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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The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa cover

501. The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa

by Thubten Yeshe

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Effective Writing for Engineers, Managers, Scientists, 2nd Edition cover

502. Effective Writing for Engineers, Managers, Scientists, 2nd Edition

by H. J. Tichy, Sylvia Fourdrinier

The Twisted Ones cover

503. The Twisted Ones

by T. Kingfisher

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Pure Mathematics for Beginners: A Rigorous Introduction to Logic, Set Theory, Abstract Algebra, Number Theory, Real Analysis, Topology, Complex Analysis, and Linear Algebra cover

504. Pure Mathematics for Beginners: A Rigorous Introduction to Logic, Set Theory, Abstract Algebra, Number Theory, Real Analysis, Topology, Complex Analysis, and Linear Algebra

by Steve Warner

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Collective Electrodynamics: Quantum Foundations of Electromagnetism cover

505. Collective Electrodynamics: Quantum Foundations of Electromagnetism

by Carver A. Mead

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The Historical Development of Quantum Theory 1-6 cover

506. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory 1-6

by Jagdish Mehra

From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (Dover Classics of Science & Mathematics) cover

507. From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (Dover Classics of Science & Mathematics)

by Emilio Segrè

From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves: Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries cover

508. From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves: Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries

by Emilio G. Segrè

Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library) cover

509. Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library)

by Richard S. Westfall

Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein cover

510. Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein

by Abraham Pais

Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World cover

511. Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World

by Abraham Pais

The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

512. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

513. Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by I. M. Gelfand, E. G. Glagoleva, E. E. Shnol

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Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

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

by Ian Stewart

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The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics cover

515. The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics

by Nicholas J. Higham, Mark R. Dennis, Paul Glendinning, Paul A. Martin, Fadil Santosa, Jared Tanner

Mathematical Techniques cover

516. Mathematical Techniques

by Dominic William Jordan, Peter Smith

Essentials of Accounting cover

517. Essentials of Accounting

by Leslie Breitner, Leslie Pearlman Breitner, Robert Newton Anthony

Set Phasers on Stun: And Other True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error cover

518. Set Phasers on Stun: And Other True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error

by Steven Michael Casey

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An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition) cover

519. An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)

by Gerald M. Weinberg

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Measure What Matters: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth cover

520. Measure What Matters: The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth

by John Doerr

Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy cover

521. Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy

by Bill Gertz

Borges: Selected Non-Fictions cover

522. Borges: Selected Non-Fictions

by Jorge Luis Borges

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Catapult: Harry and I Build a Siege Weapon cover

523. Catapult: Harry and I Build a Siege Weapon

by Jim Paul

Stretching: Pocket Book Edition cover

524. Stretching: Pocket Book Edition

by Bob Anderson

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed cover

525. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos

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Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior cover

526. Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz

The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution cover

527. The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution

by Charles S. Cockell

Lean UX cover

528. Lean UX

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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond cover

529. Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

by Gene Kranz

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Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems: Queueing Theory in Action cover

530. Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems: Queueing Theory in Action

by Mor Harchol-Balter

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Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area (Classic Reprint) cover

531. Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area (Classic Reprint)

by Harry M. Caudill

Local Interpretable Model-Agnostic Explanations (LIME): An Introduction cover

532. Local Interpretable Model-Agnostic Explanations (LIME): An Introduction

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Hungry Planet: What the World Eats cover

533. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats

by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio

Software Requirements (Developer Best Practices) cover

534. Software Requirements (Developer Best Practices)

by Karl Eugene Wiegers, Joy Beatty

The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding cover

535. The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding

by Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela

Another Sort of Learning cover

536. Another Sort of Learning

by James V. Schall

The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance cover

537. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

by Ron Chernow

Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue cover

538. Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue

by Ryan Holiday

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults) cover

539. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults)

by Eric Schlosser

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Agency (The Jackpot Trilogy) cover

540. Agency (The Jackpot Trilogy)

by William Gibson

The Physics of Christianity cover

541. The Physics of Christianity

by Frank J. Tipler

Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more cover

542. Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more

by David H. Freedman

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The stars in their courses cover

543. The stars in their courses

by Isaac Asimov

Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art, Second Edition (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series) cover

544. Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art, Second Edition (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)

by Robert J. Lang

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The Computer - My Life cover

545. The Computer - My Life

by Konrad Zuse

A Factory of One cover

546. A Factory of One

by Daniel . Markovitz

Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science cover

547. Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science

by Carey Gillam

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity cover

548. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity

by Cooper, Alan

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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA cover

549. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

by Tim Weiner

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MEDICAL NIHILISM cover

550. MEDICAL NIHILISM

by Jacob Stegenga

Bayesian Data Analysis (Chapman & Hall / CRC Texts in Statistical Science) cover

551. Bayesian Data Analysis (Chapman & Hall / CRC Texts in Statistical Science)

by Andrew Gelman, John B. Carlin, Hal S. Stern, David B. Dunson, Aki Vehtari, Donald B. Rubin

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Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things cover

552. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis cover

553. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J. D. Vance

Principles Of Fusion Energy: An Introduction To Fusion Energy For Students Of Science And Engineering cover

