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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Snowflake Science: Activity Book cover

301. Snowflake Science: Activity Book

by Michael Peres, Patricia Cost

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

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

by Joel Dyer

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History of Programming Languages II cover

303. History of Programming Languages II

by Thomas J. Bergin, Richard G. Gibson

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

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

by Keith Devlin

Java Concurrency in Practice cover

305. Java Concurrency in Practice

by Brian Goetz

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Digital Signal Processing in Modern Communication Systems cover

306. Digital Signal Processing in Modern Communication Systems

by Andreas O. Schwarzinger

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition cover

307. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by Thomas E. Pearsall

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Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity cover

308. Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity

by Carliss Young Baldwin, Kim B. Clark

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

309. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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Countdown cover

310. Countdown

by Ben Mikaelsen

The Ingenious Language: Nine Epic Reasons to Love Greek cover

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

by Andrea Marcolongo

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

312. 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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Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible cover

313. Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible

by Jerry A. Coyne

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft cover

314. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

by Stephen King

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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century cover

315. The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

by Steven Pinker

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Pathfinders: The Golden Age Of Arabic Science cover

316. Pathfinders: The Golden Age Of Arabic Science

by Jim Al-Khalili

The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance cover

317. The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance

by Steven G. Rogelberg

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Abstract Algebra cover

318. Abstract Algebra

by David S. Dummit, Richard M. Foote

How Judges Think (Pims - Polity Immigration and Society Series) cover

319. How Judges Think (Pims - Polity Immigration and Society Series)

by Richard A. Posner

Observations Upon The Prophecies Of Daniel And The Apocalypse Of St. John cover

320. Observations Upon The Prophecies Of Daniel And The Apocalypse Of St. John

by Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton cover

321. Isaac Newton

by James Gleick

The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? cover

322. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

by Michael J. Sandel

The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

323. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) cover

324. Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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A Theory of Objects (Monographs in Computer Science) cover

325. A Theory of Objects (Monographs in Computer Science)

by Martin Abadi, Luca Cardelli

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A History of the World in 6 Glasses cover

326. A History of the World in 6 Glasses

by Tom Standage

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Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists cover

327. Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists

by Edward Scheinerman

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Database Internals cover

328. Database Internals

by Alex Petrov

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Open Sources cover

329. Open Sources

by Chris DiBona, Sam Ockman, Mark Stone

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Developing Web Applications with Haskell and Yesod cover

330. Developing Web Applications with Haskell and Yesod

Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell cover

331. Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell

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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys cover

332. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

by Michael Collins

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Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project cover

333. Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project

by General Leslie R. Groves

Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

334. Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy

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Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion cover

335. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

by Paul Bloom

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White Bread cover

336. White Bread

by Aaron Bobrow-Strain

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty cover

337. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma cover

338. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel A. Van der Kolk

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Four Short Links - O’Reilly cover

339. Four Short Links - O’Reilly

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Through the Language Glass cover

340. Through the Language Glass

by Guy Deutscher

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (Vintage Contemporaries) cover

341. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Sappho

Motel of the Mysteries cover

342. Motel of the Mysteries

by David Macaulay

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The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity cover

343. The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

by Toby Ord

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The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook: (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang) cover

344. The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook: (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang)

by Luke A. Barnes, Geraint F. Lewis

A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th Edition cover

345. A First Course in Abstract Algebra, 7th Edition

by John B. Fraleigh

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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

346. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr

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Writing Effective Use Cases cover

347. Writing Effective Use Cases

by Alistair Cockburn

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Challenges of the Developing World cover

348. Challenges of the Developing World

by Howard Handelman

Fundamentals of Protein Structure and Function cover

349. Fundamentals of Protein Structure and Function

by Engelbert Buxbaum

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Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World – Essential Strategy for Leaders in an Age of International Chaos cover

350. Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World – Essential Strategy for Leaders in an Age of International Chaos

by Peter Zeihan

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Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition cover

351. Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition

by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

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TinyML cover

352. TinyML

by Pete Warden, Daniel Situnayake

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Hacker's Delight cover

353. Hacker's Delight

by Henry S. Warren

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Cerebral Cortex: Principles of Operation cover

354. Cerebral Cortex: Principles of Operation

by Edmund T. Rolls

Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs cover

355. Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs

by John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, Sabin Streeter

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory cover

356. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

by David Graeber

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Cloud Native Infrastructure cover

