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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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

101. 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

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

by John A. Byrne

Ready Player One: A Novel cover

103. Ready Player One: A Novel

by Ernest Cline

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

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

by Charlie Huston

Visible Speech (Asian Interactions and Comparisons) cover

105. Visible Speech (Asian Interactions and Comparisons)

by John DeFrancis

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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos) cover

106. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos)

by Dan Simmons

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

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

by Max Brooks

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Zen of Assembly Language: Knowledge (Scott Foresman Assembly Language Programming Series) cover

108. Zen of Assembly Language: Knowledge (Scott Foresman Assembly Language Programming Series)

by Michael Abrash

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Founder: Meyer Amschel Rothschild and His Time cover

109. Founder: Meyer Amschel Rothschild and His Time

by Amos Elon

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

110. 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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Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently cover

111. Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently

by Gregory Berns

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

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

by Andy Kessler

Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, The Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 (Early Modern History Society and Culture) cover

113. Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, The Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 (Early Modern History Society and Culture)

by R. Davis

The River : A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS cover

114. The River : A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS

by Edward Hooper, Bill Hamilton

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

115. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: With New Commentary and Insights on the Life and Times of Jesse Livermore (Annotated Edition)

by Edwin Lefèvre, Jon D. Markman

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

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

by Michael Craig

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Steve Jobs cover

117. Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

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The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods cover

118. The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods

by Hank Haney

Liar's Poker (Norton Paperback) cover

119. Liar's Poker (Norton Paperback)

by Michael Lewis

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Annals of the Former World cover

120. Annals of the Former World

by John McPhee

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The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs cover

121. The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs

by Stephen S. Ilardi

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Anything You Want cover

122. Anything You Want

by Derek Sivers

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Signal to Noise cover

123. Signal to Noise

by Neil Gaiman

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The Mind's I: Fantasies And Reflections On Self & Soul cover

124. The Mind's I: Fantasies And Reflections On Self & Soul

by Douglas R. Hofstadter, Daniel Clement Dennett

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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It cover

125. Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It

by Lawrence Lessig

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

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

by Randal E. Bryant, Davie Richard O'Hallaron

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Cape Horn: One Man's Dream, One Woman's Nightmare cover

127. Cape Horn: One Man's Dream, One Woman's Nightmare

by Reanne Hemingway-Douglass

Operating System Concepts cover

128. Operating System Concepts

by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne

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A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World cover

129. A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World

by Gregory Clark

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Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications cover

130. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

by Toby Segaran

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The Art of Memory cover

131. The Art of Memory

by Frances Amelia Yates

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

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

by Paul Starr

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

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

by D. Michael Abrashoff

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Molecular Biology of the Cell 3E cover

134. Molecular Biology of the Cell 3E

by Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David O Morgan, Martin Raff, Julian Lewis, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter, Alexander D. Johnson

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

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

by Harvey A. Silverglate

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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security cover

136. The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security

by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon

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Building Successful Online Communities: Evidence-Based Social Design (MIT Press) cover

137. Building Successful Online Communities: Evidence-Based Social Design (MIT Press)

by Robert E. Kraut, Paul Resnick, Sara Kiesler

High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers cover

138. High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers

by Steve Souders

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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less cover

139. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

by Barry Schwartz

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The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession cover

140. The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession

by David Grann

My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla cover

141. My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla

by Nikola Tesla

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Bruce Lee's Fighting Method: The Complete Edition cover

142. Bruce Lee's Fighting Method: The Complete Edition

by Bruce Lee, M. Uyehara

Timer, Op Amp, and Optoelectronic Circuits & Projects cover

143. Timer, Op Amp, and Optoelectronic Circuits & Projects

by Forrest M. Mims

The Way of Zen cover

144. The Way of Zen

by Alan Watts

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The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are cover

145. The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

by Alan Watts

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The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst cover

146. The Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

by Nicholas Tomalin, Ron Hall

Unmaking the Public University: The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class cover

147. Unmaking the Public University: The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class

by Christopher Newfield

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) cover

148. The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

by Seth Godin

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

149. Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice (Morality and Society Series)

by Bent Flyvbjerg

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Hatless Jack: The President, the Fedora and the Death of the Hat cover

150. Hatless Jack: The President, the Fedora and the Death of the Hat

by Neil Steinberg

An Embedded Software Primer cover

151. An Embedded Software Primer

by David E. Simon

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

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

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

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System Programming with C and Unix cover

153. System Programming with C and Unix

by Adam Hoover

Designing Interfaces cover

154. Designing Interfaces

by Wendy Walrabenstein

The Standard C Library cover

155. The Standard C Library

by Stephen G. Kochan

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TCP/IP Illustrated: v. 3: TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP and the Unix Domain Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

156. TCP/IP Illustrated: v. 3: TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP and the Unix Domain Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by W. Richard Stevens, Gary R. Wright

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Practical File System Design cover

157. Practical File System Design

by Dominic Giampaolo

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File Systems: Structures and Algorithms cover

158. File Systems: Structures and Algorithms

by Thomas R. Harbron

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

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

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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Serial ATA Storage Architecture and Applications: Designing High-Performance, Cost-Effective I/O Solutions cover

