Hacker News Books for 2015

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Hacker News Books for 2015

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2015.

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On Constitutional Disobedience (Inalienable Rights) cover

1. On Constitutional Disobedience (Inalienable Rights)

by Louis Michael Seidman

The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success cover

2. The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

by William Thorndike

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Anxious Pleasures: The Sexual Lives of an Amazonian People cover

3. Anxious Pleasures: The Sexual Lives of an Amazonian People

by Thomas Gregor

Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War cover

4. Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War

by Tom Wheeler

Persecution and the Art of Writing cover

5. Persecution and the Art of Writing

by Leo Strauss

VHDL Implimentation of a 16-bit microprocessor: Digital design using FPGAs cover

6. VHDL Implimentation of a 16-bit microprocessor: Digital design using FPGAs

by Piratla Uma Sathyakam

Book with No Pictures cover

7. Book with No Pictures

by B. J. Novak

Press Here cover

8. Press Here

by Herve Tullet

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

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

by Jessica Livingston

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Evolution Man: Or, How I Ate My Father cover

10. Evolution Man: Or, How I Ate My Father

by Roy Lewis

A Traveler's Guide to Mars cover

11. A Traveler's Guide to Mars

by William K. Hartmann

Ways of Seeing cover

12. Ways of Seeing

by John Berger

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Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Knowledge Economy cover

13. Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Knowledge Economy

by Peter Drahos, John Braithwaite

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code cover

14. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

15. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Blood Memory cover

16. Blood Memory

Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter cover

17. Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter

by Liz Wiseman, Greg McKeown

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Do the Work cover

18. Do the Work

by Steven Pressfield

Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories cover

19. Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories

by Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, Charles van Marrewijk

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Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big cover

20. Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big

by Bo Burlingham

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

21. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance: And Other Real Laws that Human Beings Actually Dreamed Up cover

22. The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance: And Other Real Laws that Human Beings Actually Dreamed Up

by Kevin Underhill

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The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations cover

23. The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

by Ori Brafman, Rod A. Beckstrom

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation cover

24. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

by Michael Pollan

Rainbows End cover

25. Rainbows End

by Vernor Vinge

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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought) cover

26. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought)

by Vernor Vinge

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Television Is the New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media in the Digital Age cover

27. Television Is the New Television: The Unexpected Triumph of Old Media in the Digital Age

by Michael Wolff

Schaum's 3,000 Solved Problems in Calculus (Schaum's Outlines) cover

28. Schaum's 3,000 Solved Problems in Calculus (Schaum's Outlines)

by Elliott Mendelson

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The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition cover

29. The High-Velocity Edge: How Market Leaders Leverage Operational Excellence to Beat the Competition

by Steven Spear

The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization cover

30. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

by Peter M. Senge

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Perl Best Practices cover

31. Perl Best Practices

by Damian Conway

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Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide cover

32. Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide

by Alex Reinhart

Little Black Classics Box Set (Penguin Little Black Classics) cover

33. Little Black Classics Box Set (Penguin Little Black Classics)

by Various

Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide cover

34. Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide

by Emil Pascarelli, M.D., Deborah Quilter

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

35. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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Not for Bread Alone cover

36. Not for Bread Alone

by Konosuke Matsushita

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

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

by Ryan Holiday

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The Business of America is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate (Studies in Postwar American Political Development) cover

38. The Business of America is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate (Studies in Postwar American Political Development)

by Lee Drutman

Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA (Politics and Society in Modern America) cover

39. Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA (Politics and Society in Modern America)

by Benjamin C. Waterhouse

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

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

by Lawrence Lessig

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Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

41. Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Sandi Metz

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Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials cover

42. Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials

by Allison Randal, Dan Sugalski, Leopold Tötsch

Quicken WillMaker Plus 2015 Edition: Book & Software Kit cover

43. Quicken WillMaker Plus 2015 Edition: Book & Software Kit

by Nolo (Firm)

The Ultimate Financial Plan: Balancing Your Money and Life cover

44. The Ultimate Financial Plan: Balancing Your Money and Life

by Jim Stovall, Tim Maurer

Killing Time: An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom cover

45. Killing Time: An 18-Year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom

by John Hollway, Ronald M. Gauthier

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts cover

46. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

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Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel)) cover

47. Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel))

by Eric R. Kandel

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Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations cover

48. Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations

by Karl Eugene Wiegers

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The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention cover

49. The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention

by William Rosen

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (P.S.) cover

50. The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (P.S.)

by Matt Ridley

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The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done cover

