Hacker News Books for 2020

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Hacker News Books for 2020

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2020.

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A Renegade History of the United States cover

1. A Renegade History of the United States

by Thaddeus Russell

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter cover

2. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

by Richard Phillips Feynman, A. Zee

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Who's in Charge?: The Neuroscience of Decision-Making, the Notion of Free Will and the Idea of a Determined World cover

3. Who's in Charge?: The Neuroscience of Decision-Making, the Notion of Free Will and the Idea of a Determined World

by Michael S. Gazzaniga

The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump cover

4. The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump

by Corey Robin

超限战与反超限战，中国人提出的新战争观美国人如何应对 cover

5. 超限战与反超限战，中国人提出的新战争观美国人如何应对

by 乔良, 王湘穗

The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet cover

6. The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet

by Jeff Kosseff

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Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training cover

7. Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training

by Karen Pryor

Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring (Paperback)) cover

8. Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring (Paperback))

by Christopher Hitchens

No bullshit guide to math and physics cover

9. No bullshit guide to math and physics

by Ivan Savov

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Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

10. Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics)

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

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Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

11. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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Purity: A Novel cover

12. Purity: A Novel

by Jonathan Franzen

The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason (Studies in Monetary and Financial History) cover

13. The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason (Studies in Monetary and Financial History)

by Larry Neal

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Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation cover

14. Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation

by Edward Chancellor

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A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World cover

15. A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

by William J. Bernstein

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BGP cover

16. BGP

by Iljitsch van Beijnum

Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

17. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design (Springer Series in Optical Sciences) cover

18. Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design (Springer Series in Optical Sciences)

by George A. Agoston

Animal Menagerie - O'Reilly Media cover

19. Animal Menagerie - O'Reilly Media

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Software Engineering at Google cover

20. Software Engineering at Google

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And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future cover

21. And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future

by Yanis Varoufakis

A short history of the O'Reilly animals cover

22. A short history of the O'Reilly animals

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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

23. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport

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Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: The Updated Version of the Insightful Guide on Bringing Cutting-Edge Products to the Mainstream (Collins Business Essentials) cover

24. Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: The Updated Version of the Insightful Guide on Bringing Cutting-Edge Products to the Mainstream (Collins Business Essentials)

by Geoffrey A. Moore

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Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD cover

25. Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD

by Sylvain Gugger, Jeremy Howard

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Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time cover

26. Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time

by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright

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

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

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Unraveling DNA cover

28. Unraveling DNA

by M. D. Frank-Kamenet︠s︡kiĭ

The Biology of Viruses cover

29. The Biology of Viruses

by Bruce A. Voyles

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Yeager: An Autobiography cover

30. Yeager: An Autobiography

by Chuck Yeager, Leo Janos

Learning Malware Analysis cover

31. Learning Malware Analysis

Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything cover

32. Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything

by B. J. Fogg

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

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

by Betty Edwards

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Harry Potter: Slytherin Glass Votive Candle (Luminaries) cover

34. Harry Potter: Slytherin Glass Votive Candle (Luminaries)

Red Plenty cover

35. Red Plenty

by Francis Spufford

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

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

by Om Swami

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Molecular Biology of the Cell cover

37. Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce Alberts, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis

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Online Learning Platform Pricing - O'Reilly Media cover

38. Online Learning Platform Pricing - O'Reilly Media

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Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals cover

39. Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals

by Robert Pirsig

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The Art of UNIX Programming (The Addison-Wesley Professional Computng Series) cover

40. The Art of UNIX Programming (The Addison-Wesley Professional Computng Series)

by Eric S. Raymond

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The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You cover

41. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You

by Julie Zhuo

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

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

by James Clear

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Practical C Programming, 3rd Edition cover

43. Practical C Programming, 3rd Edition

by Steve Oualline

The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition cover

44. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

by Don Norman

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Make It Clear: Speak and Write to Persuade and Inform cover

45. Make It Clear: Speak and Write to Persuade and Inform

by Patrick Henry Winston

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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win cover

46. The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

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The Culture Map cover

47. The Culture Map

by Erin Meyer

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself cover

48. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

by Michael A. Singer

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1) cover

49. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1)

by Peter Wohlleben

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Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People cover

50. Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People

by G. Richard Shell

Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond cover

51. Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond

by Deepak Malhotra, Max Bazerman

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Good to Great: A Study of Management Strategies of Companies with Lasting Growth cover

52. Good to Great: A Study of Management Strategies of Companies with Lasting Growth

by Jim Collins

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Say Good Night To Insomnia cover

53. Say Good Night To Insomnia

by Gregg D. Jacobs

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Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights, 1750-1790 cover

54. Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution, and Human Rights, 1750-1790

by Jonathan Israel

Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations cover

55. Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations

by William Ury

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Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression cover

56. Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression

by W. A. Mathieu

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Secure Coding in C and C++, Second Edition cover

57. Secure Coding in C and C++, Second Edition

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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice cover

58. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryū Suzuki

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Clojure Programming cover

59. Clojure Programming

by Chas Emerick. Brian Carper. Christophe Grand

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Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration cover

60. Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration

by Bryan Caplan

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Who Goes First?: The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine cover

61. Who Goes First?: The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine

by Lawrence K. Altman

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The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower cover

62. The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower

by Michael Pillsbury

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Video Kids: Making Sense of Nintendo cover

63. Video Kids: Making Sense of Nintendo

by Eugene F. Provenzo

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Deep Reinforcement Learning Hands-On: Apply modern RL methods, with deep Q-networks, value iteration, policy gradients, TRPO, AlphaGo Zero and more cover

64. Deep Reinforcement Learning Hands-On: Apply modern RL methods, with deep Q-networks, value iteration, policy gradients, TRPO, AlphaGo Zero and more

by Maxim Lapan

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

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

by Michael Kerrisk

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No bullshit guide to linear algebra cover

66. No bullshit guide to linear algebra

by Ivan Savov

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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now cover

67. Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

by Jaron Lanier

Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions: A Catologue of Modern Engineering Paradigms cover

68. Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions: A Catologue of Modern Engineering Paradigms

by Peter DeGrace, Leslie Hulet Stahl

Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust cover

69. Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust

by Gary Marcus, Ernest Davis

The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Numbers: Revised Edition cover

70. The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Numbers: Revised Edition

by David Wells

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading cover

71. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

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Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era cover

72. Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era

by Thomas C. Leonard

Black Rednecks and White Liberals cover

73. Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell

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The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking cover

74. The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

by Saifedean Ammous

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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

75. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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Piracy is progressive taxation, and other thoughts on the evolution of online distribution cover

76. Piracy is progressive taxation, and other thoughts on the evolution of online distribution

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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In cover

77. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

by Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton

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Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages cover

78. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages

by Carlota Perez

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Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 7th Edition cover

79. Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 7th Edition

by Arnold Robbins, Elbert Hannah, Linda Lamb

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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon cover

80. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

by Kim Zetter

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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame cover

81. The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame

by Mike Wilson

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The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be cover

82. The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be

by James Bernard MacKinnon

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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

83. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming

by Peter Seibel

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High Performance Browser Networking cover

84. High Performance Browser Networking

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The Design of the UNIX Operating System cover

85. The Design of the UNIX Operating System

by Maurice J. Bach

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Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

86. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Krste Asanović

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Programming TypeScript: Making Your JavaScript Applications Scale cover

87. Programming TypeScript: Making Your JavaScript Applications Scale

by Boris Cherny

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Laravel: Up & Running, 2nd Edition cover

88. Laravel: Up & Running, 2nd Edition

Making Software cover

89. Making Software

by Andrew Oram, Greg Wilson

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JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts cover

90. JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts

by Callie L. French, Dan/M Pelletier

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Lisp in Small Pieces cover

91. Lisp in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec

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Reality Is What You Can Get Away With cover

92. Reality Is What You Can Get Away With

by Robert Anton Wilson

True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier cover

93. True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier

by Jacob Grimm, Ernst Friedrich Johann Dronke, Georg Ludwig Von Maurer

Code cover

94. Code

by Charles Petzold

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The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993 cover

95. The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993

by Jordan Mechner

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

96. Designing Data-Intensive Applications

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

97. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

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Visual Complex Analysis cover

98. Visual Complex Analysis

by Tristan Needham

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The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship cover

99. The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship

by Alex Beam

JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

100. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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