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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 27, 2018 - Sep 3, 2018

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Head First Design Patterns cover

1. Head First Design Patterns

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

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Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D cover

2. Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D

by Fabien Sanglard

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House cover

3. House

by Tracy Kidder

Renovation 4th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated cover

4. Renovation 4th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated

by Michael W. Litchfield

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Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them cover

5. Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them

by Cynthia Shapiro

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The Art of Unit Testing: with examples in C# cover

6. The Art of Unit Testing: with examples in C#

by Roy Osherove

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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution cover

7. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

by Walter Isaacson

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Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley cover

8. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley

by Emily Chang

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Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn cover

9. Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

by Richard R. Hamming

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Computers, pattern, chaos, and beauty: Graphics from an unseen world cover

10. Computers, pattern, chaos, and beauty: Graphics from an unseen world

by Clifford A. Pickover

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World cover

11. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

by Steve Brusatte

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

12. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr

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Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption cover

13. Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption

by Jean-Philippe Aumasson

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Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data (The MIT Press) cover

14. Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data (The MIT Press)

by Jeffrey M. Wooldridge

Statistical Inference cover

15. Statistical Inference

by George Casella, Roger L. Berger

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Econometric Analysis (8th Edition) cover

16. Econometric Analysis (8th Edition)

by William H. Greene

The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers cover

17. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

by Robert C. Martin

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The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal cover

18. The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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No Doesn't Always Mean No: Strategies for Influencing Behavior and Winning Cooperation cover

19. No Doesn't Always Mean No: Strategies for Influencing Behavior and Winning Cooperation

by Kene Erike

The Flat White Economy: How The Digital Economy is Transforming London and Other Cities of the Future cover

20. The Flat White Economy: How The Digital Economy is Transforming London and Other Cities of the Future

by Douglas McWilliams

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

21. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

22. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts cover

23. Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts

by Stanislas Dehaene

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Twelve Hours' Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old: A Step-by-Step Plan for Baby Sleep Success cover

24. Twelve Hours' Sleep by Twelve Weeks Old: A Step-by-Step Plan for Baby Sleep Success

by Suzy Giordano, Lisa Abidin

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The Homevoter Hypothesis: How Home Values Influence Local Government Taxation, School Finance, and Land-Use Policies cover

25. The Homevoter Hypothesis: How Home Values Influence Local Government Taxation, School Finance, and Land-Use Policies

by William A. Fischel

American Nightmare: How Government Undermines the Dream of Home Ownership cover

26. American Nightmare: How Government Undermines the Dream of Home Ownership

by Randal O'Toole

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Small Signal Audio Design cover

27. Small Signal Audio Design

by Douglas Self

How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence cover

28. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

by Michael Pollan

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The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

29. The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto

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Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life cover

30. Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life

by Leonard Mlodinow

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The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change cover

31. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

by Camille Fournier

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The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life cover

32. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson

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

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

by Bryan Caplan

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