Hacker News Books for 2016

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Hacker News Books for 2016

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2016.

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Closure: The Definitive Guide cover

101. Closure: The Definitive Guide

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Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I Legendary Edition: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire cover

102. Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I Legendary Edition: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire

by David L. Craddock

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Proving History: Bayes's Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus cover

103. Proving History: Bayes's Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus

by Richard C. Carrier

The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton cover

104. The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton

by William Edward Leuchtenburg

Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition cover

105. Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley cover

106. Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

by Antonio Garcia Martinez

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How Google Works cover

107. How Google Works

by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg

Android UI Design with XML: Tutorial Book cover

108. Android UI Design with XML: Tutorial Book

by Mr Camilus Raynaldo

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Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide cover

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

by Emil Pascarelli, M.D., Deborah Quilter

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A Whirlwind Tour of Python cover

110. A Whirlwind Tour of Python

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The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal cover

111. The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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p53: The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code cover

112. p53: The Gene that Cracked the Cancer Code

by Sue Armstrong

Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier cover

113. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Glaeser

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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading cover

114. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships cover

115. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

by Leil Lowndes

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TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers (Morgan Kaufmann Practical Guides) cover

116. TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers (Morgan Kaufmann Practical Guides)

by Michael J. Donahoo, Kenneth L. Calvert

RESTful Web Services Cookbook cover

117. RESTful Web Services Cookbook

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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) cover

118. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

by Joseph Tainter

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Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist's Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits cover

119. Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist's Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits

by Ronald Quan

A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy cover

120. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

by William B. Irvine

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How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention cover

121. How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention

by Stephen Witt

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution cover

122. Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution

by L. Hunter Lovins, Amory Lovins, Paul Hawken

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less cover

123. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

by Greg McKeown

Digital Design and Computer Architecture cover

124. Digital Design and Computer Architecture

by David Money Harris, Sarah L. Harris

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Graphics and Visualization: Principles & Algorithms cover

125. Graphics and Visualization: Principles & Algorithms

by T. Theoharis, Georgios Papaioannou, Nikolaos Platis, Nicholas M. Patrikalakis

Modern Operating Systems cover

126. Modern Operating Systems

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos

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When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist cover

127. When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist

by Paul Kalanithi

The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT cover

128. The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT

by Russ Harris, Steven Hayes

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The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm cover

129. The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm

by Lewis Dartnell

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Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader cover

130. Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

by Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli

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Kubernetes: Up and Running cover

131. Kubernetes: Up and Running

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The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization cover

132. The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization

by James Bamford

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Practical Signal Processing cover

133. Practical Signal Processing

by Mark Owen

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) cover

134. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)

by Christopher M. Bishop

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Site Reliability Engineering cover

135. Site Reliability Engineering

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Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries: A Self-Care Program cover

136. Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries: A Self-Care Program

by Sharon J. Butler

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More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, Third Edition (Studies in Law and Economics) cover

137. More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, Third Edition (Studies in Law and Economics)

by John R. Lott

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Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer cover

138. Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer

by Peter Wright

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition) cover

139. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition)

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence) cover

140. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis

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Apollo cover

141. Apollo

by Charles A. Murray, Catherine Bly Cox

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-wesley Object Technology Series) cover

142. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-wesley Object Technology Series)

by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck

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Electronic Principles with Simulation CD cover

143. Electronic Principles with Simulation CD

by Albert Paul Malvino, David J. Bates

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

144. In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters

by Merrill R. (Rick) Chapman

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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation cover

145. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

by Jon Gertner

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Growing Up with Lucy: How to Build an Android in Twenty Easy Steps cover

146. Growing Up with Lucy: How to Build an Android in Twenty Easy Steps

by Peter M. Kellett

The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke cover

147. The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi

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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life cover

148. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Traction cover

149. Traction

by Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

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How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built cover

150. How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built

by Stewart Brand

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

151. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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Essential Guide to Digital Signal Processing, The cover

