Hacker News Books for 2018

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Hacker News Books for 2018

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2018.

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The Universe in a Nutshell cover

1. The Universe in a Nutshell

by Stephen Hawking

Stealing the Corner Office: The Winning Career Strategies They'll Never Teach You in Business School cover

2. Stealing the Corner Office: The Winning Career Strategies They'll Never Teach You in Business School

by Brendan Reid

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Algebra 1: An Incremental Development, 3rd Edition (Saxon Algebra 1) cover

3. Algebra 1: An Incremental Development, 3rd Edition (Saxon Algebra 1)

by John H. Saxon

My Little Big Math Book cover

4. My Little Big Math Book

by Lars Ronnback, M.D., Ph.D.

The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

5. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

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Kids Shenanigans: Great Things to Do That Mom and Dad Will Just Barely Approve Of/Book and Whoopie Cushion cover

6. Kids Shenanigans: Great Things to Do That Mom and Dad Will Just Barely Approve Of/Book and Whoopie Cushion

by Klutz Press

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

7. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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The Ultimate Paper Airplane: With Step-by Step Instructions for Seven Different Models cover

8. The Ultimate Paper Airplane: With Step-by Step Instructions for Seven Different Models

by Richard Kline

Against Intellectual Monopoly cover

9. Against Intellectual Monopoly

by Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine

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Introduction to Logic Circuits & Logic Design with VHDL cover

10. Introduction to Logic Circuits & Logic Design with VHDL

by Brock J. LaMeres

The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives cover

11. The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

by Jesse Eisinger

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Lean Customer Development: Building Products Your Customers Will Buy cover

12. Lean Customer Development: Building Products Your Customers Will Buy

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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't cover

13. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

by Simon Sinek

Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences cover

14. Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Bebop to the Boolean Boogie, Third Edition: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics cover

15. Bebop to the Boolean Boogie, Third Edition: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics

by Clive Maxfield

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The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems (Humongous Books) cover

16. The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems (Humongous Books)

by W. Michael Kelley

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3,000 Solved Problems in Linear Algebra cover

17. 3,000 Solved Problems in Linear Algebra

by Seymour Lipschutz

Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

18. Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary

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Head First Design Patterns cover

19. Head First Design Patterns

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

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The Negative (Ansel Adams Photography) cover

20. The Negative (Ansel Adams Photography)

by Ansel Adams

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Exercises in Programming Style cover

21. Exercises in Programming Style

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Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (Lecture Notes) cover

22. Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (Lecture Notes)

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition cover

23. Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition

by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk

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Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course cover

24. Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course

by Thomas C. Hayes, Paul Horowitz

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Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants in American Democracy (Business and Public Policy) cover

25. Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants in American Democracy (Business and Public Policy)

by Edward T. Walker

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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon cover

26. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

by Kim Zetter

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Run for Something: A Real-Talk Guide to Fixing the System Yourself cover

27. Run for Something: A Real-Talk Guide to Fixing the System Yourself

by Amanda Litman

Interest Rate Swaps and Their Derivatives: A Practitioner's Guide cover

28. Interest Rate Swaps and Their Derivatives: A Practitioner's Guide

by Amir Sadr

Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft cover

29. Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft

by Paul Allen

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The Knight Who Said No! cover

30. The Knight Who Said No!

by Lucy Rowland

Nine Open Arms cover

31. Nine Open Arms

by Benny Lindelauf, John Nieuwenhuizen

Mr Birdsnest and the House Next Door cover

32. Mr Birdsnest and the House Next Door

by Julia Donaldson

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My Little Book of Big Freedoms: The Human Rights Act in Pictures cover

33. My Little Book of Big Freedoms: The Human Rights Act in Pictures

by Chris Riddell, Amnesty International

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything cover

34. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

by Joshua Foer

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The Art of Electronics cover

35. The Art of Electronics

by The Wikipedians

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More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded (Popular Culture and Philosophy) cover

36. More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded (Popular Culture and Philosophy)

by William Irwin

The Education of Millionaires: Everything You Won't Learn in College About How to Be Successful cover

37. The Education of Millionaires: Everything You Won't Learn in College About How to Be Successful

by Michael Ellsberg

Optimal Cupid: Mastering the Hidden Logic of OkCupid cover

38. Optimal Cupid: Mastering the Hidden Logic of OkCupid

by Christopher McKinlay

Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development (Early American Studies) cover

39. Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development (Early American Studies)

by Sven Beckert, Seth Rockman

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism cover

40. The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

by Edward E. Baptist

Discriminants, Resultants, and Multidimensional Determinants (Modern Birkhäuser Classics) cover

41. Discriminants, Resultants, and Multidimensional Determinants (Modern Birkhäuser Classics)

by Israel M. Gelfand, Mikhail Kapranov, Andrei Zelevinsky

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

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

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules cover

43. Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules

by Steve McConnell

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The Deming Management Method cover

44. The Deming Management Method

by Mary Walton

The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization (Collins Business Essentials) cover

45. The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization (Collins Business Essentials)

by Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators cover

46. Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

by Patrick M. Lencioni

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article

47. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article "The Necessary Art of Persuasion," by Jay A. Conger)

by Harvard Business Review

Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business cover

48. Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business

by Patrick M. Lencioni

The Wal-Mart Triumph: Inside the World's #1 Company cover

49. The Wal-Mart Triumph: Inside the World's #1 Company

by Robert Slater

Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning cover

50. Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Guerilla Marketing: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business cover

