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 501 - 600 of 625 books

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

501. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

by Paul Graham

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Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 cover

502. Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010

by Charles Murray

Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition cover

503. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition

by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago

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The Real Analysis Lifesaver: All the Tools You Need to Understand Proofs (Princeton Lifesaver Study Guides) cover

504. The Real Analysis Lifesaver: All the Tools You Need to Understand Proofs (Princeton Lifesaver Study Guides)

by Raffi Grinberg

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The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook cover

505. The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook

by Michael Kerrisk

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The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention cover

506. The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention

by Alexander Monro

Paper: Paging Through History cover

507. Paper: Paging Through History

by Mark Kurlansky

Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I Legendary Edition: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire cover

508. Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I Legendary Edition: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire

by David L. Craddock

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Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors (Techstars) cover

509. Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors (Techstars)

by Brad Feld, Mahendra Ramsinghani

The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club cover

510. The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club

by Peter Hook

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

511. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

by Andrew Hunt, David Thomas

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The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money cover

512. The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

by Bryan Caplan

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity cover

513. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

by Katherine Boo

Garbage Land cover

514. Garbage Land

by Elizabeth Royte

The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa cover

515. The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa

by Deborah Brautigam

The Revolution Of Nihilism: Warning To The West cover

516. The Revolution Of Nihilism: Warning To The West

by Hermann Rauschning

The Cycles Of American History: Updated Edition―A Political Historian's Reflection on Two Centuries of Pragmatism vs Idealism cover

517. The Cycles Of American History: Updated Edition―A Political Historian's Reflection on Two Centuries of Pragmatism vs Idealism

by Arthur Meier Schlesinger

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The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy cover

518. The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy

by Christopher Lasch

Classical Mechanics cover

519. Classical Mechanics

by Herbert Goldstein, Charles P. Poole, John L. Safko

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Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum cover

520. Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum

by Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman

Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Series Number 16) cover

521. Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Series Number 16)

by Afra J. Zomorodian

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Historians' Fallacies : Toward a Logic of Historical Thought cover

522. Historians' Fallacies : Toward a Logic of Historical Thought

by David H. Fischer

Construction Cost Indices: HUD Section 202 and 811 Supportive Housing Programs cover

523. Construction Cost Indices: HUD Section 202 and 811 Supportive Housing Programs

People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts cover

524. People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts

by Robert Bolton

Lean Software Strategies: Proven Techniques for Managers and Developers cover

525. Lean Software Strategies: Proven Techniques for Managers and Developers

by Peter Middleton, James Sutton

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Effective awk Programming, 3rd Edition cover

526. Effective awk Programming, 3rd Edition

by Arnold Robbins

The Hidden Injuries of Class cover

527. The Hidden Injuries of Class

by Richard Sennett, Jonathan Cobb

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions cover

528. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author cover

529. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author

by Marc Levinson

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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

530. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time cover

531. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

by Dava Sobel

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The Art of Problem Solving, Vol. 1: The Basics cover

532. The Art of Problem Solving, Vol. 1: The Basics

by Sandor Lehoczky, Richard Rusczyk

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Geometry cover

533. Geometry

by Ray C. Jurgensen, Richard G. Brown, John W. Jurgensen

The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People cover

534. The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People

by James Serpell

The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company cover

535. The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

by Steve Blank, Steven Gary Blank, Bob Dorf

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Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain cover

536. Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain

by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball cover

537. The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball

by Noam Cohen

Time Management for System Administrators cover

538. Time Management for System Administrators

by Tom Limoncelli

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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley cover

539. Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

by Antonio Garcia Martinez

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All Politics Is Local: and Other Rules of the Game cover

540. All Politics Is Local: and Other Rules of the Game

by Tip O'Neill, Gary Hymel

Modernist Bread cover

541. Modernist Bread

by Nathan Myhrvold, Francisco J. Migoya

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High Performance Web Sites cover

542. High Performance Web Sites

by Steve Souders

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High Performance Browser Networking cover

543. High Performance Browser Networking

by Ilya Grigorik

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Even Faster Web Sites cover

544. Even Faster Web Sites

by Steve Souders

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Winning through Intimidation: How to Be the Victor, Not the Victim, in Business and in Life cover

545. Winning through Intimidation: How to Be the Victor, Not the Victim, in Business and in Life

by Robert Ringer

Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late (Bedtime Math Series) cover

546. Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late (Bedtime Math Series)

by Laura Overdeck

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Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World cover

547. Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

by Rachel Ignotofsky

The Redwall Cookbook cover

548. The Redwall Cookbook

by Brian Jacques

Principles: Life and Work cover

549. Principles: Life and Work

by Ray Dalio

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Dark Matter: A Novel cover

550. Dark Matter: A Novel

by Blake Crouch

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Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution cover

551. Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution

by Brent Berlin, Paul Kay

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Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People and Fantastic Adventures, from Chess to Role-Playing Games cover

552. Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People and Fantastic Adventures, from Chess to Role-Playing Games

by Jon Peterson

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A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History cover

553. A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History

by Nicholas Wade

Computer Organization and Design ARM Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

554. Computer Organization and Design ARM Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers cover

555. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

by Mary Roach

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iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us cover

556. iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us

by Jean M. Twenge

Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before cover

557. Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before

by Jean M. Twenge

The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement cover

558. The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement

by Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell

Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist cover

559. Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist

by Om P. Malik

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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry cover

560. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

by Neil deGrasse Tyson

On The Shoulders Of Giants cover

561. On The Shoulders Of Giants

by Stephen Hawking

Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup cover

562. Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup

by Bill Aulet

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Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition cover

563. Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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C++ Concurrency in Action: Practical Multithreading cover

564. C++ Concurrency in Action: Practical Multithreading

by Anthony Williams

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Advanced Containerization cover

565. Advanced Containerization

Absolutely on Music: Conversations cover

566. Absolutely on Music: Conversations

by Seiji Ozawa, Haruki Murakami

Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade cover

567. Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade

by Robert Cialdini

Homo deus cover

568. Homo deus

by Yuval Noah Harari

China's Guaranteed Bubble cover

569. China's Guaranteed Bubble

by Ning Zhu

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) cover

570. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

by Steve Krug

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War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier cover

571. War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

by Smedley Darlington Butler

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Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics cover

572. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

by Henry Hazlitt

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The Neuroscience of Intelligence (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology) cover

573. The Neuroscience of Intelligence (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology)

by Richard J. Haier

Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors cover

574. Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

by Nicholas Wade

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The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip cover

575. The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip

by Keith Devlin

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

576. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

577. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded (The Psycho-Cybernetics Series) cover

578. Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded (The Psycho-Cybernetics Series)

by Maxwell Maltz

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA cover

579. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

by Tim Weiner

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Debugging Teams cover

580. Debugging Teams

by Brian W. Fitzpatrick, Ben Collins-Sussman

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The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers cover

581. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

by Will Durant

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Jessy Irwin on making security understandable for everyone cover

582. Jessy Irwin on making security understandable for everyone

How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens cover

583. How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens

by Benedict Carey

The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win cover

584. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win

by Steve Blank

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Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants cover

585. Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants

by John Drury Clark

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Hello Web App cover

586. Hello Web App

by Tracy Osborn

The Complete Persepolis cover

587. The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

The Arabs: A History cover

588. The Arabs: A History

by Eugene Rogan

Managing The Professional Service Firm cover

589. Managing The Professional Service Firm

by David H. Maister

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Understanding Software: Max Kanat-Alexander on simplicity, coding, and how to suck less as a programmer cover

590. Understanding Software: Max Kanat-Alexander on simplicity, coding, and how to suck less as a programmer

by Max Kanat-Alexander

Terroni: All That Has Been Done to Ensure that the Italians of the South Became

591. Terroni: All That Has Been Done to Ensure that the Italians of the South Became "Southerners" (VIA Folios)

by Pino Aprile

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland cover

592. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

by Christopher R. Browning

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Net Delusion cover

593. Net Delusion

by Evgeny Morozov

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Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer cover

594. Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer

by Robert Bazell

Machine Learning for Hackers: Case Studies and Algorithms to Get You Started cover

595. Machine Learning for Hackers: Case Studies and Algorithms to Get You Started

by Drew Conway, John White

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Introduction to Machine Learning with Python: A Guide for Data Scientists cover

596. Introduction to Machine Learning with Python: A Guide for Data Scientists

by Andreas C. Müller, Sarah Guido

Thoughtful Machine Learning: A Test-Driven Approach cover

597. Thoughtful Machine Learning: A Test-Driven Approach

by Matthew Kirk

Programming Perl, 3rd Edition cover

598. Programming Perl, 3rd Edition

by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant

Nuclear Disaster in the Urals cover

599. Nuclear Disaster in the Urals

by Zhores Medvedev

Winning At Retail: Developing a Sustained Model for Retail Success cover

600. Winning At Retail: Developing a Sustained Model for Retail Success

by Willard N. Ander, Neil Z. Stern