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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jan 8, 2018 - Jan 15, 2018

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

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

by Joshua Foer

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

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

by Jared M. Diamond

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Black Rednecks and White Liberals cover

3. Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell

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Programming Rust cover

4. Programming Rust

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff

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Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease cover

5. Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease

by Robert H. Lustig

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How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

6. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

by Natalie Sidner, Lawrence Krubner

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For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History cover

7. For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History

by Sarah Rose

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Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow cover

8. Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow

by Aurélien Géron

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The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life cover

9. The Monk and the Philosopher: A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life

by Jean Francois Revel, Matthieu Ricard

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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

10. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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The Book of Legendary Lands cover

11. The Book of Legendary Lands

by Umberto Eco

How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society cover

12. How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society

by C. John Sommerville

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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy cover

13. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

by William B Irvine

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

14. 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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Ready Player One: A Novel cover

15. Ready Player One: A Novel

by Ernest Cline

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Free Flight: Inventing the Future of Travel cover

16. Free Flight: Inventing the Future of Travel

by James Fallows

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

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

by Richard Rothstein

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Pricing for Profit: How to Command Higher Prices for Your Products and Services cover

18. Pricing for Profit: How to Command Higher Prices for Your Products and Services

by Dale Furtwengler

Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator cover

19. Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator

by Gary Noesner

Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update cover

20. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

by Donella H. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows

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The Circle cover

21. The Circle

by Dave Eggers

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New York 2140 cover

22. New York 2140

by Kim Stanley Robinson

Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art cover

23. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art

by Steve Mcconnell

The Sporty Game: The High-Risk Competitive Business of Making and Selling Commercial Airliners cover

24. The Sporty Game: The High-Risk Competitive Business of Making and Selling Commercial Airliners

by John Newhouse

Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Penguin Classics) cover

25. Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Penguin Classics)

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Writing for the Web: Creating Compelling Web Content Using Words, Pictures, and Sound cover

26. Writing for the Web: Creating Compelling Web Content Using Words, Pictures, and Sound

by Lynda Felder

Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (12th Edition) cover

27. Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (12th Edition)

by Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup

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Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners cover

28. Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners

by Larry Harris

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

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

by Scott Rosenberg

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On Bullshit cover

30. On Bullshit

by Harry G. Frankfurt

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Treat Your Own Back cover

31. Treat Your Own Back

by Robin McKenzie

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The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters cover

32. The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

by Thomas M. Nichols

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