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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 28, 2009 - Jan 4, 2010

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What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought cover

1. What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought

by Keith E. Stanovich

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Speak, Memory (Everyman's Library) cover

2. Speak, Memory (Everyman's Library)

by Vladimir Nabokov

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution cover

3. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

by Richard Dawkins

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Evolution: The First Four Billion Years cover

4. Evolution: The First Four Billion Years

by Michael Ruse, Joseph Travis

Why Evolution Is True cover

5. Why Evolution Is True

by Jerry A. Coyne

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Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance cover

6. Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth cover

7. The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth

by Eric M. Jackson

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Game Theory at Work: How to Use Game Theory to Outthink and Outmaneuver Your Competition cover

8. Game Theory at Work: How to Use Game Theory to Outthink and Outmaneuver Your Competition

by James Miller

Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America cover

9. Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America

by Julia Angwin

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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

10. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely

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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto cover

11. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan

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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management cover

12. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

by Roger Lowenstein

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A Computer Called LEO: Lyons Tea Shops and the World's First Office Computer cover

13. A Computer Called LEO: Lyons Tea Shops and the World's First Office Computer

by Georgina Ferry

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time cover

14. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon

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Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd Edition cover

15. Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd Edition

by Frederick K. Goodwin, Kay Redfield Jamison

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Intelligence, Genes, and Success: Scientists Respond to THE BELL CURVE (Silver Burdett Professional Publications) cover

16. Intelligence, Genes, and Success: Scientists Respond to THE BELL CURVE (Silver Burdett Professional Publications)

by Bernie Devlin

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IQ and Human Intelligence cover

17. IQ and Human Intelligence

by Nicholas Mackintosh

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Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention cover

18. Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention

by Stanislas Dehaene

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C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition) cover

19. C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition)

by Samuel P. Harbison, Guy L. Steele

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

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

by Michael E. Gerber

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Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date cover

21. Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date

by Robert X. Cringely

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Walking the High-Tech High Wire: The Technical Entrepreneur's Guide to Running a Successful Enterprise cover

22. Walking the High-Tech High Wire: The Technical Entrepreneur's Guide to Running a Successful Enterprise

by David Adamson

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The Book of Ti'Ana (Myst, Book 2) cover

23. The Book of Ti'Ana (Myst, Book 2)

by Rand Miller, David Wingrove

Myst: The Book of D'ni cover

24. Myst: The Book of D'ni

by Rand Miller, David Wingrove

Myst - The Book of Atrus cover

25. Myst - The Book of Atrus

by Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, David Wingrove

Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure cover

26. Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure

by Jerry Kaplan

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The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep cover

27. The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep

by William C. Dement

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The Road to Serfdom: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition cover

28. The Road to Serfdom: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

by Friedrich August Hayek

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Economics in One Lesson: 50th Anniversary Edition cover

29. Economics in One Lesson: 50th Anniversary Edition

by Henry Hazlitt, Steve Forbes

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Daemon cover

30. Daemon

by Daniel Suarez

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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

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

by Peter Seibel

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Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition cover

32. Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition

by Michael Lee Scott

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Garbage Collection: Algorithms for Automatic Dynamic Memory Management cover

33. Garbage Collection: Algorithms for Automatic Dynamic Memory Management

by Richard Jones, Rafael Lins

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Color Harmony Compendium: A Complete Color Reference for Designers of All Types, 25th Anniversary Edition cover

34. Color Harmony Compendium: A Complete Color Reference for Designers of All Types, 25th Anniversary Edition

by Terry Marks, MINE, Tina Sutton, Origin