Hacker News Books for 2010

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Hacker News Books for 2010

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2010.

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Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire cover

1. Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire

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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains cover

2. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains

I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked cover

3. I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

Ending the Death Penalty: The European Experience in Global Perspective cover

4. Ending the Death Penalty: The European Experience in Global Perspective

The Interrogator's War: Breaking Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan cover

5. The Interrogator's War: Breaking Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life cover

6. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

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Mathematics and Its History (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

7. Mathematics and Its History (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

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Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week cover

8. Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week

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This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness cover

9. This Is Not The Story You Think It Is: A Season of Unlikely Happiness

10. Windmill Networking: Understanding, Leveraging & Maximizing LinkedIn: An Unofficial, Step-by-Step Guide to Creating & Implementing Your LinkedIn Brand - Social Networking in a Web 2.0 World

Taken by Force: Rape and American GIs in Europe during World War II cover

11. Taken by Force: Rape and American GIs in Europe during World War II

The Making of the Atomic Bomb cover

12. The Making of the Atomic Bomb

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Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age cover

13. Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age

Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics) cover

14. Candide: Or Optimism (Penguin Classics)

NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children cover

15. NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children

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

16. Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

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Effective Cycling: 6th Edition cover

17. Effective Cycling: 6th Edition

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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation cover

18. Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation

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The Rules (TM): Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right cover

19. The Rules (TM): Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

The Millionaire Mind cover

20. The Millionaire Mind

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Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language cover

21. Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language

FAT AND MEAN: The Corporate Squeeze of Working Americans and the Myth of Managerial

22. FAT AND MEAN: The Corporate Squeeze of Working Americans and the Myth of Managerial "Downsizing"

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The Courage to Create cover

23. The Courage to Create

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America cover

24. Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

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Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching and Keeping the Best People cover

25. Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching and Keeping the Best People

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) cover

26. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)

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Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It cover

27. Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It

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Lincoln the Unknown cover

28. Lincoln the Unknown

Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.) cover

29. Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)

Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign cover

30. Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign

The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way cover

31. The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way

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Understanding Privacy cover

32. Understanding Privacy

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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction cover

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

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Energy, the Subtle Concept: The discovery of Feynman's blocks from Leibniz to Einstein cover

34. Energy, the Subtle Concept: The discovery of Feynman's blocks from Leibniz to Einstein

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster cover

35. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

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My 32m2 Apartment - a 30-year transformation cover

36. My 32m2 Apartment - a 30-year transformation

The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, Civil Warfare, And The Triumph Of Anglo-America cover

37. The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, Civil Warfare, And The Triumph Of Anglo-America

How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World cover

38. How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World

Database Nation cover

39. Database Nation

Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility cover

40. Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness cover

41. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

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The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time) cover

42. The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University (Issues of Our Time)

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life cover

43. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

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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

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

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The End of Certainty cover

45. The End of Certainty

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Breakfast of Champions: A Novel cover

46. Breakfast of Champions: A Novel

A Distant Neighborhood: Volume 2 cover

47. A Distant Neighborhood: Volume 2

A Distant Neighborhood, Vol. 1 cover

48. A Distant Neighborhood, Vol. 1

Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering cover

49. Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering

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Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man cover

50. Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man

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The Medical Detectives (Truman Talley) cover

51. The Medical Detectives (Truman Talley)

When the Odds Were Even: The Vosges Mountains Campaign, October 1944-January 1945 cover

52. When the Odds Were Even: The Vosges Mountains Campaign, October 1944-January 1945

The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play cover

53. The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

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The Black Swan cover

54. The Black Swan

Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd cover

55. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

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World Without End cover

56. World Without End

Game Physics (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3D Technology) cover

57. Game Physics (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3D Technology)

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

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

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Make: Electronics cover

59. Make: Electronics

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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) cover

60. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

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The MacIntosh Way cover

61. The MacIntosh Way

A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (Perennial Classics) cover

62. A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (Perennial Classics)

Sense and Goodness Without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism cover

63. Sense and Goodness Without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism

Real Simple Meals Made Easy cover

64. Real Simple Meals Made Easy

Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition) cover

65. Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition)

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Operating Systems: Design and Implementation (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

66. Operating Systems: Design and Implementation (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear. Dan Gardner cover

67. Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear. Dan Gardner

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Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss cover

68. Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss

Effective Negotiating (Sunday Times Business Skills Series) cover

69. Effective Negotiating (Sunday Times Business Skills Series)

Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love cover

70. Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love

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The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition cover

71. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

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Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

72. Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers)

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Designing Social Interfaces: Principles, Patterns, and Practices for Improving the User Experience (Animal Guide) cover

73. Designing Social Interfaces: Principles, Patterns, and Practices for Improving the User Experience (Animal Guide)

Godel's Proof cover

74. Godel's Proof

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? cover

75. Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

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The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation cover

76. The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States cover

77. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States

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Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew cover

78. Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion cover

79. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

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Atlas Shrugged cover

80. Atlas Shrugged

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More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics) cover

81. More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics)

Proust Was a Neuroscientist cover

82. Proust Was a Neuroscientist

The Pillars of the Earth cover

83. The Pillars of the Earth

Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality (Science Masters) cover

84. Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality (Science Masters)

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The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses cover

85. The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition) cover

86. Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition)

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Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry cover

87. Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry

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Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives cover

88. Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives

The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy cover

89. The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy

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Web Graphics for Non-Designers cover

90. Web Graphics for Non-Designers

Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995 cover

91. Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995

The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition) cover

92. The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition)

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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61) cover

93. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)

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Scalable Internet Architectures cover

94. Scalable Internet Architectures

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Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food cover

95. Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food

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A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers cover

96. A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

The Elements of Typographic Style cover

97. The Elements of Typographic Style

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The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things cover

98. The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things

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Cuckoo's Egg cover

99. Cuckoo's Egg

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

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

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