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

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

by Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen

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

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

by Susan Clancy

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

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

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

by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

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

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

by Josh Kaufman

Record of the Listener: Selected Stories from Hong Mai's Yijian Zhi cover

15. Record of the Listener: Selected Stories from Hong Mai's Yijian Zhi

by Mai Hong

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

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

by June Casagrande

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

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

by Ernest Freeberg

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition cover

19. 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

20. 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

21. Building Tools with GitHub

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

22. 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

23. 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

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

by John Perkins

A Tour of the Calculus cover

25. A Tour of the Calculus

by David Berlinski

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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

26. 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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Are You a Stock or a Bond?: Identify Your Own Human Capital for a Secure Financial Future cover

27. Are You a Stock or a Bond?: Identify Your Own Human Capital for a Secure Financial Future

by Moshe Arye Milevsky

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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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Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia cover

35. Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia

by Clive Hamilton, Alex Joske

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

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber cover

38. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

by Mike Isaac

I Am a Strange Loop cover

39. I Am a Strange Loop

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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

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

by George Dyson

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Borrow: The American Way of Debt cover

41. Borrow: The American Way of Debt

by Louis Hyman

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

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

by Thomas J. Barfield

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

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

by Morris Kline

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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Mathematician's Delight (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

45. 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

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

by Morris Kline

Mathematics, Queen and Servant of Science cover

47. Mathematics, Queen and Servant of Science

by Eric Temple Bell

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

48. 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

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

by Lynne Truss

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Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics cover

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

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

by Gilbert Strang

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The Armed Forces Officer: Edition of 1950 cover

54. 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

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

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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Help! For Writers cover

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. Amazon Web Services - Virtual Private Cloud

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

60. 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

61. 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

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

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

63. 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

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

by Richard W. Hamming, Richard Wesley Hamming

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

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

by David Harel, Yishai Feldman

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

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

by J. Roger Hindley

Programming Distributed Computing Systems: A Foundational Approach cover

67. Programming Distributed Computing Systems: A Foundational Approach

by Carlos A. Varela, Gul Agha

Effective Meeting Skills (The Fifty-Minute series) cover

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

by Marion E. Haynes

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

69. 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

70. 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

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

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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

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

by Patrick M. Lencioni

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Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail cover

73. Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail

by William Ophuls

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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Equal Rites: A Novel of Discworld cover

76. Equal Rites: A Novel of Discworld

by Terry Pratchett

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

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

by Andrew Gumbel

Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success cover

78. 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

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

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

by Brad Smith, Carol Ann Browne

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Arithmetic cover

81. Arithmetic

by Paul Lockhart

Time Management for System Administrators cover

82. Time Management for System Administrators

by Tom Limoncelli

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Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics) cover

83. Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)

by Richard Phillips Feynman

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C Programming Language, 2nd Edition cover

84. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide cover

85. Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide

by Alex Reinhart

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams cover

86. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

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

by Richard J. Trudeau

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Smoke Screen: A True Adventure cover

88. Smoke Screen: A True Adventure

by Robert Sabbag

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

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

by Samuel Walker

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

90. 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

91. 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

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

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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MAC OS X Internals: A Systems Approach cover

93. MAC OS X Internals: A Systems Approach

by Amit Singh

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Mac OS X and iOS Internals: To the Apple's Core cover

94. Mac OS X and iOS Internals: To the Apple's Core

by Jonathan Levin

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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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Planet of Slums (Essential Mike Davis) cover

100. Planet of Slums (Essential Mike Davis)

by Mike Davis, Mike Davis, José María Amoroto Salido

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