51. Guerilla Marketing: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business

by Jay Conrad Levinson, Jeannie Levinson, Amy Levinson

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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman cover

52. Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

by James Gleick

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Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble cover

53. Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble

by Dan Lyons

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Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites cover

54. Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites

by Jeffrey Veen

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The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower cover

55. The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower

by Michael Pillsbury

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Schaum's Outline of Precalculus, 3rd Edition: 738 Solved Problems + 30 Videos (Schaum's Outlines) cover

56. Schaum's Outline of Precalculus, 3rd Edition: 738 Solved Problems + 30 Videos (Schaum's Outlines)

by Fred Safier

The Oasis of Now: Selected Poems (Lannan Translations Selection Series) cover

57. The Oasis of Now: Selected Poems (Lannan Translations Selection Series)

by Suhrāb Sipihrī

NASA Hubble Space Telescope - 1990 onwards (including all upgrades): An insight into the history, development, collaboration, construction and role of ... space telescope (Owners' Workshop Manual) cover

58. NASA Hubble Space Telescope - 1990 onwards (including all upgrades): An insight into the history, development, collaboration, construction and role of ... space telescope (Owners' Workshop Manual)

by Dr. David Baker

Nonlinear and Mixed-Integer Optimization: Fundamentals and Applications (Topics in Chemical Engineering) cover

59. Nonlinear and Mixed-Integer Optimization: Fundamentals and Applications (Topics in Chemical Engineering)

by Christodoulos A. Floudas

Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning) cover

60. Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning)

by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville

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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager cover

61. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp

Read 17 comments

The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story cover

62. The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story

by Michael Lewis

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Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight cover

63. Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight

by M.E. Thomas

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Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times cover

64. Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times

by Dr. Alan Walker

Feedback Control for Computer Systems cover

65. Feedback Control for Computer Systems

by Philipp K. Janert

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The London Eye Mystery cover

66. The London Eye Mystery

by Siobhan Dowd

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The Guggenheim Mystery cover

67. The Guggenheim Mystery

by Robin Stevens, Siobhan Dowd

The Explorer cover

68. The Explorer

by Katherine Rundell

Marketing Management (14th Edition) cover

69. Marketing Management (14th Edition)

by Philip Kotler, Kevin Lane Keller

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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age cover

70. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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

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

by Matt Pharr, Greg Humphreys, Wenzel Jakob

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Drucker’s Lost Art of Management: Peter Drucker’s Timeless Vision for Building Effective Organizations cover

72. Drucker’s Lost Art of Management: Peter Drucker’s Timeless Vision for Building Effective Organizations

by Joseph A. Maciariello, Karen Linkletter

Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win cover

73. Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win

by Jack D. Schwager

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Market Wizards, Updated: Interviews With Top Traders cover

74. Market Wizards, Updated: Interviews With Top Traders

by Jack D. Schwager

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The Odyssey cover

75. The Odyssey

by Homer

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The Sound Reinforcement Handbook cover

76. The Sound Reinforcement Handbook

by Gary Davis, Gary D. Davis

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition cover

77. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition

by Betty Edwards

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

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

by Eric Evans

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Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice in C (2nd Edition) cover

79. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice in C (2nd Edition)

by James D. Foley

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Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation cover

80. Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation

by Matt Pharr, Greg Humphreys, Wenzel Jakob

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Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice cover

81. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice

by James D. Foley

Rhoton's Cranial Anatomy and Surgical Approaches cover

82. Rhoton's Cranial Anatomy and Surgical Approaches

by Albert L. Rhoton Jr MD

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twentieth Edition (Vol.1 & Vol.2) cover

83. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twentieth Edition (Vol.1 & Vol.2)

by J. Larry Jameson, Anthony S. Fauci, Dennis L. Kasper, Stephen L. Hauser, Dan L. Longo, Joseph Loscalzo

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Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. cover

84. Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

by Rob Delaney

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Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health cover

85. Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health

by David Michaels

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Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel cover

86. Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel

by Gary Shteyngart

Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition) cover

87. Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition)

by W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, Andrew M. Rudoff

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Programming Game AI by Example (Wordware Game Developers Library) cover

88. Programming Game AI by Example (Wordware Game Developers Library)

by Mat Buckland

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UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition) cover

89. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition)

by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Ben Whaley, Trent Hein

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The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World cover

90. The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World

by Brad Stone

SimCity 2000: Power, Politics, and Planning: Revised Edition (Secrets of the Games) cover

91. SimCity 2000: Power, Politics, and Planning: Revised Edition (Secrets of the Games)

by Nick Dargahi, Michael Bremer

The Tassajara Bread Book cover

92. The Tassajara Bread Book

by Edward Espe Brown

Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business cover

93. Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business

by Rana Foroohar

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How Long Will South Africa Survive?: The Looming Crisis cover

94. How Long Will South Africa Survive?: The Looming Crisis

by R.W. Johnson

The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities cover

95. The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities

by Mancur Olson

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Black Rednecks and White Liberals cover

96. Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell

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What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods cover

97. What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

by Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins

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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

98. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

by Jessica Livingston

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Making 8-bit Arcade Games in C cover

99. Making 8-bit Arcade Games in C

by Steven Hugg

Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) cover

100. Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)

by Rachel Love Nuwer

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