Hacker News Books for 2017

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Hacker News Books for 2017

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2017.

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Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web cover

1. Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web

by Tim Berners-Lee

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Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs) cover

2. Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs)

by Alex Wilmerding

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Nexus: Nexus Arc Book 1 cover

3. Nexus: Nexus Arc Book 1

by Ramez Naam

Safe Is Not an Option cover

4. Safe Is Not an Option

by Rand Simberg

Incandescence cover

5. Incandescence

by Greg Egan

World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability cover

6. World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability

by Amy Chua

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Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation, 2nd Edition cover

7. Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation, 2nd Edition

by Andrew Metrick, Ayako Yasuda

An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition) cover

8. An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition)

by C.J. Date

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Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control and Recovery (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

9. Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control and Recovery (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Gerhard Weikum, Gottfried Vossen

Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) cover

10. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition)

by John F. Hughes

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Worst Instincts: Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU cover

11. Worst Instincts: Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU

by Wendy Kaminer

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Book of Proof cover

12. Book of Proof

by Richard H. Hammack

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right cover

13. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande

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Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist cover

14. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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Zoned Out: Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use cover

15. Zoned Out: Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use

by Jonathan C. Levine

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The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact cover

16. The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact

by Edmond Lau

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The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

17. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

by Professor Sidney Dekker

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Digital Fundamentals (10th Edition) cover

18. Digital Fundamentals (10th Edition)

by Thomas L. Floyd

Free to Choose: A Personal Statement cover

19. Free to Choose: A Personal Statement

by Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman

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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior) cover

20. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior)

by Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels

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The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniversary Edition cover

21. The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniversary Edition

by Gerald M. Weinberg

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By Heart: 101 Poems to Remember cover

22. By Heart: 101 Poems to Remember

by Ted Hughes

The Mac is Not a Typewriter, 2nd Edition cover

23. The Mac is Not a Typewriter, 2nd Edition

by Robin Williams

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The Pc is not a typewriter cover

24. The Pc is not a typewriter

by Robin Williams

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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition cover

25. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition

by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen R. Covey

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Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition) cover

26. Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition)

by Radia Perlman

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Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective cover

27. Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

by Ha-Joon Chang

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The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

28. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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Elements of Programming cover

29. Elements of Programming

by Alexander A. Stepanov, Paul McJones

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Scala for Machine Learning cover

30. Scala for Machine Learning

by Patrick R. Nicolas

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Why Aren't More Women in Science?: Top Researchers Debate the Evidence cover

31. Why Aren't More Women in Science?: Top Researchers Debate the Evidence

by Stephen J. Ceci, Wendy Melissa Williams

Physically Based Rendering, Third Edition: From Theory to Implementation cover

32. Physically Based Rendering, Third Edition: From Theory to Implementation

by Matt Pharr, Greg Humphreys, Wenzel Jakob

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Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price cover

33. Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price

by Madhavan Ramanujam, Georg Tacke

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The Vertical World of Yosemite: A Collection of Writings and Photographs on Rock Climbing in Yosemite cover

34. The Vertical World of Yosemite: A Collection of Writings and Photographs on Rock Climbing in Yosemite

by Galen A. Rowell

The Art of Profitability cover

35. The Art of Profitability

by Adrian Slywotzky

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The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million cover

36. The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million

by Mark Roberge

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3D Game Engine Architecture: Engineering Real-Time Applications with Wild Magic (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3d Technology) cover

37. 3D Game Engine Architecture: Engineering Real-Time Applications with Wild Magic (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3d Technology)

by David H. Eberly

The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine cover

38. The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine

by Charles Petzold

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Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation cover

39. Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation

by Joseph Weizenbaum

The Mathematical Experience cover

40. The Mathematical Experience

by Philip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh

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Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell: Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry: cover

41. Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell: Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry:

by George F. Simmons

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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It cover

42. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

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The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction cover

43. The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction

by Matthew B. Crawford

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Calculus Made Easy cover

44. Calculus Made Easy

by Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner

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Bayes' Rule: A Tutorial Introduction to Bayesian Analysis cover

45. Bayes' Rule: A Tutorial Introduction to Bayesian Analysis

by James V. Stone

Comedy Writing for Late-Night TV: How to Write Monologue Jokes, Desk Pieces, Sketches, Parodies, Audience Pieces, Remotes, and Other Short-Form Comedy cover

46. Comedy Writing for Late-Night TV: How to Write Monologue Jokes, Desk Pieces, Sketches, Parodies, Audience Pieces, Remotes, and Other Short-Form Comedy

by Joe Toplyn

When Google Met WikiLeaks cover

47. When Google Met WikiLeaks

by Julian Assange

Elixir in Action cover

48. Elixir in Action

by Saša Juric

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Short Calculus: The Original Edition of “A First Course in Calculus” (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

49. Short Calculus: The Original Edition of “A First Course in Calculus” (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Serge Lang

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The Art of Electronics cover

50. The Art of Electronics

by The Wikipedians

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The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey cover

51. The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey

by Michael Huemer

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RESTful Web Clients cover

52. RESTful Web Clients

by Mike Amundsen

Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation--and Positive Strategies for Change cover

53. Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation--and Positive Strategies for Change

by Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever

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Sparse Distributed Memory (MIT Press) cover

54. Sparse Distributed Memory (MIT Press)

by Pentti Kanerva

Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps -- And What We Can Do About It cover

55. Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps -- And What We Can Do About It

by Lise Eliot

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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

56. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming

by Peter Seibel

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Make: Analog Synthesizers cover

57. Make: Analog Synthesizers

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Thinking in Systems: A Primer cover

58. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

by Donella Meadows

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Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion cover

59. Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion

by Susan Jacoby

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

60. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

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Mayo Clinic Family Health Book cover

61. Mayo Clinic Family Health Book

by Mayo Clinic

The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth cover

62. The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

by Clayton, Michael

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Build APIs You Won't Hate: Everyone and their dog wants an API, so you should probably learn how to build them cover

63. Build APIs You Won't Hate: Everyone and their dog wants an API, so you should probably learn how to build them

by Phil Sturgeon

Infinite Distraction (Theory Redux) cover

64. Infinite Distraction (Theory Redux)

by Dominic Pettman

The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language cover

65. The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language

by Melvyn Bragg

The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing) cover

66. The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing)

by Leland Wilkinson

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The Oxygen Revolution: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: The Groundbreaking New Treatment for Stroke, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Arthritis, Autism, Learning Disabilities and More cover

67. The Oxygen Revolution: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: The Groundbreaking New Treatment for Stroke, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Arthritis, Autism, Learning Disabilities and More

by Paul Harch, Virginia McCullough

Learning from Data cover

68. Learning from Data

by Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa, Malik Magdon-Ismail, Hsuan-Tien Lin

Ogilvy on Advertising cover

69. Ogilvy on Advertising

by David Ogilvy

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Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare) cover

70. Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict (Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare)

by Erica Chenoweth, Maria J. Stephan

Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them cover

71. Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them

by Cynthia Shapiro

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The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

72. The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory cover

73. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

by Brian Greene

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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion cover

74. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt

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The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain cover

75. The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain

by Daniel Gardner

Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming cover

76. Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming

by Jason R. Briggs

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Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way cover

77. Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way

by Steven Pressfield

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The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide cover

78. The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide

by John S. Quarterman

The Healthy Programmer: Get Fit, Feel Better, and Keep Coding (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

79. The Healthy Programmer: Get Fit, Feel Better, and Keep Coding (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Joe Kutner

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Tricks of the 3D Game Programming Gurus-Advanced 3D Graphics and Rasterization (Other Sams) cover

80. Tricks of the 3D Game Programming Gurus-Advanced 3D Graphics and Rasterization (Other Sams)

by André LaMothe

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

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

by Christopher M. Bishop

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

82. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

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Compiler Construction Using Java, JavaCC, and Yacc cover

83. Compiler Construction Using Java, JavaCC, and Yacc

by Anthony J. Dos Reis

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Organic Chemistry, 9th Edition cover

84. Organic Chemistry, 9th Edition

by Francis A Carey, Dr., Robert M. Giuliano

Advanced Organic Chemistry, Part A: Structure and Mechanisms cover

85. Advanced Organic Chemistry, Part A: Structure and Mechanisms

by Francis A. Carey, Richard J. Sundberg

Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry (Tempus) cover

86. Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry (Tempus)

by Susan Lammers

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An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies cover

87. An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies

by Tyler Cowen

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Flights of Fantasy: Programming 3d Video Games in C++/Book and Disk cover

88. Flights of Fantasy: Programming 3d Video Games in C++/Book and Disk

by Christopher Lampton

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Programming Collective Intelligence cover

89. Programming Collective Intelligence

by Toby Segaran

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Apollo: The Race to the Moon cover

90. Apollo: The Race to the Moon

by Charles A. Murray, Catherine Bly Cox

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The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die cover

91. The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die

by Paul A. Craig

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Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook, Revised Edition cover

92. Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook, Revised Edition

by David Werner

Large-Scale C++ Software Design cover

93. Large-Scale C++ Software Design

by John Lakos

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Applied Microsoft® .NET Framework Programming (Developer Reference) cover

94. Applied Microsoft® .NET Framework Programming (Developer Reference)

by Jeffrey Richter

SQL Design Patterns: Expert Guide to SQL Programming (IT In-Focus series) (Volume 4) cover

95. SQL Design Patterns: Expert Guide to SQL Programming (IT In-Focus series) (Volume 4)

by Vadim Tropashko

The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2nd Edition) cover

96. The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2nd Edition)

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, Robert N. M. Watson

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TensorFlow For Machine Intelligence: A hands-on introduction to learning algorithms cover

97. TensorFlow For Machine Intelligence: A hands-on introduction to learning algorithms

Algebraic Geometry (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

98. Algebraic Geometry (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Robin Hartshorne

The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War cover

99. The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War

by Steve LeVine

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The Great Crash Ahead: Strategies for a World Turned Upside Down cover

100. The Great Crash Ahead: Strategies for a World Turned Upside Down

by Harry S. Dent

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