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 Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age cover

201. A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

by Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman

Questioning the Lambda Architecture cover

202. Questioning the Lambda Architecture

Real Food / Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating & What You Can Do About It cover

203. Real Food / Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating & What You Can Do About It

by Larry Olmsted

Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics cover

204. Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics

by Flo Conway, Jim Siegelman

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What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength cover

205. What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength

by Scott Carney

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Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray cover

206. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

by Sabine Hossenfelder

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Programming Quantum Computers cover

207. Programming Quantum Computers

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

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

by Steven Michael Casey

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

209. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

210. The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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Fair Thee Well cover

211. Fair Thee Well

by Nathan Jones

Swarm Intelligence (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Evolutionary Computation) cover

212. Swarm Intelligence (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Evolutionary Computation)

by James Kennedy, Russell C. Eberhart, Yuhui Shi

The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind cover

213. The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind

by Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Patricia K. Kuhl

What Technology Wants cover

214. What Technology Wants

by Kevin Kelly

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The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor cover

215. The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

by Mark Schatzker

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The Common Lisp Condition System: Beyond Exception Handling with Control Flow Mechanisms cover

216. The Common Lisp Condition System: Beyond Exception Handling with Control Flow Mechanisms

by Michał "phoe" Herda

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sed & awk, 2nd Edition cover

217. sed & awk, 2nd Edition

by Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins

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The Logic of Information: A Theory of Philosophy as Conceptual Design cover

218. The Logic of Information: A Theory of Philosophy as Conceptual Design

by Luciano Floridi

The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained cover

219. The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

by DK

Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers cover

220. Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

by Andy Greenberg

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Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955: Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times (Macmillan Science) cover

221. Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955: Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times (Macmillan Science)

by Max Born, Albert Einstein

Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight cover

222. Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight

by John W. Foreman

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

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

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos

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Airway Management: A Solution for Our Health Crisis cover

224. Airway Management: A Solution for Our Health Crisis

by Steven Olmos

Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Sythesis cover

225. Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Sythesis

by Glenn C. Conroy, Herman Pontzer

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

226. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness cover

227. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Lying cover

228. Lying

by Sam Harris

The Read Aloud Cloud: An Innocent's Guide to the Tech Inside cover

229. The Read Aloud Cloud: An Innocent's Guide to the Tech Inside

by Forrest Brazeal

Problem-Solving Through Problems (Problem Books in Mathematics) cover

230. Problem-Solving Through Problems (Problem Books in Mathematics)

by Loren C. Larson

The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

231. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

by Rob Fitzpatrick

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The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy cover

232. The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

by Stephanie Kelton

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IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation-Expanded Edition cover

233. IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation-Expanded Edition

by Edwin Black

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The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

234. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching cover

235. Turning the Wheel of Truth: Commentary on the Buddha's First Teaching

by Ajahn Sucitto

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education cover

236. Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

by Michael Pollan

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The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945 cover

237. The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945

by Nicholas Stargardt

Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update cover

238. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

by Donella H. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows

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Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? cover

239. Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

by Alan Weisman

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Thinking on Paper: The Harvard Researchers' Practical Manual for Overcoming Writer's Block and Generating Ideas cover

240. Thinking on Paper: The Harvard Researchers' Practical Manual for Overcoming Writer's Block and Generating Ideas

by V.a. Howard, J.H. Barton

The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Microeconomics cover

241. The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Microeconomics

by Rod Hill

The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK Reference cover

242. The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK Reference

by John Warsinske, Mark Graff, Kevin Henry, Christopher Hoover, Ben Malisow, Sean Murphy, C. Paul Oakes, George Pajari, Jeff T. Parker, David Seidl, Mike Vasquez

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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

243. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual cover

244. The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual

by Ward Farnsworth

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

245. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman, Daniel Kahneman

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Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It cover

246. Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It

by David Graeber

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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art cover

247. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

by James Nestor

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Kea, Bird of Paradox: The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot cover