357. Cloud Native Infrastructure

On Intelligence cover

358. On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee

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The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk! cover

359. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!

by Jack Trout

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History cover

360. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne

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The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel cover

361. The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel

by Nicholas Ostler

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Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments cover

362. Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments

by Robert Bruce Thompson

The Life of Samuel Johnson (Penguin Classics) cover

363. The Life of Samuel Johnson (Penguin Classics)

by James Boswell

Geometric Algebra for Physicists cover

364. Geometric Algebra for Physicists

by Chris Doran, Anthony Lasenby

Texting Manual 4 Every1: A compilation of over 5000 Signs, acronyms and texting symbols cover

365. Texting Manual 4 Every1: A compilation of over 5000 Signs, acronyms and texting symbols

by Alexis McGeachy

Why We're Polarized cover

366. Why We're Polarized

by Ezra Klein

An Introduction to Lambda Calculi for Computer Scientists (Texts in Computing) cover

367. An Introduction to Lambda Calculi for Computer Scientists (Texts in Computing)

by Chris Hankin

Superflat (English and Japanese Edition) cover

368. Superflat (English and Japanese Edition)

by 村上隆

Fundamentals of Astrodynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering) cover

369. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)

by Roger R. Bate, Donald D. Mueller, Jerry E. White

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The Boron Letters cover

370. The Boron Letters

by Gary Halbert, Bond Halbert

Inside the C++ Object Model cover

371. Inside the C++ Object Model

by Stanley B. Lippman

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But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone cover

372. But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone

by J. Clark Scott

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The Pattern on the Stone (Science Masters) cover

373. The Pattern on the Stone (Science Masters)

by W. Daniel Hillis

Programming Rust, 2nd Edition cover

374. Programming Rust, 2nd Edition

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Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine (William Patrick Book) cover

375. Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine (William Patrick Book)

by Don Norman, Tamara Dunaeff

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Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man cover

376. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

by Marshall McLuhan

Ultimate Go Programming, Second Edition cover

377. Ultimate Go Programming, Second Edition

by William Kennedy

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus cover

378. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann

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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created cover

379. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

by Charles C. Mann

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Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition cover

380. Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

by Tomas Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman

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REST API Design Rulebook cover

381. REST API Design Rulebook

by Mark Massé

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The Lady or the Tiger?: and Other Logic Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math) cover

382. The Lady or the Tiger?: and Other Logic Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math)

by Raymond M. Smullyan

Effective Debugging: 66 Specific Ways to Debug Software and Systems (Effective Software Development Series) cover

383. Effective Debugging: 66 Specific Ways to Debug Software and Systems (Effective Software Development Series)

by Diomidis Spinellis

The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building cover

384. The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building

by Matt Mochary

Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time! cover

385. Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time!

by Conrad Barski

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Noise cover

386. Noise

by Bart Kosko

Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment: A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers cover

387. Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment: A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers

by Paul Brest, Linda Hamilton Krieger

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid cover

388. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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Gödel's Proof cover

389. Gödel's Proof

by Ernest Nagel, James Roy Newman

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A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters: All the Kanji Characters Needed to Learn Japanese and Ace the Japanese Language Proficiency Test cover

390. A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters: All the Kanji Characters Needed to Learn Japanese and Ace the Japanese Language Proficiency Test

by Kenneth G. Henshall

Tim O'Reilly - Frank Herbert: Chapter 3: From Concept to Fable - O'Reilly Media cover

391. Tim O'Reilly - Frank Herbert: Chapter 3: From Concept to Fable - O'Reilly Media

The Little Bitcoin Book: Why Bitcoin Matters for Your Freedom, Finances, and Future cover

392. The Little Bitcoin Book: Why Bitcoin Matters for Your Freedom, Finances, and Future

by Timi Ajiboye, Luis Buenaventura, Lily Liu

The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900 cover

393. The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900

by David Edgerton

Eyes In The Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All cover

394. Eyes In The Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All

by Arthur Holland Michel

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The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror cover

395. The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror

by Thomas Ligotti

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Philip & Alex's Guide to Web Publishing cover

396. Philip & Alex's Guide to Web Publishing

by Philip Greenspun

Beautiful Code cover

397. Beautiful Code

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Computers in Context: The Philosophy and Practice of System Design cover

398. Computers in Context: The Philosophy and Practice of System Design

by Bo Dahlbom, Lars Mathiassen

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life cover

399. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life

by Scott Adams

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The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World cover

400. The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World

by Charles C. Mann

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