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

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

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress: Learn to play the most complex video game ever made cover

302. Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress: Learn to play the most complex video game ever made

by Peter Tyson

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Electronic Principles with Simulation CD cover

303. Electronic Principles with Simulation CD

by Albert Paul Malvino, David J. Bates

Pro JavaScript Techniques: Second Edition cover

304. Pro JavaScript Techniques: Second Edition

by John Paxton, John Resig, Russ Ferguson

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Activate Your Web Pages (Definitive Guides) cover

305. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Activate Your Web Pages (Definitive Guides)

by David Flanagan

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Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens cover

306. Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens

by Nicholas Shaxson

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Half Girlfriend cover

307. Half Girlfriend

by Chetan Bhagat

Image Processing, Analysis, and Machine Vision cover

308. Image Processing, Analysis, and Machine Vision

by Milan Sonka, Vaclav Hlavac, Roger Boyle

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book) cover

309. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book)

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

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The Algebra of Programming (Prentice-Hall International Series in Computer Science) cover

310. The Algebra of Programming (Prentice-Hall International Series in Computer Science)

by Richard Bird, Oege de Moor

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Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential cover

311. Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential

by Barbara Oakley, PhD

Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again cover

312. Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again

by Donald J. Trump

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction cover

313. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

by Philip Eyrikson Tetlock, Dan Gardner

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Finite Automata and Regular Expressions: Problems and Solutions cover

314. Finite Automata and Regular Expressions: Problems and Solutions

by Stefan Hollos, J. Richard Hollos

Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming cover

315. Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming

by Eric Matthes

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Leisure the Basis of Culture cover

316. Leisure the Basis of Culture

by Josef Pieper

Introducing Meteor cover

317. Introducing Meteor

by Josh Robinson, Aaron Gray, David Titarenco

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The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (The Oatmeal) cover

318. The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (The Oatmeal)

by The Oatmeal, Inman, Matthew

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (King Legacy) cover

319. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (King Legacy)

by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job cover

320. The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job

by Karen Kelsky

Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover

321. Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

by Charles W. Calomiris, Stephen H. Haber

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry cover

322. The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry

by William K. Black

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Pictures, Pop Bottles and Pills: Kodak Electronics Technology That Made a Better World But Didn't Save the Day cover

323. Pictures, Pop Bottles and Pills: Kodak Electronics Technology That Made a Better World But Didn't Save the Day

by K. Bradley Paxton

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

324. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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

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

by Leil Lowndes

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A Whirlwind Tour of Python cover

326. A Whirlwind Tour of Python

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The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993 cover

327. The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993

by Jordan Mechner

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The Making of Karateka: Journals 1982-1985 cover

328. The Making of Karateka: Journals 1982-1985

by Jordan Mechner

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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer cover

329. The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer

by Sydney Padua

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Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education: Research on Computing for Everyone (Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics) cover

330. Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education: Research on Computing for Everyone (Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics)

by Mark Guzdial

The Halo Effect: . . . and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers cover

331. The Halo Effect: . . . and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers

by Phil Rosenzweig

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Commodore: A Company on the Edge cover

332. Commodore: A Company on the Edge

by Brian Bagnall

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VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures: Version 5.2 cover

333. VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures: Version 5.2

by Ruth E. Goldenberg, Lawrence J. Kenah, Denise E. Dumas

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable cover

334. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

by Patrick M. Lencioni

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article “The Necessary Art of Persuasion,” by Jay A. Conger) cover

335. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article “The Necessary Art of Persuasion,” by Jay A. Conger)

by Harvard Business Review

General Relativity for Mathematicians (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

336. General Relativity for Mathematicians (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Rainer Kurt Sachs, Hongxi Wu

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The Art of Facilitation: The Essentials for Leading Great Meetings and Creating Group Synergy cover

337. The Art of Facilitation: The Essentials for Leading Great Meetings and Creating Group Synergy

by Dale Hunter

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Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology cover

338. Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology

by Steven Levy

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The Grapes of Wrath cover

339. The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life cover

340. The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

by Nick Lane

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Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job cover

341. Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job

by John Mongan, Eric Giguère, Noah Kindler

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Practical Electronics for Inventors, Third Edition cover

342. Practical Electronics for Inventors, Third Edition

by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk

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Left Coast City: Progressive Politics in San Francisco, 1975-1991 cover

