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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jul 6, 2020 - Jul 13, 2020

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The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else cover

1. The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else

by Hernando De Soto

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

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

by Mark Manson

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Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary cover

3. Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Simon Winchester

The Innovator's Solution (Creating and Sustainability Successful Growth) cover

4. The Innovator's Solution (Creating and Sustainability Successful Growth)

by Clayton Christensen, Michael Raynor

The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail cover

5. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail

by Clayton M. Christensen

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The Art of Deception: An Introduction to Critical Thinking cover

6. The Art of Deception: An Introduction to Critical Thinking

by Nicholas Capaldi, Miles Smit

Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach cover

7. Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach

by Dandridge M. Malone

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

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

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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

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

by Olivia Fox Cabane

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

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

by Maria Konnikova

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

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

by Charles C Pinter

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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

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

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

by Tom DeMarco

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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard cover

14. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

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An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management cover

15. An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

by Will Larson

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Real-Time 3D Graphics with WebGL 2: Build interactive 3D applications with JavaScript and WebGL 2 (OpenGL ES 3.0), 2nd Edition cover

16. Real-Time 3D Graphics with WebGL 2: Build interactive 3D applications with JavaScript and WebGL 2 (OpenGL ES 3.0), 2nd Edition

by Farhad Ghayour, Diego Cantor

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Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities cover

17. Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities

by Kevin Kelly

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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work cover

18. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

by Mason Currey

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Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

19. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books. Big Profits) cover

20. The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books. Big Profits)

by John C. Bogle

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UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

21. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet cover

22. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

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Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology cover

23. Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology

by Howard Rheingold

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race cover

24. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools cover

25. Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

by Monique W. Morris

Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America cover

26. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America

by Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry

This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color cover

27. This Bridge Called My Back, Fourth Edition: Writings by Radical Women of Color

by Cherríe Moraga, Gloria Anzaldúa

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty cover

28. Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

by Dorothy Roberts

So You Want to Talk About Race cover

29. So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo

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