248. Kea, Bird of Paradox: The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot

by Judy Diamond, Alan B. Bond

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Head Rush Ajax cover

249. Head Rush Ajax

by Brett McLaughlin

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

250. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4A, Part 1 cover

251. Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4A, Part 1

by Donald Ervin Knuth

The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium cover

252. The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

by Martin Gurri

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Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics cover

253. Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics

by John Derbyshire

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The Fifth Risk cover

254. The Fifth Risk

by Michael Lewis

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Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

255. Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Joe Celko

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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet cover

256. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

by Nina Teicholz

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Psychological Operations - Principles and Case Studies cover

257. Psychological Operations - Principles and Case Studies

by Frank L. Goldstein, Benjamin F. Findley

The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

258. The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto

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Perfume: The Story of Murder cover

259. Perfume: The Story of Murder

by Patrick Suskind

Basic Economics cover

260. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

261. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

Read 32 comments

The Geek Atlas cover

262. The Geek Atlas

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RESTful Web APIs cover

263. RESTful Web APIs

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REST in Practice cover

264. REST in Practice

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RESTful Web Services cover

265. RESTful Web Services

by Leonard Richardson, Sam Ruby

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Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction cover

266. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

by Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

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Blindsight (Firefall, 1) cover

267. Blindsight (Firefall, 1)

by Peter Watts

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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach cover

268. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach

by Daniel J. Velleman

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The Revolutionary Phenotype: The amazing story of how life begins and how it ends cover

269. The Revolutionary Phenotype: The amazing story of how life begins and how it ends

by J. F. Gariépy

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Intelligence: All That Matters cover

270. Intelligence: All That Matters

by Stuart Ritchie

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Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization cover

271. Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization

by Nicholson Baker

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner) cover

272. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Liaquat Ahamed

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Practical Astronomy with your Calculator cover

273. Practical Astronomy with your Calculator

by Peter Duffett-Smith

The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation cover

274. The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation

by Mark Kurlansky

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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain cover

275. How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

by Lisa Feldman Barrett

The Richest Man In Babylon cover

276. The Richest Man In Babylon

by George S Clason, Frederick Van Rensselaer

Code Complete cover

277. Code Complete

by Steve McConnell

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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover

278. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

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Why Reactive? cover

279. Why Reactive?

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain cover

280. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

by David Eagleman

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Plastics Failure Guide 2E: Cause and Prevention cover

281. Plastics Failure Guide 2E: Cause and Prevention

by Myer Ezrin

TCP/IP Illustrated cover

282. TCP/IP Illustrated

Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage cover

283. Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage

by Kenneth Silverman

Professional Cookery cover

284. Professional Cookery

by Daniel R. Stevenson, Patricia M. G. Scobie

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World cover

285. Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

by Mark Kurlansky

The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It cover

286. The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It

by Warren Farrell, Ph.D., John Gray

The Study of Orchestration cover

287. The Study of Orchestration

by Samuel Adler

Snowflake Science: Activity Book cover

288. Snowflake Science: Activity Book

by Michael Peres, Patricia Cost

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

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

by Joel Dyer

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UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

290. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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History of Programming Languages II cover

291. History of Programming Languages II

by Thomas J. Bergin, Richard G. Gibson

Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care cover

292. Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care

by Charles Silver, David A. Hyman

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The Millennium Problems: The Seven Greatest Unsolved Mathematical Puzzles Of Our Time cover

293. The Millennium Problems: The Seven Greatest Unsolved Mathematical Puzzles Of Our Time

by Keith Devlin

Java Concurrency in Practice cover

294. Java Concurrency in Practice

by Brian Goetz

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Digital Signal Processing in Modern Communication Systems cover

295. Digital Signal Processing in Modern Communication Systems

by Andreas O. Schwarzinger

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition cover

296. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by Thomas E. Pearsall

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

297. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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Countdown cover

298. Countdown

by Ben Mikaelsen

The Ingenious Language: Nine Epic Reasons to Love Greek cover

299. The Ingenious Language: Nine Epic Reasons to Love Greek

by Andrea Marcolongo

Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth cover

300. Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth

by Edward Lovick Jr, Edward Lovick

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