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Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

1. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate
Read 70 comments
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

2. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold
Read 71 comments
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover

3. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker
Read 35 comments
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

4. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini
Read 42 comments
Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

5. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman
Read 37 comments
The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

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

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken
Read 40 comments
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

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

by Tim Wu
Read 19 comments
Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

8. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers
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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

9. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert
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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

10. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
Read 22 comments
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

11. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

by Jessica Livingston
Read 27 comments
JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

12. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford
Read 60 comments
Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

13. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
Read 41 comments
Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

14. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition) cover

15. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition)

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister
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Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup cover

16. Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup

by Rob Walling
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The C Programming Language cover

17. The C Programming Language

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

18. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans
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Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture cover

19. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner
Read 28 comments
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist cover

20. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson
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The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition cover

21. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

by Don Norman
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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles cover

22. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

by Steven Pressfield
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win cover

23. The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World cover

24. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport
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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

25. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction cover

26. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser
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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It cover

27. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

by Michael E. Gerber
Read 34 comments
Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

28. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right cover

29. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande
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Steve Jobs cover

30. Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It cover

31. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

32. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming

by Peter Seibel
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The Design of Everyday Things cover

33. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman
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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy cover

34. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

by William B Irvine
Read 29 comments
Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed cover

35. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

36. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

37. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena
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The Art of Electronics cover

38. The Art of Electronics

by The Wikipedians
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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) cover

39. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)
Read 25 comments
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

40. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman
Read 22 comments
Thinking in Systems: A Primer cover

41. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

by Donella Meadows
Read 21 comments
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

42. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns
Read 31 comments
The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives cover

43. The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

by Jesse Eisinger
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined cover

44. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker
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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

45. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion cover

46. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt
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The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal cover

47. The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal

by M. Mitchell Waldrop
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Programming Collective Intelligence cover

48. Programming Collective Intelligence

by Toby Segaran
Read 36 comments
The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

49. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Read 22 comments
Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) cover

50. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition)

by John F. Hughes
Read 10 comments
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

51. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage cover

52. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

by Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew
Read 13 comments
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

53. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport
Read 29 comments
Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

54. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

by Peter Van der Linden
Read 24 comments
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) cover

55. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)

by Christopher M. Bishop
Read 17 comments
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition cover

56. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition

by Steve McConnell
Read 26 comments
Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition cover

57. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition

by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
Read 13 comments
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future cover

58. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

by Ashlee Vance
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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

59. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki
Read 27 comments
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

60. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
Read 22 comments
Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

61. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday
Read 18 comments
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life cover

62. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson
Read 14 comments
Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

63. Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary
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The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook cover

64. The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook

by Michael Kerrisk
Read 19 comments
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business cover

65. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg
Read 13 comments
Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

66. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev
Read 18 comments
Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age cover

67. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

by Michael A. Hiltzik
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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition cover

68. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition

by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore
Read 14 comments
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

69. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck
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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

70. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie
Read 23 comments
On Intelligence cover

71. On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee
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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It cover

72. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes
Read 21 comments
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

73. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr
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Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners cover

74. Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners

by Larry Harris
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

75. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

by Andy Hunt, David Thomas, Dave Thomas, David . Thomas
Read 21 comments
The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

76. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

by Rob Fitzpatrick
Read 21 comments
Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager cover

77. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp
Read 17 comments
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

78. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram
Read 22 comments
Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed cover

79. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott
Read 13 comments
The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

80. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

by Professor Sidney Dekker
Read 18 comments
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory cover

81. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

by David Graeber
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Lisp in Small Pieces cover

82. Lisp in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec
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The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

83. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike
Read 11 comments
The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

84. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup
Read 24 comments
Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection cover

85. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

by John E. Sarno
Read 12 comments
The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

86. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen
Read 28 comments
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation cover

87. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

by Jon Gertner
Read 19 comments
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition cover

88. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition

by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen R. Covey
Read 8 comments
Gödel's Proof cover

89. Gödel's Proof

by Ernest Nagel, James Roy Newman
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage cover

90. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll
Read 19 comments
The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

91. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
Read 15 comments
Programming Rust cover

92. Programming Rust

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff
Read 12 comments
The Soul of A New Machine cover

93. The Soul of A New Machine

by Tracy Kidder
Read 17 comments
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

94. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

by Paul Graham
Read 13 comments
21st Century C cover

95. 21st Century C

by Ben Klemens
Read 19 comments
Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them cover

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

by Cynthia Shapiro
Read 9 comments
The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition cover

97. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by Thomas E. Pearsall
Read 11 comments
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition cover

98. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition

by Betty Edwards
Read 11 comments
How to Lie with Statistics cover

99. How to Lie with Statistics

by Darrell Huff
Read 19 comments
The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist cover

100. The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)
Read 8 comments