152. Essential Guide to Digital Signal Processing, The

by Richard G. Lyons, D. Lee Fugal

The Real Toy Story: Inside the Ruthless Battle for America's Youngest Consumers cover

153. The Real Toy Story: Inside the Ruthless Battle for America's Youngest Consumers

by Eric Clark

Electronic Components: A Complete Reference for Project Builders cover

154. Electronic Components: A Complete Reference for Project Builders

by Delton T. Horn

Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design cover

155. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design

by Richard Bird

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C Programming Language, 2nd Edition cover

156. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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DAEMON cover

157. DAEMON

by Daniel Suarez

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Commodore: A Company on the Edge cover

158. Commodore: A Company on the Edge

by Brian Bagnall

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The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation cover

159. The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation

by Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson

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SPIN Selling cover

160. SPIN Selling

by Neil Rackham

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The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies cover

161. The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

by Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew Mcafee

Principles of Biostatistics (with CD-ROM) cover

162. Principles of Biostatistics (with CD-ROM)

by Kimberlee Gauvreau

High Performance MySQL, 3rd Edition cover

163. High Performance MySQL, 3rd Edition

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Practical Electronics for Inventors cover

164. Practical Electronics for Inventors

by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk

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

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

by Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman

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I'm Working While They're Sleeping: Time Zone Separation Challenges and Solutions cover

166. I'm Working While They're Sleeping: Time Zone Separation Challenges and Solutions

by Erran Carmel, J. Alberto Espinosa

Progressive web apps and what's next for mobile cover

167. Progressive web apps and what's next for mobile

Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet cover

168. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

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

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

by Harvey Silverglate

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Proofs from THE BOOK cover

170. Proofs from THE BOOK

by Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

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How to Lie with Statistics cover

171. How to Lie with Statistics

by Darrell Huff

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Language Implementation Patterns: Create Your Own Domain-Specific and General Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

172. Language Implementation Patterns: Create Your Own Domain-Specific and General Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Terence Parr

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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

173. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

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Making Games for the Atari 2600 (8bitworkshop) cover

174. Making Games for the Atari 2600 (8bitworkshop)

by Steven Hugg

The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM) cover

175. The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

by Hal Elrod

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The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine cover

176. The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine

by Daniel Keown

Keep It Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple cover

177. Keep It Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple

by Hartmut Esslinger

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The Day After World War III cover

178. The Day After World War III

by Edward Zuckerman

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Docker security cover

179. Docker security

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy cover

180. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil

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Future-proof and scale-proof your code cover

181. Future-proof and scale-proof your code

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

182. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell

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It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals cover

183. It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals

by Suparna Damany, Jack Bellis

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Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship) cover

184. Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship)

by Yogananda (Paramahansa), Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz

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Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP cover

185. Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP

by Francesco Cesarini, Steve Vinoski

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Exploring Expect cover

186. Exploring Expect

by Don Libes

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Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain cover

187. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

by John J. Ratey

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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management cover

188. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

by Roger Lowenstein

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Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist cover

189. Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist

by Om P. Malik

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Fluent Python cover

190. Fluent Python

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The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy cover

191. The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy

by Craig Rowland, J. M. Lawson

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

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

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World cover

193. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport

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Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com cover

194. Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com

by Aaron Ross, Marylou Tyler

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Beautiful Code cover

195. Beautiful Code

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Language Processing with Perl and Prolog: Theories, Implementation, and Application (Cognitive Technologies) cover

196. Language Processing with Perl and Prolog: Theories, Implementation, and Application (Cognitive Technologies)

by Pierre M. Nugues

Natural Language Processing with Python: Analyzing Text with the Natural Language Toolkit cover

197. Natural Language Processing with Python: Analyzing Text with the Natural Language Toolkit

by Steven Bird, Ewan Klein, Edward Loper

High Output Management cover

198. High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

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Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

199. Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Kevin P. Murphy

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Following the Trend: Diversified Managed Futures Trading (Wiley Trading) cover

200. Following the Trend: Diversified Managed Futures Trading (Wiley Trading)

by Andreas F. Clenow

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