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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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life cover

301. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson

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No-Nonsense Classical Mechanics: A Student-Friendly Introduction cover

302. No-Nonsense Classical Mechanics: A Student-Friendly Introduction

by Jakob Schwichtenberg

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How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life cover

303. How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life

by Thomas Gilovich

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Technical Editing: The Practical Guide For Editors And Writers (Hewlett-Packard Press) cover

304. Technical Editing: The Practical Guide For Editors And Writers (Hewlett-Packard Press)

by Judith Tarutz

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

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

by W. A. Mathieu

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Right to Left: The digital leader's guide to Lean and Agile cover

306. Right to Left: The digital leader's guide to Lean and Agile

by Mike Burrows

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

307. The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

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How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less cover

308. How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less

by Cal Newport

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A Tour of C++ (2nd Edition) (C++ In-Depth Series) cover

309. A Tour of C++ (2nd Edition) (C++ In-Depth Series)

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) cover

310. Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)

by Jon Louis Bentley

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OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word cover

311. OK: The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word

by Allan Metcalf

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

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

by Eric S. Raymond

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Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender cover

313. Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender

by David R. Hawkins, MD/PHD

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The Sedona Method: Your Key to Lasting Happiness, Success, Peace and Emotional Well-Being cover

314. The Sedona Method: Your Key to Lasting Happiness, Success, Peace and Emotional Well-Being

by Hale Dwoskin

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

315. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

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A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar cover

316. A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar

by Kallidaikurichi Aiyah Nilakanta Sastri

The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire cover

317. The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire

by Anthony Everitt

Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology: Expanded Second Edition cover

318. Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology: Expanded Second Edition

by Ayn Rand

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Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream cover

319. Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream

by Adam W. Shepard

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Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

320. Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Sheldon Jay Axler

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The Second Brain: A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine cover

321. The Second Brain: A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine

by Michael Gershon

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The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism cover

322. The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

by Olivia Fox Cabane

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Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story cover

323. Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story

by John Bloom

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Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book cover

324. Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book

by Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield, Nancy Stevens

Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin cover

325. Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin

by Lawrence Weinstein, John A. Adam

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Molecular Biology Made Simple and Fun, Third Edition cover

326. Molecular Biology Made Simple and Fun, Third Edition

by David P. Clark, Lonnie Dee Russell

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A Cultural History of Physics cover

327. A Cultural History of Physics

by Károly Simonyi

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters cover

328. The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

by Tom Nichols

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The Solar Cat Book cover

329. The Solar Cat Book

by Jim Augustyn

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics cover

330. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

by Aristotle

Civilization: The West and the Rest cover

331. Civilization: The West and the Rest

by Niall Ferguson

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Civilisation cover

332. Civilisation

by Kenneth Clark

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Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It cover

333. Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It

by David Fleming

Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach cover

334. Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach

by Jack Freund, Jack Jones

Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects cover

335. Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics Was Reborn cover

336. The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics Was Reborn

by Louisa Gilder

Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another cover

337. Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another

by Matt Taibbi

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The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics cover

338. The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics

by Michael Malice

Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

339. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

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Human Dimension & Interior Space: A Source Book of Design Reference Standards cover

340. Human Dimension & Interior Space: A Source Book of Design Reference Standards

by Julius Panero, Martin Zelnik

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt cover

341. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

by Michael Lewis

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Who Is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure 2nd Edition cover

342. Who Is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure 2nd Edition

by Transnational College of Lex

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Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity cover

343. Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity

by Charles L. Marohn, Jr.