554. Principles Of Fusion Energy: An Introduction To Fusion Energy For Students Of Science And Engineering

by A. A. Harms, Klaus F.. Schoepf, David Ross Kingdon

Metaphors We Live By cover

555. Metaphors We Live By

by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson

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Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies) cover

556. Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies)

by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost

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Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design cover

557. Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design

by Terry Winograd, Fernando Flores

Cracking the ACT with 6 Practice Tests, 2019 Edition: 6 Practice Tests + Content Review + Strategies (College Test Preparation) cover

558. Cracking the ACT with 6 Practice Tests, 2019 Edition: 6 Practice Tests + Content Review + Strategies (College Test Preparation)

by Princeton Review

How to Cheat at Everything: A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles cover

559. How to Cheat at Everything: A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles

by Simon Lovell

Gambling Scams: How They Work, How to Detect Them, How to Protect Yourself cover

560. Gambling Scams: How They Work, How to Detect Them, How to Protect Yourself

by Darwin Ortiz

Gilgamesh the King cover

561. Gilgamesh the King

by Robert Silverberg

Salt: A World History cover

562. Salt: A World History

by Mark Kurlansky

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Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History cover

563. Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History

by Sidney W. Mintz

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

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

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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Learning Cocoa with Objective-C, 2nd Edition cover

565. Learning Cocoa with Objective-C, 2nd Edition

Python Data Science Handbook cover

566. Python Data Science Handbook

by Jacob T. Vanderplas

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Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb cover

567. Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb

by Mike Davis

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition cover

568. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition

by Betty Edwards

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On Solitude (Penguin Great Ideas) cover

569. On Solitude (Penguin Great Ideas)

by Michel de Montaigne

The Peter Principle: Say NO! to incompetence at work (Management & Marketing) cover

570. The Peter Principle: Say NO! to incompetence at work (Management & Marketing)

by 50minutes

The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong cover

571. The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong

by Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull

Numbers In The Dark cover

572. Numbers In The Dark

by Italo Calvino

Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition cover

573. Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

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More Awesome Than Money: Four Boys, Three Years, and a Chronicle of Ideals and Ambition in Silicon Valley cover

574. More Awesome Than Money: Four Boys, Three Years, and a Chronicle of Ideals and Ambition in Silicon Valley

by Jim Dwyer

Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era cover

575. Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era

by Tomas De Yriarte, J. B. C. Grainville, Honore F. M. Langle

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The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing cover

576. The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

by Mel Lindauer, Taylor Larimore, Michael LeBoeuf

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Cool War: The United States, China, and the Future of Global Competition cover

577. Cool War: The United States, China, and the Future of Global Competition

by Noah Feldman

Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia cover

578. Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia

by George Crane

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones cover

579. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

by James Clear

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The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web cover

580. The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web

by Dave Shea, Molly E. Holzschlag

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Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust cover

581. Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

by Immaculée Ilibagiza, Steve Erwin

The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction cover

582. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction

by David Quammen

Blood in the Streets: Investment Profits in a World Gone Mad cover

583. Blood in the Streets: Investment Profits in a World Gone Mad

by James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream cover

584. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

by Hunter S. Thompson

Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age cover

585. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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Harvest Of Rage: Why Oklahoma City Is Only The Beginning cover

586. Harvest Of Rage: Why Oklahoma City Is Only The Beginning

by Joel Dyer

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Beyond Soap: The Real Truth About What You Are Doing to Your Skin and How to Fix It for a Beautiful, Healthy Glow cover

587. Beyond Soap: The Real Truth About What You Are Doing to Your Skin and How to Fix It for a Beautiful, Healthy Glow

by Sandy Skotnicki, Christopher Shulgan

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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness cover

588. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

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A Million Thoughts: Learn All About Meditation from a Himalayan Mystic cover

589. A Million Thoughts: Learn All About Meditation from a Himalayan Mystic

by Om Swami

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Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity cover

590. Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity

by Avram Joel Spolsky

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Programming a personal computer cover

591. Programming a personal computer

by Per Brinch Hansen

Breaking Robert's Rules: The New Way to Run Your Meeting, Build Consensus, and Get Results cover

592. Breaking Robert's Rules: The New Way to Run Your Meeting, Build Consensus, and Get Results

by Lawrence Susskind, Jeffrey L. Cruikshank

The Consensus Building Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Reaching Agreement cover

593. The Consensus Building Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Reaching Agreement

by Lawrence Susskind, Sarah McKearnen, Jennifer Thomas-Larmer

Home Coffee Roasting, Revised, Updated Edition: Romance and Revival cover

594. Home Coffee Roasting, Revised, Updated Edition: Romance and Revival

by Kenneth Davids

The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law cover

595. The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law

by Ward Farnsworth

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The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy cover

596. The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy

by Mariana Mazzucato

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How to Become CEO: The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organization cover

597. How to Become CEO: The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organization

by Jeffrey J. Fox

Translucent Databases cover

598. Translucent Databases

by Peter Wayner

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City cover

599. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond

Black Art of Video Game Console Design, The cover

600. Black Art of Video Game Console Design, The

by André LaMothe

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