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 Mezzanine cover

101. The Mezzanine

by Nicholson Baker

Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition cover

102. Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition

by Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

103. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

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

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

by John F. Hughes

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

105. 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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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover

106. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk cover

107. The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk

by William Bernstein

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The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness cover

108. The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness

by Jeff Warren

Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners cover

109. Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners

by Larry Harris

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Lectures on Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics - 2nd Edition cover

110. Lectures on Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics - 2nd Edition

by Marco Taboga

Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning) cover

111. Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning)

by Kevin P. Murphy

Data Matching: Concepts and Techniques for Record Linkage, Entity Resolution, and Duplicate Detection (Data-Centric Systems and Applications) cover

112. Data Matching: Concepts and Techniques for Record Linkage, Entity Resolution, and Duplicate Detection (Data-Centric Systems and Applications)

by Peter Christen

Applied Logistic Regression (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) cover

113. Applied Logistic Regression (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

by David W. Hosmer, Jr., Stanley Lemeshow

Bread Baker's Bible: Traditional Bread Recipes from Around the World cover

114. Bread Baker's Bible: Traditional Bread Recipes from Around the World

by Jennie Shapter

Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students cover

115. Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students

by Ellen Lupton

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Designing, Building, and Testing Your Own Speaker System with Projects cover

116. Designing, Building, and Testing Your Own Speaker System with Projects

by David B. Weems

Gödel's Proof cover

117. Gödel's Proof

by Ernest Nagel, James Roy Newman

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The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War cover

118. The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War

by Stephen Kinzer

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College Grad Job Hunter: Insider Techniques and Tactics for Finding A Top-Paying Entry-level Job cover

119. College Grad Job Hunter: Insider Techniques and Tactics for Finding A Top-Paying Entry-level Job

by Brian D Krueger

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 cover

120. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

by Steve Coll

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Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations cover

121. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

by Ronen Bergman

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Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health cover

122. Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health

by Gary Taubes

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Ordinary Differential Equations (Universitext) cover

123. Ordinary Differential Equations (Universitext)

by Vladimir Igorevich Arnolʹd

The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect cover

124. The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

by Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie

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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe cover

125. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

by Roger Penrose

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Writing An Interpreter In Go cover

126. Writing An Interpreter In Go

by Thorsten Ball

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies cover

127. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond

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Xunzi: The Complete Text cover

128. Xunzi: The Complete Text

by Xunzi, Eric L. Hutton

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An Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning: Numbers, Sets and Functions cover

129. An Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning: Numbers, Sets and Functions

by Peter J. Eccles

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Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

130. Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Ian Stewart

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Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing (The MIT Press) cover

131. Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing (The MIT Press)

by Christopher Manning, Hinrich Schutze

Statistical Methods for Speech Recognition (Language, Speech, and Communication) cover

132. Statistical Methods for Speech Recognition (Language, Speech, and Communication)

by Frederick Jelinek

Spoken Language Processing: A Guide to Theory, Algorithm and System Development cover

133. Spoken Language Processing: A Guide to Theory, Algorithm and System Development

by Xuedong Huang, Alejandro Acero, Hsiao-Wuen Hon

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The Master and Margarita: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) cover

134. The Master and Margarita: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Mikhail Bulgakov

Conquering C++ Pointers cover

135. Conquering C++ Pointers

by Robert J. Traister

Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself cover

136. Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself

by Jason Wilkes

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Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant cover

137. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant

by W. Chan Kim

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

138. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution cover

139. Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution

by KLAUS & DAVIS SCHWAB (NICHOLAS.)

Perl Best Practices cover

140. Perl Best Practices

by Damian Conway

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HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja: Create Smash Hit Games in HTML5 cover

141. HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja: Create Smash Hit Games in HTML5

by Earle Castledine

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Eleventh Edition) cover

142. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Eleventh Edition)

by Burton G. Malkiel

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World cover

143. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

by Anand Giridharadas

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An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

144. An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Greg Michaelson

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The Mystery of Sleep: Why a Good Night's Rest Is Vital to a Better, Healthier Life cover

145. The Mystery of Sleep: Why a Good Night's Rest Is Vital to a Better, Healthier Life

by Meir H. Kryger

Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw - By the Man Who Did It cover

146. Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw - By the Man Who Did It

by Tsutomo Shimomura, John Markoff

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Calculus for the Practical Man cover

147. Calculus for the Practical Man

by J. E. Thompson

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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds cover

148. The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

by Michael Lewis

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Programming Rust cover

149. Programming Rust

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff

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Build Your Own Lisp cover

150. Build Your Own Lisp

by Daniel Holden

sendmail cover

151. sendmail

by Bryan Costales, Claus Assmann, George Jansen, Gregory Shapiro

The Big Red Fez: How To Make Any Web Site Better cover

152. The Big Red Fez: How To Make Any Web Site Better

by Seth Godin

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Building Scalable Web Sites cover

153. Building Scalable Web Sites

by Cal Henderson

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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products cover

154. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

by Nir Eyal

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Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes cover

155. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

by Alfie Kohn

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New computational paradigms for computer music cover

