Hacker News Books for 2019

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Hacker News Books for 2019

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2019.

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AVR Programming cover

1. AVR Programming

by Elliot Williams

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

2. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life cover

3. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology cover

4. Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology

by James R. Chiles

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What's Wrong with China cover

5. What's Wrong with China

by Paul Midler

Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History cover

6. Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History

by Richard W. Bulliet

Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) cover

7. Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Chaos Engineering cover

8. Chaos Engineering

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Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children-and Its Aftermath cover

9. Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children-and Its Aftermath

by Susan Clancy

Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well cover

10. Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

by Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen

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The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell cover

11. The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell

by Luca Turin

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Newton the Alchemist: Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's

12. Newton the Alchemist: Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's "Secret Fire"

by William R. Newman

The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast! cover

13. The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast!

by Josh Kaufman

It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences cover

14. It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences

by June Casagrande

Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California cover

15. Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California

by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America cover

16. The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America

by Ernest Freeberg

On Writing Well: The Essential Guide to Mastering Nonfiction Writing and Effective Communication cover

17. On Writing Well: The Essential Guide to Mastering Nonfiction Writing and Effective Communication

by William Zinsser

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The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition cover

18. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by Thomas E. Pearsall

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A Modern Method for Guitar Complete Edition | Volumes 1 2 and 3 in One Book | William Leavitt Berklee Guitar Course for Beginners and Intermediate Players | Essential Guitar Study Guide cover

19. A Modern Method for Guitar Complete Edition | Volumes 1 2 and 3 in One Book | William Leavitt Berklee Guitar Course for Beginners and Intermediate Players | Essential Guitar Study Guide

by William Leavitt

Building Tools with GitHub cover

20. Building Tools with GitHub

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Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

21. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev

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An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

22. An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by John Robinson Pierce

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The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How America really took over the world cover

23. The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How America really took over the world

by John Perkins

A Tour of the Calculus cover

24. A Tour of the Calculus

by David Berlinski

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Finite and Infinite Games cover

25. Finite and Infinite Games

by James Carse

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Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow cover

26. Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow

by Joshua Spodek

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Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

27. Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Joe Celko

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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective cover

28. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman

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Writing That Works; How to Communicate Effectively In Business cover

29. Writing That Works; How to Communicate Effectively In Business

by Kenneth Roman, Joel Raphaelson

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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It cover

30. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

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Playing with Infinity: Mathematical Explorations and Excursions cover

31. Playing with Infinity: Mathematical Explorations and Excursions

by R¢zsa Pter

Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual cover

32. Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual

by Jocko Willink

The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership cover

33. The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership

by Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh

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The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir cover

34. The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir

by Marina Whitman

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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History) cover

35. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)

by Eric H. Cline

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Data-oriented design: software engineering for limited resources and short schedules cover

36. Data-oriented design: software engineering for limited resources and short schedules

by Richard Fabian

Good Authority: How to Become the Leader Your Team Is Waiting For cover

37. Good Authority: How to Become the Leader Your Team Is Waiting For

by Jonathan Raymond

Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia cover

38. Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia

by Clive Hamilton, Alex Joske

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber cover

39. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

by Mike Isaac

Borrow: The American Way of Debt cover

40. Borrow: The American Way of Debt

by Louis Hyman

Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe cover

41. Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

by George Dyson

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I Am a Strange Loop cover

42. I Am a Strange Loop

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics) cover

43. Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics)

by Thomas J. Barfield

Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

44. Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard W. Hamming

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Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach (Second Edition) (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

45. Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach (Second Edition) (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Morris Kline

Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

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

by Ian Stewart

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Mathematician's Delight (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

47. Mathematician's Delight (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by W. W. Sawyer

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Mathematics and the Physical World (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

48. Mathematics and the Physical World (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Morris Kline

Mathematics, Queen and Servant of Science cover

49. Mathematics, Queen and Servant of Science

by Eric Temple Bell

Mathematical Techniques: An Introduction for the Engineering, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences cover

50. Mathematical Techniques: An Introduction for the Engineering, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

by D. W. Jordan

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation cover

51. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

by Lynne Truss

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Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics cover

52. Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics

by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands

Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy cover

53. Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy

by Matt Stoller

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Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition): Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration cover

54. Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition): Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

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Introduction to Linear Algebra (Gilbert Strang, 2) cover

