Hacker News Books for 2011

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Hacker News Books for 2011

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2011.

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Steve Jobs cover

1. Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

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Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude cover

2. Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude

by Robert Baer

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One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com cover

3. One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com

by Richard L. Brandt

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Maths: A Student's Survival Guide: A Self-Help Workbook for Science and Engineering Students cover

4. Maths: A Student's Survival Guide: A Self-Help Workbook for Science and Engineering Students

by Jenny Olive

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The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty cover

5. The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty

by Peter Singer

The Waite Group's Master C/Book and 4 Disks cover

6. The Waite Group's Master C/Book and 4 Disks

by Mitchell Waite, Stephen Prata, Rex Woollard

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

7. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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Self-discipline in 10 days: How to go from thinking to doing cover

8. Self-discipline in 10 days: How to go from thinking to doing

by Theodore Bryant

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

9. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition) cover

10. Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition)

by Josef Müller-Brockmann

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Why She Buys: The New Strategy for Reaching the World's Most Powerful Consumers cover

11. Why She Buys: The New Strategy for Reaching the World's Most Powerful Consumers

by Bridget Brennan

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2012: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers cover

12. What Color Is Your Parachute? 2012: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

by Richard Nelson Bolles

Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State cover

13. Hitler's Beneficiaries: Plunder, Racial War, and the Nazi Welfare State

by Götz Aly

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Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions, Sixth Edition cover

14. Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions, Sixth Edition

by Stuart McClure

Sharpening the Warriors Edge: The Psychology & Science of Training cover

15. Sharpening the Warriors Edge: The Psychology & Science of Training

by Bruce K. Siddle

Improvisation: Its Nature And Practice In Music cover

16. Improvisation: Its Nature And Practice In Music

by Derek Bailey

Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite cover

17. Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite

by Robert D. Kaplan

The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care cover

18. The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

by T. R. Reid

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That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right (Independent Studies in Political Economy) cover

19. That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right (Independent Studies in Political Economy)

by Stephen P. Halbrook

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Building Web Reputation Systems cover

20. Building Web Reputation Systems

by Randy Farmer, Bryce Glass

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Practical C Programming (Nutshell Handbooks) cover

21. Practical C Programming (Nutshell Handbooks)

by Steve Oualline

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Amazon.com: Get Big Fast cover

22. Amazon.com: Get Big Fast

by Robert Spector

Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now cover

23. Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now

by Jane B. Burka, Lenora M. Yuen

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The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small cover

24. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small

by John Gall

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Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior cover

25. Spent: Sex, Evolution, and Consumer Behavior

by Geoffrey Miller

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The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do cover

26. The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do

by Clotaire Rapaille

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The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation (Shambhala Library) cover

27. The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation (Shambhala Library)

by Chögyam Trungpa

Apple Inside Macintosh, Volumes I, II, and III cover

28. Apple Inside Macintosh, Volumes I, II, and III

by Caroline Rose

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Inside Macintosh: Networking cover

29. Inside Macintosh: Networking

by Apple Computer Inc

Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines cover

30. Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines

by Apple Computer, Inc

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OpenDoc Programmer's Guide cover

31. OpenDoc Programmer's Guide

by Apple Computer, Inc

Newton User Interface Guidelines cover

32. Newton User Interface Guidelines

by Apple Computer, Inc

Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution cover

33. Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution

by Jim Blascovich

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea cover

34. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

by Guy Delisle

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Compulsory Mis-Education and the Community of Scholars cover

35. Compulsory Mis-Education and the Community of Scholars

by Paul Goodman

Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood cover

36. Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood

by Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey

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

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

by K. Anders Ericsson, Neil Charness, Paul J. Feltovich, Robert R. Hoffman

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Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You cover

38. Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You

by John Warrillow

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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World cover

39. Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World

by Nicholas Ostler

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MICROSOFT SECRETS: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People cover

40. MICROSOFT SECRETS: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People

by Michael A. Cusumano, Richard W. Selby

Using C on the UNIX System cover

41. Using C on the UNIX System

by David A. Curry

Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education cover

42. Learning Gap: Why Our Schools Are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education

by Harold Stevenson, James W. Stigler

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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality cover

43. The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

by Brian Greene

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Designer & the Grid cover

44. Designer & the Grid

by Lucienne Roberts, Julia Thrift

PHP/Architect's Guide to Date and Time Programming cover

45. PHP/Architect's Guide to Date and Time Programming

by Derick Rethans

The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials) cover

46. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials)

by Clayton M. Christensen

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Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability cover

47. Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability

by David Owen

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone cover

48. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by j.k. rowling

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Secret Diary of a Call Girl cover

49. Secret Diary of a Call Girl

by Belle de Jour, Anonymous

C Programming: A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition cover

50. C Programming: A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition

by Kim N. King

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Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality cover

51. Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

by Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha

The Mac is Not a Typewriter, 2nd Edition cover

52. The Mac is Not a Typewriter, 2nd Edition

by Robin Williams

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Visual Thinking for Design (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) cover

53. Visual Thinking for Design (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies)

by Colin Ware

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Self-Discipline in 10 days: How To Go From Thinking to Doing cover

54. Self-Discipline in 10 days: How To Go From Thinking to Doing

by Theodore Bryant

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From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000 cover

55. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000

by Lee Kuan Yew

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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood cover

56. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

by James Gleick

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The New Rules of Lifting: Six Basic Moves for Maximum Muscle cover

57. The New Rules of Lifting: Six Basic Moves for Maximum Muscle

by Lou Schuler, Alwyn Cosgrove

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Creating You & Co.: Learn To Think Like The CEO Of Your Own Career cover

58. Creating You & Co.: Learn To Think Like The CEO Of Your Own Career

by William Bridges

Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy cover

59. Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy

by John Bowe

The Evolution of Physics cover

60. The Evolution of Physics

by Albert Einstein, Leopold Infeld

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The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal cover

61. The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

by James E. Loehr, Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz

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Controlling Software Projects cover

62. Controlling Software Projects

by Tom DeMarco

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read cover

63. How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

by Pierre Bayard

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Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men cover

64. Is There Anything Good About Men?: How Cultures Flourish by Exploiting Men

by Roy F. Baumeister

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As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl cover

65. As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

by John Colapinto

Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

66. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival cover

67. Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival

by T. S. Wiley, Bent Formby

Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software cover

68. Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software

by Scott Rosenberg

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The People You Are cover

69. The People You Are

by Rita Carter

Essential System Administration: Tools and Techniques for Linux and Unix Administration, 3rd Edition cover

70. Essential System Administration: Tools and Techniques for Linux and Unix Administration, 3rd Edition

by AEleen Frisch

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Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions (Hacking Exposed) cover

71. Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions (Hacking Exposed)

by Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray, George Kurtz

The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations cover

72. The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations

by Dietrich Dorner

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Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals cover

73. Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals

by Robert Pirsig

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Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction cover

74. Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction

by James Edward McClellan, Harold Dorn

Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy cover

75. Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy

by Evans

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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society cover

76. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

by Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman

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Safecracker Suite: Drumming and Storytelling cover

77. Safecracker Suite: Drumming and Storytelling

by Richard Phillips Feynman

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry cover

78. The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry

by William K. Black

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Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals cover

79. Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals

by Frans B. M. de Waal, F. B. M. de Waal

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The Wizard of Oz (Puffin Classics) cover

80. The Wizard of Oz (Puffin Classics)

by L. Frank Baum

Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure cover

81. Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure

by Maxwell Ryan

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery cover

82. Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery

by Garr Reynolds

The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2) cover

83. The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2)

by Patrick Rothfuss

The American Atlas, Expanded 5th Edition cover

84. The American Atlas, Expanded 5th Edition

by Thomas G. Shanks

How to Develop a Super Power Memory cover

85. How to Develop a Super Power Memory

by Harry Lorayne

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Rule 34 cover

86. Rule 34

by Charles Stross

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Stories of Your Life and Others cover

87. Stories of Your Life and Others

by Ted Chiang

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The Lifecycle of Software Objects cover

88. The Lifecycle of Software Objects

by Ted Chiang

Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia cover

89. Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia

by Orlando Figes

Liar's Poker (Norton Paperback) cover

90. Liar's Poker (Norton Paperback)

by Michael Lewis

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Fatal Error (Repairman Jack) cover

91. Fatal Error (Repairman Jack)

by F. Paul Wilson

When Cultures Collide cover

92. When Cultures Collide

by Richard D. Lewis

Mastering Algorithms with C cover

93. Mastering Algorithms with C

by Kyle Loudon

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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition cover

94. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

by Steve Krug

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Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit cover

95. Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

by Daniel Quinn

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Spin cover

96. Spin

by Robert Charles Wilson

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Against Intellectual Monopoly cover

97. Against Intellectual Monopoly

by Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine

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The Children cover

98. The Children

by David Halberstam

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The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany and Austria (Early Classics of Science Fiction) cover

99. The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany and Austria (Early Classics of Science Fiction)

by Franz Rottensteiner

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

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

by George R. R. Martin

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