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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Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

201. Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary

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

202. 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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Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem cover

203. Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem

by Simon Singh

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The Last Lecture cover

204. The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

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

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

by Nina Teicholz

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Nuclear War Survival Skills: Updated and Expanded 1987 Edition cover

206. Nuclear War Survival Skills: Updated and Expanded 1987 Edition

by Cresson H. Kearny

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Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence cover

207. Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence

by Vikram Mansharamani

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

208. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society cover

209. The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society

by Binyamin Appelbaum

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Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week cover

210. Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week

by John Little, Doug McGuff

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

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

by Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman

Questioning the Lambda Architecture cover

212. Questioning the Lambda Architecture

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

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

by Larry Olmsted

The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

214. The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto

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

215. 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

216. 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

217. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

by Sabine Hossenfelder

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Programming Quantum Computers cover

218. Programming Quantum Computers

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

219. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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

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

by Steven Michael Casey

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

221. 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

222. Fair Thee Well

by Nathan Jones

The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage cover

223. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll

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

224. 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

225. 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

226. What Technology Wants

by Kevin Kelly

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

227. 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

228. 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

229. sed & awk, 2nd Edition

by Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins

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

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

by Andy Greenberg

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

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

by Luciano Floridi

The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained cover

232. The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

by DK

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

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

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos

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

234. 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

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

by John W. Foreman

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Official Marimba Guide to Bongo cover

236. Official Marimba Guide to Bongo

by Danny Goodman

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Airway Management: A Solution for Our Health Crisis cover

237. Airway Management: A Solution for Our Health Crisis

by Steven Olmos

Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Sythesis cover

238. 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

239. 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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Code Complete cover

240. Code Complete

by Steve McConnell

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

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

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Lying cover

242. Lying

by Sam Harris

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

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

by Forrest Brazeal

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

244. 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

245. 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 Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

246. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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

247. 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

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

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

by Ajahn Sucitto

Learning the vi Editor, Sixth Edition cover

250. Learning the vi Editor, Sixth Edition

by Linda Lamb, Arnold Robbins

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

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

by Nicholas Stargardt

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

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

by Alan Weisman

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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update cover

253. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

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

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

254. 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

255. 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

256. 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

257. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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The Practicing Stoic: A Philosophical User's Manual cover

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

by Ward Farnsworth

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

259. 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

260. 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

261. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

by James Nestor

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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

262. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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

263. 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

264. Head Rush Ajax

by Brett McLaughlin

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

265. 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

266. 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

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

by John Derbyshire

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The Fifth Risk cover

268. 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

269. 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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Psychological Operations - Principles and Case Studies cover

270. Psychological Operations - Principles and Case Studies

by Frank L. Goldstein, Benjamin F. Findley

Basic Economics cover

271. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell

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Perfume: The Story of Murder cover

272. Perfume: The Story of Murder

by Patrick Suskind

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

273. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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The Geek Atlas cover

274. The Geek Atlas

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RESTful Web Services cover

275. RESTful Web Services

by Leonard Richardson, Sam Ruby

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RESTful Web APIs cover

276. RESTful Web APIs

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REST in Practice cover

277. REST in Practice

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Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction cover

278. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

by Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

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Blindsight (Firefall, 1) cover

279. Blindsight (Firefall, 1)

by Peter Watts

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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach cover

280. 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

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

by J. F. Gariépy

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UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

282. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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Intelligence: All That Matters cover

283. Intelligence: All That Matters

by Stuart Ritchie

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

284. 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

285. 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

286. Practical Astronomy with your Calculator

by Peter Duffett-Smith

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

287. 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

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

by Lisa Feldman Barrett

The Richest Man In Babylon cover

289. The Richest Man In Babylon

by George S Clason, Frederick Van Rensselaer

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

290. 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

291. Why Reactive?

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain cover

292. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

by David Eagleman

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Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F# cover

293. Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F#

by Scott Wlaschin

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Plastics Failure Guide 2E: Cause and Prevention cover

294. Plastics Failure Guide 2E: Cause and Prevention

by Myer Ezrin

TCP/IP Illustrated cover

295. TCP/IP Illustrated

Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage cover

296. Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage

by Kenneth Silverman

Professional Cookery cover

297. Professional Cookery

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

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

298. 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

299. 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

300. The Study of Orchestration

by Samuel Adler