55. Introduction to Linear Algebra (Gilbert Strang, 2)

by Gilbert Strang

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The Armed Forces Officer: Edition of 1950 cover

56. The Armed Forces Officer: Edition of 1950

by United States. Department of Defense, Robert Davis

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist cover

57. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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Help! For Writers cover

58. Help! For Writers

by Roy Peter Clark

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade. New Preface and Epilogue with Updates on Economic Issues and Main Characters cover

59. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade. New Preface and Epilogue with Updates on Economic Issues and Main Characters

by Pietra Rivoli

Essential Concepts: Harmony & Theory | Music Book for Guitar and Multi-Instrument with Step-by-Step Concepts for Students | Learn Intervals Scales ... (Essential Concepts (Musicians Institute).) cover

60. Essential Concepts: Harmony & Theory | Music Book for Guitar and Multi-Instrument with Step-by-Step Concepts for Students | Learn Intervals Scales ... (Essential Concepts (Musicians Institute).)

by Keith Wyatt, Carl Schroeder

Amazon Web Services - Virtual Private Cloud cover

61. Amazon Web Services - Virtual Private Cloud

Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence cover

62. Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

by David Benatar

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Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile cover

63. Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Discovering SQL: A Hands-On Guide for Beginners cover

64. Discovering SQL: A Hands-On Guide for Beginners

I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year With Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier cover

65. I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year With Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier

by Fred Moody

Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

66. Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard W. Hamming, Richard Wesley Hamming

Effective Meeting Skills (The Fifty-Minute series) cover

67. Effective Meeting Skills (The Fifty-Minute series)

by Marion E. Haynes

The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch cover

68. The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch

by Thomas Thwaites

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Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds cover

69. Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

by David Goggins

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition) cover

70. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition)

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition) cover

71. Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition)

by David Harel, Yishai Feldman

Programming Distributed Computing Systems: A Foundational Approach cover

72. Programming Distributed Computing Systems: A Foundational Approach

by Carlos A. Varela, Gul Agha

Basic Simple Type Theory (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science, Series Number 42) cover

73. Basic Simple Type Theory (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science, Series Number 42)

by J. Roger Hindley

Number Theory and Its History (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

74. Number Theory and Its History (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Oystein Ore

The Ashley Book of Knots cover

75. The Ashley Book of Knots

by Clifford Warren Ashley

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition cover

76. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition

by Patrick M. Lencioni

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Equal Rites: A Novel of Discworld cover

77. Equal Rites: A Novel of Discworld

by Terry Pratchett

Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America cover

78. Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America

by Andrew Gumbel

Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success cover

79. Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success

by James Persse

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Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life cover

80. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

by Peter Gray

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Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail cover

81. Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail

by William Ophuls

Arithmetic cover

82. Arithmetic

by Paul Lockhart

Time Management for System Administrators cover

83. Time Management for System Administrators

by Tom Limoncelli

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Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics) cover

84. Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)

by Richard Phillips Feynman

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Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age cover

85. Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age

by Brad Smith, Carol Ann Browne

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C Programming Language, 2nd Edition cover

86. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide cover

87. Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide

by Alex Reinhart

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams cover

88. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Smoke Screen: A True Adventure cover

89. Smoke Screen: A True Adventure

by Robert Sabbag

The Captain Class: The Hidden Force Behind the World's Greatest Teams cover

90. The Captain Class: The Hidden Force Behind the World's Greatest Teams

by Samuel Walker

Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

91. Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard J. Trudeau

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The Economics of Self-Destructive Choices (Advances in Japanese Business and Economics, 10) cover

92. The Economics of Self-Destructive Choices (Advances in Japanese Business and Economics, 10)

by Shinsuke Ikeda

Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, 5th Edition cover

93. Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, 5th Edition

by Joe Celko

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides) cover

94. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Debugging Teams cover

95. Debugging Teams

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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work cover

96. It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

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Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (Volume 136) (Lecture Notes) cover

97. Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (Volume 136) (Lecture Notes)

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin - How to Recognize and Set Healthy Boundaries cover

98. Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin - How to Recognize and Set Healthy Boundaries

by Anne Katherine

The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) cover

99. The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by David Hurst Thomas, Andrew Hunt

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Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway cover

100. Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway

by Clifford Stoll

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