160. Serial ATA Storage Architecture and Applications: Designing High-Performance, Cost-Effective I/O Solutions

by Knut Grimsrud, Hubbert Smith

Embedded Controller Forth For The 8051 Family cover

161. Embedded Controller Forth For The 8051 Family

by William H. Payne

Introduction to PCI Express: A Hardware and Software Developer's Guide cover

162. Introduction to PCI Express: A Hardware and Software Developer's Guide

by Adam H. Wilen, Justin P. Schade, Ron Thornburg

Professional Assembly Language cover

163. Professional Assembly Language

by Richard Blum

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SATA Storage Technology: Serial ATA cover

164. SATA Storage Technology: Serial ATA

by Don Anderson

Mastering Algorithms with C cover

165. Mastering Algorithms with C

by Kyle Loudon

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

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

by Vincent Zimmer, Michael Rothman, Suresh Marisetty

The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference (2nd Edition) cover

167. The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference (2nd Edition)

by Nicolai M. Josuttis

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API Design for C++ cover

168. API Design for C++

by Martin Reddy

Data Structures Using C cover

169. Data Structures Using C

by Aaron M. Tenenbaum, Yedidyah Langsam, Moshe Augenstein

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uC/OS-III, The Real-Time Kernel, or a High Performance, Scalable, ROMable, Preemptive, Multitasking Kernel for Microprocessors, Microcontrollers & DSPs (Board NOT Included) cover

170. uC/OS-III, The Real-Time Kernel, or a High Performance, Scalable, ROMable, Preemptive, Multitasking Kernel for Microprocessors, Microcontrollers & DSPs (Board NOT Included)

by Jean J. Labrosse

TCP/IP Illustrated: The Implementation, Vol. 2 cover

171. TCP/IP Illustrated: The Implementation, Vol. 2

by W. Richard Stevens, Gary R. Wright

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C Traps and Pitfalls cover

172. C Traps and Pitfalls

by Andrew Koenig

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TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

173. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Kevin R. Fall, W. Richard Stevens

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Programming with POSIX Threads cover

174. Programming with POSIX Threads

by David R. Butenhof

Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science cover

175. Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science

by John M. Zelle

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Universal Serial Bus System Architecture (2nd Edition) cover

176. Universal Serial Bus System Architecture (2nd Edition)

by Don Anderson, Dave Dzatko, MindShare, Inc

Memory as a Programming Concept in C and C++ cover

177. Memory as a Programming Concept in C and C++

by František Franěk

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Data Structures In C cover

178. Data Structures In C

by Noel Kalicharan

User Interface Design for Programmers cover

179. User Interface Design for Programmers

by Joel Spolsky

Programming Embedded Systems in C and C++ cover

180. Programming Embedded Systems in C and C++

by Michael Barr

Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition) cover

181. Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition)

by W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, Andrew M. Rudoff

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The C Answer Book: Solutions to the Exercises in 'The C Programming Language,' Second Edition cover

182. The C Answer Book: Solutions to the Exercises in 'The C Programming Language,' Second Edition

by Clovis L. Tondo, Scott E. Gimpel

PCI System Architecture (4th Edition) cover

183. PCI System Architecture (4th Edition)

by Don Anderson, Tom Shanley, MindShare, Inc

Memory Management Algorithms And Implementation In C/C++ (Windows Programming/Development) cover

184. Memory Management Algorithms And Implementation In C/C++ (Windows Programming/Development)

by Bill Blunden

Essential Linux Device Drivers cover

185. Essential Linux Device Drivers

by Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran

Making Embedded Systems: Design Patterns for Great Software cover

186. Making Embedded Systems: Design Patterns for Great Software

by Elecia White

Version Control with Git: Powerful tools and techniques for collaborative software development cover

187. Version Control with Git: Powerful tools and techniques for collaborative software development

by Jon Loeliger, Matthew McCullough

Anticancer: A New Way of Life cover

188. Anticancer: A New Way of Life

by David Servan-Schreiber

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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

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

by Paul Graham

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One Hundred Days Between Sea and Sky cover

190. One Hundred Days Between Sea and Sky

by Amyr Klink

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

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

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Core Java™ 2, Volume I--Fundamentals (7th Edition) cover

192. Core Java™ 2, Volume I--Fundamentals (7th Edition)

by Cay S. Horstmann

Design Patterns in Ruby cover

193. Design Patterns in Ruby

by Russ Olsen

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Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within (Book + CD set) cover

194. Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within (Book + CD set)

by Kenny Werner

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything cover

195. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

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Dissolution cover

196. Dissolution

by C. J. Sansom

Rails AntiPatterns: Best Practice Ruby on Rails Refactoring (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

197. Rails AntiPatterns: Best Practice Ruby on Rails Refactoring (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Chad Pytel, Tammer Saleh

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Introduction to Functional Programming (Prentice Hall International Series in Computing Science) cover

198. Introduction to Functional Programming (Prentice Hall International Series in Computing Science)

by Richard J. Bird, Philip Wadler

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Spd Rdng - The Speed Reading Bible: The Speed Reading Book with 37 Techniques, Tips & Strategies For Ultra Fast Reading (Speed Reading, Study Skills, Memory ... Skills, Memory and Accelerated Learning 1) cover

199. Spd Rdng - The Speed Reading Bible: The Speed Reading Book with 37 Techniques, Tips & Strategies For Ultra Fast Reading (Speed Reading, Study Skills, Memory ... Skills, Memory and Accelerated Learning 1)

by Jan Cisek Susan Norman

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

200. 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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