Hacker News Books for 2012

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Hacker News Books for 2012

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2012.

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Assholes: A Theory cover

1. Assholes: A Theory

by Aaron James

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

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

by John Little, Doug McGuff

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Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals cover

3. Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

by Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.

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

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

by Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman

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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition cover

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

by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore

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The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship) cover

6. The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)

by Noam Wasserman

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Living in the Future: The Education and Adventures of an Advanced Aircraft Designer cover

7. Living in the Future: The Education and Adventures of an Advanced Aircraft Designer

by Daniel Raymer

Persuasion Skills Black Book: Practical NLP Language Patterns for Getting The Response You Want cover

8. Persuasion Skills Black Book: Practical NLP Language Patterns for Getting The Response You Want

by Rintu Basu

Space Propulsion Analysis and Design cover

9. Space Propulsion Analysis and Design

by Ronald Humble

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It―A Guide to Starting a Business in a Productive and Successful Way cover

10. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It―A Guide to Starting a Business in a Productive and Successful Way

by Michael E. Gerber

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Earth: An Intimate History cover

11. Earth: An Intimate History

by Richard Fortey

How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets cover

12. How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

by Felix Dennis

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Over the Himalaya cover

13. Over the Himalaya

by Kōichirō Ōmori

What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought cover

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

by Keith E. Stanovich

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Zhuangzi Speaks: The Music of Nature cover

15. Zhuangzi Speaks: The Music of Nature

by Zhizhong Cai

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The German Generals Talk cover

16. The German Generals Talk

by Basil H. Hart

The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire cover

17. The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire

by David Deida

Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers (German and English Edition) cover

18. 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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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America cover

19. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

by Colin Woodard

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South: The ENDURANCE Expedition cover

20. South: The ENDURANCE Expedition

by Ernest Shackleton

One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way cover

21. One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way

by Robert Maurer

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How to Win Friends AND Influence People by Dale Carnegie cover

22. How to Win Friends AND Influence People by Dale Carnegie

by Dale Carnegie

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto Book 3) cover

23. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto Book 3)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Genís Sánchez Barberán, Albino Santos Mosquera

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Steve Jobs cover

24. Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

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Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker cover

25. Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

by Kevin Mitnick

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How to Live with a Huge Penis: Advice, Meditations, and Wisdom for Men Who Have Too Much cover

26. How to Live with a Huge Penis: Advice, Meditations, and Wisdom for Men Who Have Too Much

by Dr. Richard Jacob, Rev. Owen Thomas

Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving cover

27. Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving

by V. Anton Spraul

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How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants cover

28. How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants

by David Rees

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Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 7th Edition cover

29. Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 7th Edition

by Arnold Robbins, Elbert Hannah, Linda Lamb

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How Music Works cover

30. How Music Works

by David Byrne

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10 Print Chr$205.5+rnd1: Goto 10 (Software Studies) cover

31. 10 Print Chr$205.5+rnd1: Goto 10 (Software Studies)

by Nick Montfort, Patsy Baudoin, John Bell, Ian Bogost, Casey Reas

Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives,and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form cover

32. Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives,and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form

by Anna Anthropy

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Feeding Back: Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from Proto-Punk to Post-Rock cover

33. Feeding Back: Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from Proto-Punk to Post-Rock

by David Todd

Generative Design: Visualize, Program, and Create with Processing cover

34. Generative Design: Visualize, Program, and Create with Processing

by Hartmut Bohnacker, Benedikt Gross, Julia Laub

Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics cover

35. Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics

by George Reisman

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

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

by Jessica Livingston

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Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet cover

37. Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet

by Ted Nield

Algorithms cover

38. Algorithms

by Jeff Erickson

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Operating System Concepts cover

39. Operating System Concepts

by Abraham Silberschatz, Greg Gagne, Peter B. Galvin

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

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

by Harvey Silverglate

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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less cover

41. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

by Barry Schwartz

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Founder: Meyer Amschel Rothschild and His Time cover

42. Founder: Meyer Amschel Rothschild and His Time

by Amos Elon

Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) cover

43. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

by Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, Gregory G. Colomb

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Cloud Atlas: A Novel cover

44. Cloud Atlas: A Novel

by David Mitchell

An Introduction to the Mathematics of Financial Derivatives (Academic Press Advanced Finance) cover

45. An Introduction to the Mathematics of Financial Derivatives (Academic Press Advanced Finance)

by Salih N. Neftci

Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitative Finance (The Wiley Finance Series) cover

46. Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitative Finance (The Wiley Finance Series)

by Paul Wilmott

WebGL: Up and Running: Building 3D Graphics for the Web cover

47. WebGL: Up and Running: Building 3D Graphics for the Web

by Tony Parisi

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed. cover

48. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed.

by Edward R. Tufte

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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength cover

49. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney

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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

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

by Peter Seibel

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World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business as We Knew It cover

51. World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business as We Knew It

by John A. Byrne

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War cover

52. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

by Max Brooks

The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death: A Novel cover

53. The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death: A Novel

by Charlie Huston

Ready Player One: A Novel cover

54. Ready Player One: A Novel

by Ernest Cline

Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos) cover

55. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos)

by Dan Simmons

It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy cover

56. It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy

by D. Michael Abrashoff

Annals of the Former World cover

57. Annals of the Former World

by John McPhee

The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods cover

58. The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods

by Hank Haney

Liar's Poker (Norton Paperback) cover

59. Liar's Poker (Norton Paperback)

by Michael Lewis

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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: With New Commentary and Insights on the Life and Times of Jesse Livermore cover

60. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: With New Commentary and Insights on the Life and Times of Jesse Livermore

by Edwin Lefèvre, Jon D. Markman

The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time cover

61. The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time

by Michael Craig

Anticancer: A New Way of Life cover

62. Anticancer: A New Way of Life

by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD

Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score cover

63. Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score

by Andy Kessler

The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The rise of a sovereign profession and the making of a vast industry cover

64. The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The rise of a sovereign profession and the making of a vast industry

by Paul Starr

Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (Galaxy Books) cover

65. Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (Galaxy Books)

by Morris Kline

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Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness cover

66. Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness

by Roger Penrose

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In cover

67. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

by Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

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

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

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Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design cover

69. Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design

by Wendy Walrabenstein

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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition) cover

70. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition)

by Randal E. Bryant, Davie Richard O'Hallaron

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API Design for C++ cover

71. API Design for C++

by Martin Reddy

An Embedded Software Primer cover

72. An Embedded Software Primer

by David E. Simon

Embedded Controller Forth For The 8051 Family cover

73. Embedded Controller Forth For The 8051 Family

by William H. Payne

Beyond BIOS: Developing with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface 2nd Edition cover

74. Beyond BIOS: Developing with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface 2nd Edition

by Vincent Zimmer, Michael Rothman, Suresh Marisetty

uC/OS-III: The Real-Time Kernel cover

75. uC/OS-III: The Real-Time Kernel

by Jean J. Labrosse

Data Structures Using C cover

76. Data Structures Using C

by Aaron M. Tenenbaum, Yedidyah Langsam, Moshe Augenstein

Data Structures In C cover

77. Data Structures In C

by Noel Kalicharan

C Traps and Pitfalls cover

78. C Traps and Pitfalls

by Andrew Koenig

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The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play cover

79. The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play

by Harry Lorayne, Jerry Lucas

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Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice (Volume 1998) (Morality and Society Series) cover

80. Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice (Volume 1998) (Morality and Society Series)

by Bent Flyvbjerg

Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, Book & Includes Online Downloadable code cover

81. Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, Book & Includes Online Downloadable code

by Kenny Werner

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The Geek Atlas cover

82. The Geek Atlas

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The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling cover

83. The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling

by Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross

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Redshift Rendezvous cover

84. Redshift Rendezvous

by John E. Stith

Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners cover

85. Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners

by Larry Harris

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Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter cover

86. Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter

by Steven Johnson

Getting More: How to Negotiate to Achieve Your Goals in the Real World cover

87. Getting More: How to Negotiate to Achieve Your Goals in the Real World

by Stuart Diamond

The Design of the UNIX Operating System cover

88. The Design of the UNIX Operating System

by Maurice J. Bach

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Programming Pearls cover

89. Programming Pearls

by Jon Louis Bentley

Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

90. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser

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Hacking The LSAT: Full Explanations For LSATs 29-38 (Volume I: LSATs 29-33): An LSAT Prep and Study Guide For The Next Ten Actual Official LSATs (Includes Logic Games Diagrams) cover

91. Hacking The LSAT: Full Explanations For LSATs 29-38 (Volume I: LSATs 29-33): An LSAT Prep and Study Guide For The Next Ten Actual Official LSATs (Includes Logic Games Diagrams)

by Graeme Blake

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Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications cover

92. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

by Toby Segaran

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PostgreSQL: Up and Running cover

93. PostgreSQL: Up and Running

by Regina O. Obe, Leo S. Hsu

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time cover

94. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

by Dava Sobel

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Making Software cover

95. Making Software

by Andrew Oram, Greg Wilson

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Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories Behind Them cover

96. Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories Behind Them

by Ryan Rigney

Options as a Strategic Investment cover

97. Options as a Strategic Investment

by Lawrence G. McMillan

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The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe cover

98. The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe

by Michael D. Gordin

What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect cover

99. What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect

by James Robert Flynn

Flyboys: A True Story of Courage cover

100. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage

by James Bradley

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