343. Left Coast City: Progressive Politics in San Francisco, 1975-1991

by Richard Edward DeLeon

Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux cover

344. Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux

by Jeff Duntemann

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Hibernate Search by Example cover

345. Hibernate Search by Example

by Steve Perkins

Rosemary's Baby cover

346. Rosemary's Baby

by Ira Levin

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Android UI Design with XML: Tutorial Book cover

347. Android UI Design with XML: Tutorial Book

by Mr Camilus Raynaldo

Make: Analog Synthesizers cover

348. Make: Analog Synthesizers

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The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles cover

349. The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles

by Bruce H. Lipton

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Trust: The Social Virtues and The Creation of Prosperity cover

350. Trust: The Social Virtues and The Creation of Prosperity

by Francis Fukuyama

Why Torture Doesn't Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation cover

351. Why Torture Doesn't Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation

by Shane O'Mara

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing cover

352. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

by Marie Kondo

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The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea cover

353. The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea

by Byung-Kook Kim, Ezra F. Vogel

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

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

by Eric Clark

Pocket Ref 4th Edition cover

355. Pocket Ref 4th Edition

by Thomas J. Glover

Consider Your Options: Get the Most from Your Equity Compensation cover

356. Consider Your Options: Get the Most from Your Equity Compensation

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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life cover

357. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read cover

358. Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read

by Stanislas Dehaene

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The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America cover

359. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

by George Packer

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Coming of the Third Reich cover

360. Coming of the Third Reich

by Richard J. Evans

Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition cover

361. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

by Daniel Okrent

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The Ecology of Law: Toward a Legal System in Tune with Nature and Community cover

362. The Ecology of Law: Toward a Legal System in Tune with Nature and Community

by Fritjof Capra, Ugo Mattei

Apollo cover

363. Apollo

by Charles A. Murray, Catherine Bly Cox

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

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

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi

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Siddhartha cover

365. Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

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

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

by Peter Wright

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Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C cover

367. Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C

by Bruce Schneier

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Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat cover

368. Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

by Oliver Sacks

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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments cover

369. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

by David Foster Wallace

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Mind's Eye cover

370. Mind's Eye

by Oliver Sacks

MY BRAIN IS OPEN: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos cover

371. MY BRAIN IS OPEN: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos

by Bruce Schechter

Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design cover

372. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design

by Richard Bird

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The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation cover

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

by Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson

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On the Accuracy of Economic Observations cover

374. On the Accuracy of Economic Observations

by Oskar Morgenstern

Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer - The True Story of the Man Who Recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames cover

375. Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer - The True Story of the Man Who Recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames

by Victor Cherkashin, Gregory Feifer

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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition) cover

376. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis

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I Will Teach You To Be Rich cover

377. I Will Teach You To Be Rich

by Ramit Sethi

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DAEMON cover

378. DAEMON

by Daniel Suarez

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

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

by Ph.D. Steel, Piers

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Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation cover

380. Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation

by Alan Watts

Morir joven, a los 140 cover

381. Morir joven, a los 140

by Maria A. Blasco, Mónica G. Salomone

Models of Oculomotor Control cover

382. Models of Oculomotor Control

by Curtis E. A. Karnow

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities cover

383. The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs

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

384. 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

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

by Lewis Dartnell

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

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

by Hal Elrod

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Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II cover

387. Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II

by Stephen Budiansky

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When Breath Becomes Air cover

388. When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi

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

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

by Edward Ludwig Glaeser

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Proofs from THE BOOK cover

390. Proofs from THE BOOK

by Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

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Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist cover

391. Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist

by Om P. Malik

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Principles of Biostatistics (with CD-ROM) cover

392. Principles of Biostatistics (with CD-ROM)

by Kimberlee Gauvreau

Network Nation - Revised Edition: Human Communication via Computer cover

393. Network Nation - Revised Edition: Human Communication via Computer

by Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Murray Turoff

The C Programming Language cover

394. The C Programming Language

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran cover

395. The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran

by Andrew Scott Cooper

Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress cover

396. Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress

by Douglas Brinkley

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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness cover

397. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

by Sy Montgomery

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

398. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom

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Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World cover

399. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World

by Michael Lewis

Functional JavaScript: Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js cover

400. Functional JavaScript: Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js

by Michael Fogus

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