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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 13, 2016 - Jun 20, 2016

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Anarchy, State, and Utopia cover

1. Anarchy, State, and Utopia

by Robert Nozick

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Amiga Read Only Memory Kernel Reference Manual: Libraries and Devices (Amiga technical reference series) cover

2. Amiga Read Only Memory Kernel Reference Manual: Libraries and Devices (Amiga technical reference series)

Amiga Hardware Reference Manual (Amiga technical reference series) cover

3. Amiga Hardware Reference Manual (Amiga technical reference series)

by Commodore-Amiga, Inc

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't cover

4. The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

by Robert I. Sutton

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The Manga Guide to Databases cover

5. The Manga Guide to Databases

by Mana Takahashi, Shoko Azuma, Co Ltd Trend

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Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present cover

6. Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present

by Max Boot

The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniversary Edition cover

7. The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniversary Edition

by Gerald M. Weinberg

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

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

by Stanislas Dehaene

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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined cover

9. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker

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Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup cover

10. Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup

by Rob Walling

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Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs: Waste and Blundering in the Military cover

11. Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs: Waste and Blundering in the Military

by Lewis Page

Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency cover

12. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

by Tom DeMarco

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Red Plenty cover

13. Red Plenty

by Francis Spufford

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Fire Someone Today: And Other Surprising Tactics for Making Your Business a Success cover

14. Fire Someone Today: And Other Surprising Tactics for Making Your Business a Success

by Bob Pritchett

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

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

by Steve McConnell

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The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light cover

16. The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light

by Paul Bogard

Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory cover

17. Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory

by George Gamow

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An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases cover

18. An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases

by Moises Velasquez-Manoff

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Richard Yates: A Novel cover

19. Richard Yates: A Novel

by Tao Lin

The Word: A Novel cover

20. The Word: A Novel

by Irving Wallace

Newtonian Casino cover

21. Newtonian Casino

by Thomas A. Bass

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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic cover

22. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

by David Quammen

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Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual cover

23. Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual

by John Z. Sonmez

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Flash Boys: Not So Fast: An Insider's Perspective on High-Frequency Trading cover

24. Flash Boys: Not So Fast: An Insider's Perspective on High-Frequency Trading

by Peter Kovac

The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington cover

25. The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington

by Jennet Conant

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

26. Designing Data-Intensive Applications

by Martin Kleppmann

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Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Vol. 1 cover

27. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Vol. 1

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Wittgenstein Flies a Kite: A Story of Models of Wings and Models of the World cover

28. Wittgenstein Flies a Kite: A Story of Models of Wings and Models of the World

by Susan G. Sterrett

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Functional Programming in Python cover

29. Functional Programming in Python

The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America cover

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

by George Packer

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Thinking Recursively with Java cover

31. Thinking Recursively with Java

by Eric S. Roberts

Functional Programming in Scala cover

32. Functional Programming in Scala

by Paul Chiusano, Rúnar Bjarnason

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The Gun cover

33. The Gun

by C. J. Chivers

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D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths cover

34. D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

by Ingri d'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire

The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems cover

35. The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems

by W. Michael Kelley

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

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

by Elliott Mendelson

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Calculus Workbook For Dummies cover

37. Calculus Workbook For Dummies

by Mark Ryan

Calculus Problem Solver (Problem Solvers Solution Guides) cover

38. Calculus Problem Solver (Problem Solvers Solution Guides)

by Research and Education Association

The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World cover

39. The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World

by Ruchir Sharma