The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith cover

344. The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith

by John W. James

The Coming War With Japan cover

345. The Coming War With Japan

by George Friedman, Meredith LeBard

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Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake cover

346. Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake

by Ron Westrum

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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time cover

347. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

by Jonathan Weiner

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The Klutz Book of Knots cover

348. The Klutz Book of Knots

by John Cassidy

Lifespan: Why We Age_and Why We Don't Have To cover

349. Lifespan: Why We Age_and Why We Don't Have To

by David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante

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Healing ADD Revised Edition: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD cover

350. Healing ADD Revised Edition: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD

by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time cover

351. The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time

by Maria Konnikova

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

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

by Jonathan Levin

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MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume III: Security & Insecurity cover

353. MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume III: Security & Insecurity

by Jonathan Levin

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MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume II: Kernel Mode cover

354. MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume II: Kernel Mode

by Jonathan Levin (IT consultant)

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MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume I: User Mode (v1.3) cover

355. MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume I: User Mode (v1.3)

by Jonathan Levin

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The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness cover

356. The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga

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White cover

357. White

by Kenya Hara

Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python cover

358. Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python

by Joel Grus

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Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction cover

359. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

by Philip Eyrikson Tetlock, Dan Gardner

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Programming Game AI by Example (Wordware Game Developers Library) cover

360. Programming Game AI by Example (Wordware Game Developers Library)

by Mat Buckland

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

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

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

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Stumbling on Happiness cover

362. Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Todd Gilbert

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The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey cover

363. The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey

by Michael Huemer

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The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer cover

364. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

by Jeffrey K. Liker

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Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer cover

365. Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer

by Thomas Seyfried

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The Art of Electronics cover

366. The Art of Electronics

by The Wikipedians

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Fresh India (FIG TREE) cover

367. Fresh India (FIG TREE)

by Meera Sodha

The Walking Man cover

368. The Walking Man

by Jirō Taniguchi

Strategic Computing: DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993 (History of Computing) cover

369. Strategic Computing: DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993 (History of Computing)

by Alex Roland, Philip Shiman

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker cover

370. Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

by Kevin Mitnick

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The Brain Makers cover

371. The Brain Makers

by Harvey P. Newquist

Zoned Out cover

372. Zoned Out

by Jonathan C. Levine

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

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

by Gerald M. Weinberg

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Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

374. Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism cover

375. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

by James W. Loewen

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Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices cover

376. Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices

by Thich Nhat Hanh

Chaos: Making a New Science cover

377. Chaos: Making a New Science

by James Gleick

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Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs cover

378. Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs

by Mark Olshaker, Michael T. Osterholm

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The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression cover

379. The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression

by Amity Shlaes

What Washington Gets Wrong: The Unelected Officials Who Actually Run the Government and Their Misconceptions about the American People cover

380. What Washington Gets Wrong: The Unelected Officials Who Actually Run the Government and Their Misconceptions about the American People

by Jennifer Bachner, Benjamin Ginsberg

Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are cover

381. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are

by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

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Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach cover

382. Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach

by Tom DeMarco

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany cover

383. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany

by Norman Ohler

Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years cover

384. Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel cover

385. Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel

by Tom Wainwright

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Elementary Mathematics cover

386. Elementary Mathematics

by V. Dorofeev

A Book of Abstract Algebra: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

387. A Book of Abstract Algebra: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Charles C Pinter

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The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness cover

388. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness

by John Yates, Matthew Immergut, Jeremy Graves

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How To Live On 24 Hours A Day cover

389. How To Live On 24 Hours A Day

by Arnold Bennett

Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired cover

390. Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired

by Till Roenneberg

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Mathographics cover

391. Mathographics

by Robert Dixon

Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need cover

392. Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

by Blake Snyder

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The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers cover

393. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

by Will Durant

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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

394. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson

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Heteroptera: The Beautiful and the Other, or Images of a Mutating World cover

395. Heteroptera: The Beautiful and the Other, or Images of a Mutating World

by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger

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

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

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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How to Be an Antiracist cover

397. How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi

The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data cover

398. The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data

by Gene Kim

Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation cover

399. Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation

by Blake J. Harris

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The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart cover

400. The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart

by Bill Bishop, Robert G. Cushing

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