156. New computational paradigms for computer music

by Gérard Assayag

Neural Network Methods for Natural Language Processing (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies) cover

157. Neural Network Methods for Natural Language Processing (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies)

by Yoav Goldberg

Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth Edition cover

158. Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth Edition

by Gilbert Strang

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Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning) cover

159. Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning)

by Richard S. Sutton, Andrew G. Barto

Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D cover

160. Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D

by Fabien Sanglard

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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America cover

161. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Richard Rothstein

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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

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

by Peter Seibel

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The Soviet Political Poster: 1917-1980 cover

163. The Soviet Political Poster: 1917-1980

by Nina Ivanovna Baburina

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The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America cover

164. The View from Flyover Country: Dispatches from the Forgotten America

by Sarah Kendzior

Pattern Classification (Pt.1) cover

165. Pattern Classification (Pt.1)

by Richard O. Duda, Peter E. Hart, Peter Elliot Hart, David G. Stork

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Psychology and Space cover

166. Psychology and Space

by Yuri Gagarin, Vladimir Lebedev

Logic: Techniques of Formal Reasoning cover

167. Logic: Techniques of Formal Reasoning

by Donald Kalish, Richard Montague, Gary Mar

Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions) cover

168. Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Marcus Aurelius

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Seneca's Letters from a Stoic (Dover Thrift Editions) cover

169. Seneca's Letters from a Stoic (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living cover

170. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy cover

171. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

Ordinary Differential Equations (The MIT Press) cover

172. Ordinary Differential Equations (The MIT Press)

by Vladimir Igorevich Arnolʹd, Richard A. Silverman

Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition cover

173. Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition

by Everett M. Rogers

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Apple II-6502 assembly language tutor cover

174. Apple II-6502 assembly language tutor

by Richard E. Haskell

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Confronting Reality: Master the New Model for Success cover

175. Confronting Reality: Master the New Model for Success

by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan

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

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

by Christopher M. Bishop

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

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

by Christopher Lampton

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Basic German Vocabulary (Langenscheidt Reference) cover

178. Basic German Vocabulary (Langenscheidt Reference)

by Bock, Heiko

Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming (The MIT Press) cover

179. Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming (The MIT Press)

by Peter Van Roy, Seif Haridi

Renovation 4th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated cover

180. Renovation 4th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated

by Michael W. Litchfield

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House cover

181. House

by Tracy Kidder

From Newton to Mandelbrot: A Primer in Theoretical Physics (Graduate Texts in Physics) cover

182. From Newton to Mandelbrot: A Primer in Theoretical Physics (Graduate Texts in Physics)

by Dietrich Stauffer, H. Eugene Stanley, Annick Lesne

Generative Programming: Methods, Tools, and Applications cover

183. Generative Programming: Methods, Tools, and Applications

by Krzysztof Czarnecki, Ulrich Eisenecker

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The C Programming Language cover

184. The C Programming Language

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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Lisp in Small Pieces cover

185. Lisp in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec

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Computers & Typesetting, Volume B: TeX: The Program cover

186. Computers & Typesetting, Volume B: TeX: The Program

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Java SE 8 Edition (Java (Addison-Wesley)) cover

187. The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Java SE 8 Edition (Java (Addison-Wesley))

by Tim Lindholm, Frank Yellin, Gilad Bracha, Alex Buckley

The Tibetan Yogas Of Dream And Sleep cover

188. The Tibetan Yogas Of Dream And Sleep

by Tenzin Wangyal

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Advanced M. S.-DOS Programming: The Microsoft Guide for Assembly Language and C. Programmers cover

189. Advanced M. S.-DOS Programming: The Microsoft Guide for Assembly Language and C. Programmers

by Ray Duncan

Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC cover

190. Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC

by Peter Norton, John Socha

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The Peter Norton PC Programmer's Bible: The Ultimate Reference to the IBM PC and Compatible Hardware and Systems Software (Microsoft Press programming classic) cover

191. The Peter Norton PC Programmer's Bible: The Ultimate Reference to the IBM PC and Compatible Hardware and Systems Software (Microsoft Press programming classic)

by Peter Norton, Peter G. Aitken, Richard Wilton

Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House cover

192. Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House

by Donna Brazile

Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength (Second Edition) cover

193. Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength (Second Edition)

by Steven Low

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Seeing Systems: Unlocking the Mysteries of Organizational Life cover

194. Seeing Systems: Unlocking the Mysteries of Organizational Life

by Barry Oshry

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Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

195. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by A. D. Aleksandrov, A. N. Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent’ev

Thinking in Promises: Designing Systems for Cooperation cover

196. Thinking in Promises: Designing Systems for Cooperation

by Mark Burgess

Promise Theory: Principles and Applications (Volume 1) cover

197. Promise Theory: Principles and Applications (Volume 1)

by Jan A. Bergstra, Mark Burgess

Experimental Methods in RF Design cover

198. Experimental Methods in RF Design

by Wes Hayward, Rick Campbell, Bob Larkin

Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software cover

199. Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software

by Scott Rosenberg

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Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman cover

200. Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman

by Dave Hoover, Adewale Oshineye