Hacker News Books for 2017

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Hacker News Books for 2017

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2017.

Showing 101 - 200 of 625 books

Think Perl 6 cover

101. Think Perl 6

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

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

by Cal Newport

Read 23 comments

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice cover

103. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

by Bill Browder

Read 3 comments

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

104. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram

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Lightweight Django cover

105. Lightweight Django

by Julia Elman. Mark Lavin

Read 6 comments

American Factoring Law cover

106. American Factoring Law

by David B. Tatge, Jeremy B. Tatge, David Flaxman

Fluent Python cover

107. Fluent Python

by Luciano Ramalho

Read 15 comments

The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame cover

108. The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame

by Mike Wilson

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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen cover

109. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library) cover

110. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)

by George Polya

Read 16 comments

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media cover

111. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

Read 9 comments

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams cover

112. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

Read 31 comments

C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

113. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson

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Designing Active Server Pages cover

114. Designing Active Server Pages

by Scott Mitchell

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Network Security Through Data Analysis cover

115. Network Security Through Data Analysis

by Michael Collins

Life and Death in Shanghai cover

116. Life and Death in Shanghai

by Cheng Nien

How to win friends and influence people cover

117. How to win friends and influence people

by Dale Carnegie

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

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

by Harvey Silverglate, Alan M. Dershowitz

Read 64 comments

Data and Reality: A Timeless Perspective on Perceiving and Managing Information in Our Imprecise World, 3rd Edition cover

119. Data and Reality: A Timeless Perspective on Perceiving and Managing Information in Our Imprecise World, 3rd Edition

by William Kent, Steve Hoberman

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The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable cover

120. The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable

by Jeff S. Volek, Phd Stephen D. Phinney MD, Rd Jeff S. Volek Phd, Stephen D. Phinney

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The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance cover

121. The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance

by Jeff Volek, Stephen D. Phinney

The Architecture of Open Source Applications cover

122. The Architecture of Open Source Applications

by Amy Brown, Greg Wilson

Read 2 comments

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products cover

123. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

by Nir Eyal

Read 5 comments

Microservices vs. Service-Oriented Architecture cover

124. Microservices vs. Service-Oriented Architecture

Complex neural networks made easy by Chainer cover

125. Complex neural networks made easy by Chainer

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

126. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

Read 24 comments

Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

127. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

Read 12 comments

High Output Management cover

128. High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

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

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

by Cal Newport

Read 21 comments

Badass: Making Users Awesome cover

130. Badass: Making Users Awesome

by Kathy Sierra

Read 7 comments

Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0) cover

131. Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0)

by Chris Okasaki

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Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0) cover

132. Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0)

by Chris Okasaki

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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

133. Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

Read 3 comments

The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniversary Edition cover

134. The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniversary Edition

by Gerald M. Weinberg

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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

135. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

Read 21 comments

Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection cover

136. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

by John E. Sarno

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Game Programming Patterns cover

137. Game Programming Patterns

by Robert Nystrom

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One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest cover

138. One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest

by Wade Davis

Schaum's Outline of Discrete Mathematics, Revised Third Edition cover

139. Schaum's Outline of Discrete Mathematics, Revised Third Edition

by Seymour Lipschutz

Software Tools in Pascal cover

140. Software Tools in Pascal

by Brian W. Kernighan, P. J. Plauger

Etudes for Programmers cover

141. Etudes for Programmers

by Charles Wetherell

Read 2 comments

Effective Modern C++ cover

142. Effective Modern C++

by Scott Meyers

Read 9 comments

The Three-Body Problem cover

143. The Three-Body Problem

by Cixin Liu

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Basic Economics cover

144. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell

Read 18 comments

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature cover

145. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

by Steven Pinker

Read 9 comments

Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

146. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans

Read 10 comments

Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman cover

147. Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

by James Gleick

Read 2 comments

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

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

by Cathy O'Neil

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Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement (Columbia Business School Publishing) cover

149. Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement (Columbia Business School Publishing)

by William Duggan

No bullshit guide to linear algebra cover

150. No bullshit guide to linear algebra

by Ivan Savov

Read 13 comments

Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition): Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration cover

151. Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition): Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

Read 2 comments

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

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

by John J. Ratey

Read 15 comments

Startupland: How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea into a Global Business cover

153. Startupland: How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea into a Global Business

by Mikkel Svane

Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time cover

154. Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

by Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz

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Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back cover

155. Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back

by William MacAskill

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human cover

156. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

by Richard W. Wrangham

Read 3 comments

Linear Algebra, 4th Edition cover

157. Linear Algebra, 4th Edition

by Stephen H. Friedberg, Arnold J. Insel, Lawrence E. Spence

Read 2 comments

Code Complete cover

158. Code Complete

by Steve McConnell

Read 31 comments

Mastering Bitcoin, 2nd Edition cover

159. Mastering Bitcoin, 2nd Edition

So What?: How to Communicate What Really Matters to Your Audience cover

160. So What?: How to Communicate What Really Matters to Your Audience

by Mark Magnacca

Read 2 comments

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1) cover

161. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1)

by Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst, Suzanne Simard, Tim Flannery

Read 10 comments

Why AI and machine learning researchers are beginning to embrace PyTorch cover

162. Why AI and machine learning researchers are beginning to embrace PyTorch

Read 2 comments

Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930 (Softshell Books) cover

163. Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930 (Softshell Books)

by Thomas Parke Hughes

Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

164. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

Read 47 comments

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

165. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

Read 27 comments

The Gene: An Intimate History cover

166. The Gene: An Intimate History

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Read 8 comments

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

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

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

Read 20 comments

What Your Contractor Can't Tell You: The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating cover

168. What Your Contractor Can't Tell You: The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating

by Amy Johnston

Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction cover

169. Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

by Annalee Newitz

Read 2 comments

The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America cover

170. The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America

by Daniel J. Boorstin

Bayesian Data Analysis (Chapman & Hall / CRC Texts in Statistical Science) cover

171. Bayesian Data Analysis (Chapman & Hall / CRC Texts in Statistical Science)

by Andrew Gelman, John B. Carlin, Hal S. Stern, David B. Dunson, Aki Vehtari, Donald B. Rubin

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C++ Concurrency in Action cover

172. C++ Concurrency in Action

by Anthony Williams

Read 2 comments

Secure Coding in C and C++ (SEI Series in Software Engineering) cover

173. Secure Coding in C and C++ (SEI Series in Software Engineering)

by Robert C. Seacord

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The Bhagavad Gita cover

174. The Bhagavad Gita

by Eknath Easwaran

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Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

175. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

by Peter Van der Linden

Read 18 comments

Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed cover

176. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott

Read 17 comments

Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools cover

177. Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools

by Alfred V. Aho

Read 17 comments

Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers cover

178. Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers

by Steve McConnell

Read 2 comments

The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

179. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

Read 17 comments

Java 9 Modularity cover

180. Java 9 Modularity

Read 2 comments

How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World cover

181. How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

by Steven Johnson

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SPIN Selling cover

182. SPIN Selling

by Neil Rackham

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No Place to Hide cover

183. No Place to Hide

by Robert O'Harrow

Migrations And Cultures: A World View cover

184. Migrations And Cultures: A World View

by Thomas Sowell

Introductory Techniques for 3-D Computer Vision cover

185. Introductory Techniques for 3-D Computer Vision

by Emanuele Trucco, Alessandro Verri

Read 2 comments

Rise of the Warrior Cop cover

186. Rise of the Warrior Cop

by Radley Balko

Read 9 comments

How to build a robot that

187. How to build a robot that "sees" with $100 and TensorFlow

How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life cover

188. How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life

by Thomas Gilovich

Read 3 comments

The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

189. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

by Rob Fitzpatrick

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

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

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

191. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom

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Companies We Keep: Employee Ownership and the Business of Community and Place, 2nd Edition cover

192. Companies We Keep: Employee Ownership and the Business of Community and Place, 2nd Edition

by John Abrams

Learning the vi Editor, Sixth Edition cover

193. Learning the vi Editor, Sixth Edition

by Linda Lamb, Arnold Robbins

Read 3 comments

The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power cover

194. The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power

by Joseph Turow

Read 3 comments

Death March (2nd Edition) cover

195. Death March (2nd Edition)

by Edward Yourdon

Read 7 comments

Generations cover

196. Generations

by Neil Howe, William Strauss

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age cover

197. Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

by Sherry Turkle

Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide cover

198. Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide

by George Brown Arfken, George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, Frank E. Harris

Read 4 comments

Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum cover

199. Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum

by Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman

Read 6 comments

The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain cover

200. The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

by John E. Sarno

Read 12 comments