosophy of Software Design
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93. The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist
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94. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty
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95. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
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96. Calculus Made Easy
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97. Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It
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98. What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry
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99. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
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100. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)
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