51. The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done

by Ph.D. Steel, Piers

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Anarchy, State, and Utopia cover

52. Anarchy, State, and Utopia

by Robert Nozick

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A Theory of Justice cover

53. A Theory of Justice

by John Rawls

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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager cover

54. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right cover

55. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande

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The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense cover

56. The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

by Suzette Haden Elgin

Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City cover

57. Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City

by Greg Grandin

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In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters cover

58. In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters

by Merrill R. Chapman

Linear Algebra (2nd Edition) cover

59. Linear Algebra (2nd Edition)

by Kenneth Hoffman, Ray Alden Kunze

From GSM to LTE-Advanced: An Introduction to Mobile Networks and Mobile Broadband cover

60. From GSM to LTE-Advanced: An Introduction to Mobile Networks and Mobile Broadband

by Martin Sauter

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition cover

61. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by Thomas E. Pearsall

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Team Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others cover

62. Team Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others

by Brian Fitzpatrick, Ben Collins-Sussman

The Magic Moving Picture Book cover

63. The Magic Moving Picture Book

by Bliss, Sands and Company Staff

Calumet

64. Calumet "K"

by Samuel Merwin, Henry Kitchell Webster

Programming Rust cover

65. Programming Rust

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff

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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

66. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

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Remain Free: A Memoir cover

67. Remain Free: A Memoir

by Gautam Narula

The AWK Programming Language cover

68. The AWK Programming Language

by Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, Peter J. Weinberger

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Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace cover

69. Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace

by Gordon MacKenzie

Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity cover

70. Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity

by Hugh MacLeod

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Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners cover

71. Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners

by Larry Harris

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The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence cover

72. The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence

by Gary A. Haugen, Victor Boutros

The Bitterroot and Mr. Brandborg: Clearcutting and the Struggle for Sustainable Forestry in the Northern Rockies cover

73. The Bitterroot and Mr. Brandborg: Clearcutting and the Struggle for Sustainable Forestry in the Northern Rockies

by Frederick H Swanson

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't cover

74. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

by Jim Collins

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Mapping Big Data cover

75. Mapping Big Data

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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything cover

76. Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything

by David Bellos

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Lisp in Small Pieces cover

77. Lisp in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec

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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking cover

78. How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

by Jordan Ellenberg

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How to Study as a Mathematics Major cover

79. How to Study as a Mathematics Major

by Lara Alcock

How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics cover

80. How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics

by Kevin Houston

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Gangster Capitalism: The United States and the Global Rise of Organized Crime cover

81. Gangster Capitalism: The United States and the Global Rise of Organized Crime

by Michael Woodiwiss

3D Math Primer For Graphics and Game Development (Wordware Game Math Library) cover

82. 3D Math Primer For Graphics and Game Development (Wordware Game Math Library)

by Fletcher Dunn, Ian Parberry

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On Numbers and Games cover

83. On Numbers and Games

by John H. Conway

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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System cover

84. Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell

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First Things First: Understand Why So Often Our First Things Aren't First cover

85. First Things First: Understand Why So Often Our First Things Aren't First

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business cover

86. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg

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The Distraction Addiction: Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul cover

87. The Distraction Addiction: Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul

by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Remote: Office Not Required cover

88. Remote: Office Not Required

by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

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Readings in Database Systems (MIT Press) cover

89. Readings in Database Systems (MIT Press)

by Joseph M. Hellerstein, Michael Stonebraker

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High Performance Web Sites cover

90. High Performance Web Sites

by Steve Souders

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Even Faster Web Sites cover

91. Even Faster Web Sites

by Steve Souders

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Enemies: A History of the FBI cover

92. Enemies: A History of the FBI

by Tim Weiner

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Accelerando (Singularity) cover

93. Accelerando (Singularity)

by Charles Stross

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In Defense of Globalization: With a New Afterword cover

94. In Defense of Globalization: With a New Afterword

by Jagdish Bhagwati

An Introduction to Category Theory cover

95. An Introduction to Category Theory

by Harold Simmons

Crafting A Compiler cover

96. Crafting A Compiler

by Charles N. Fischer, Ronald Kaplan Cytron, Richard Joseph LeBlanc

Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models Of The Fundamental Mechanisms Of Thought cover

97. Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models Of The Fundamental Mechanisms Of Thought

by Douglas R. Hofstadter, Fluid Analogies Research Group

The Unix System (International Computer Science Series) cover

98. The Unix System (International Computer Science Series)

by S. R. Bourne

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine cover

99. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Michael M. Lewis

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23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism cover

100. 23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang

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