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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jul 16, 2018 - Jul 23, 2018

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

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

by Meir H. Kryger

Apple II-6502 assembly language tutor cover

2. Apple II-6502 assembly language tutor

by Richard E. Haskell

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

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

by Matthew Walker

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A Discipline of Programming cover

4. A Discipline of Programming

by Edsger W. Dijkstra

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NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette cover

5. NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette

by Nathan W. Pyle

Steven Caney's Playbook cover

6. Steven Caney's Playbook

by Steven Caney

The Science of Programming (Monographs in Computer Science) cover

7. The Science of Programming (Monographs in Computer Science)

by David Gries

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Algorithmic Problem Solving cover

8. Algorithmic Problem Solving

by Roland Backhouse

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Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine cover

9. Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine

by John Abramson

Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle cover

10. Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle

by Matthew Symonds

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Our Bodies, Our Data: How Companies Make Billions Selling Our Medical Records cover

11. Our Bodies, Our Data: How Companies Make Billions Selling Our Medical Records

by Adam Tanner

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RESTful Web Services Cookbook cover

12. RESTful Web Services Cookbook

by Subbu Allamaraju, Subrahmanyam Allamaraju

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RESTful Web Services cover

13. RESTful Web Services

by Leonard Richardson, Sam Ruby

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Society and Sanity: Understanding How to Live Well Together cover

14. Society and Sanity: Understanding How to Live Well Together

by F. J. Sheed

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art cover

15. The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

by Donald N. Thompson, Don Thompson

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The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results cover

16. The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan

The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life cover

17. The Happiness Advantage: How a Positive Brain Fuels Success in Work and Life

by Shawn Achor

The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness cover

18. The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead cover

19. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

by Brené Brown

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The King, the Mice and the Cheese cover

20. The King, the Mice and the Cheese

by Nancy Gurney, Eric Gurney

Marshal of Victory: The Autobiography of General Georgy Zhukov cover

21. Marshal of Victory: The Autobiography of General Georgy Zhukov

by Georgiĭ Konstantinovich Zhukov

Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

22. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann

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Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump cover

23. Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

by David Neiwert

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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

24. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage

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Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program) cover

25. Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program)

by Kip S Thorne

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The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully cover

26. The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully

by Gerald M. Weinberg

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27. Barred for Life: How Black Flag's Iconic Logo Became Punk Rock's Secret Handshake

by Stewart Dean Ebersole

My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World cover

28. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World

by Julian Dibbell

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Army Field Manual FM 21-76 (Survival, Evasion, and Recovery) cover

29. Army Field Manual FM 21-76 (Survival, Evasion, and Recovery)

by United States Army

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

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

by Michael Kerrisk

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Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief cover

31. Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

by Jordan B. Peterson

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Questioning Collapse: Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire cover

32. Questioning Collapse: Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire

by Patricia A. McAnany, Norman Yoffee

Clouds above the Hill: A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 1 cover

33. Clouds above the Hill: A Historical Novel of the Russo-Japanese War, Volume 1

by Ryōtarō Shiba

Refactoring to Patterns cover

34. Refactoring to Patterns

by Joshua Kerievsky

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Elements of Mathematics: From Euclid to Gödel cover

35. Elements of Mathematics: From Euclid to Gödel

by John Stillwell

High Growth Handbook cover

36. High Growth Handbook

by Elad Gil