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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 5, 2016 - Sep 12, 2016

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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction cover

1. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser

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Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers (Dover Transportation) cover

2. Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers (Dover Transportation)

by Fred Howard

Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

3. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely

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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science cover

4. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

by Atul Gawande

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Finite Automata and Regular Expressions: Problems and Solutions cover

5. Finite Automata and Regular Expressions: Problems and Solutions

by Stefan Hollos, J. Richard Hollos

Kubernetes: Up and Running cover

6. Kubernetes: Up and Running

by Kelsey Hightower, Brendan Burns, Joe Beda

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Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men cover

7. Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

by Lundy Bancroft

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The Fundamentals of Ethics cover

8. The Fundamentals of Ethics

by Russ Shafer-Landau

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The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy cover

9. The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy

by Mervyn A. King

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Discrete Mathematics with Applications cover

10. Discrete Mathematics with Applications

by Susanna S. Epp

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Sacred Vine of Spirits: Ayahuasca cover

11. Sacred Vine of Spirits: Ayahuasca

by Ralph Metzner

Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations cover

12. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

by Clay Shirky

Game Scripting Mastery (Premier Press Game Development) cover

13. Game Scripting Mastery (Premier Press Game Development)

by Alex Varanese

Extraordinary Popular Delusions cover

14. Extraordinary Popular Delusions

by Charles Mackay

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

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

by Joseph Tainter

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The Design and Evolution of C++ cover

16. The Design and Evolution of C++

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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Practical Probabilistic Programming cover

17. Practical Probabilistic Programming

by Avi Pfeffer

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My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance cover

18. My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance

by Emanuel Derman

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The Hunter cover

19. The Hunter

by Julia Leigh

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life cover

20. Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

by Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

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How to DJ (Properly): The Art and Science of Playing Records cover

21. How to DJ (Properly): The Art and Science of Playing Records

by Frank Broughton, Bill Brewster

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The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream cover

22. The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream

by Jacob S. Hacker

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

23. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport

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Anything You Want cover

24. Anything You Want

by Derek Sivers

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Basic Economics cover

25. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell

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