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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 6, 2013 - May 13, 2013

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A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness cover

1. A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness

by Nassir Ghaemi

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

2. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System cover

3. Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell

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How to Be a Man cover

4. How to Be a Man

by John Birmingham, Dirk Flinthart

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Designing Virtual Worlds cover

5. Designing Virtual Worlds

by Richard A. Bartle

The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook cover

6. The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook

by Michael Kerrisk

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Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

7. Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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Rework cover

8. Rework

by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

9. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

10. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

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Vivian Maier: Street Photographer cover

11. Vivian Maier: Street Photographer

by Vivian Maier

Ancient Inventions cover

12. Ancient Inventions

by Peter J. James, Nick Thorpe, I. J. Thorpe

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On Intelligence cover

13. On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee

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Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

14. Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Drew Neil

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Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences cover

15. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

by John Allen Paulos

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Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) cover

16. Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Rule 34 (Halting State, Book 2) cover

17. Rule 34 (Halting State, Book 2)

by Charles Stross

Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health cover

18. Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

by William Davis

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Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea cover

19. Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea

by Barbara Demick

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Hacking Your Education: Ditch the Lectures, Save Tens of Thousands, and Learn More Than Your Peers Ever Will cover

20. Hacking Your Education: Ditch the Lectures, Save Tens of Thousands, and Learn More Than Your Peers Ever Will

by Dale J. Stephens

Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Best Practices (Microsoft)) cover

21. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Best Practices (Microsoft))

by Steve McConnell

Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

22. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

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The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly cover

23. The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly

by David Meerman Scott

Topology of Surfaces (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

24. Topology of Surfaces (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by L.Christine Kinsey

Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook cover

25. Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook

by Michael Lopp

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