Hacker News Books for 2021

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Hacker News Books for 2021

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2021.

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Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street cover

1. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

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How to Build a Car: A high-speed adventure of mechanics, teamwork, and friendship (Technical Tales) cover

2. How to Build a Car: A high-speed adventure of mechanics, teamwork, and friendship (Technical Tales)

The 10X Author: Level Up or Be Left Behind cover

3. The 10X Author: Level Up or Be Left Behind

Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House? cover

4. Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?

Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer cover

5. Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer

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Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree World cover

6. Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree World

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

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

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First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently cover

8. First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently

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Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government (A Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy Book) cover

9. Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government (A Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy Book)

Calm Technology: Principles and Patterns for Non-Intrusive Design cover

10. Calm Technology: Principles and Patterns for Non-Intrusive Design

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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business cover

11. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

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The ZX Spectrum Ula: How to Design a Microcomputer (ZX Design Retro Computer) cover

12. The ZX Spectrum Ula: How to Design a Microcomputer (ZX Design Retro Computer)

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Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory cover

13. Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory

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Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition cover

14. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition

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Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control cover

15. Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

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Superintelligence cover

16. Superintelligence

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Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress: Learn to play the most complex video game ever made cover

17. Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress: Learn to play the most complex video game ever made

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How to Watch TV News cover

18. How to Watch TV News

How to Build With Grid Beam: A Fast, Easy and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything cover

19. How to Build With Grid Beam: A Fast, Easy and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything

The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder cover

20. The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder

The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

21. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

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Renegades of the Empire: How Three Software Warriors Started a Revolution Behind the Walls of Fortress Microsoft cover

22. Renegades of the Empire: How Three Software Warriors Started a Revolution Behind the Walls of Fortress Microsoft

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The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities cover

23. The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities

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iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business cover

24. iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business

On the House: A Washington Memoir cover

25. On the House: A Washington Memoir

Development and Deployment of Multiplayer Online Games, Vol. I: GDD, Authoritative Servers, Communications (Development and Deployment of Multiplayer Games) cover

26. Development and Deployment of Multiplayer Online Games, Vol. I: GDD, Authoritative Servers, Communications (Development and Deployment of Multiplayer Games)

Computer Graphics from Scratch: An Introduction to 3D Rendering cover

27. Computer Graphics from Scratch: An Introduction to 3D Rendering

The Recursive Mind: The Origins of Human Language, Thought, and Civilization - Updated Edition cover

28. The Recursive Mind: The Origins of Human Language, Thought, and Civilization - Updated Edition

Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

29. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

30. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions cover

31. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

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Modern Operating Systems cover

32. Modern Operating Systems

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Linux Command Bible 3e cover

33. Linux Command Bible 3e

Linux Kernel Programming Part 2 - Char Device Drivers and Kernel Synchronization: Create user-kernel interfaces, work with peripheral I/O, and handle hardware interrupts cover

34. Linux Kernel Programming Part 2 - Char Device Drivers and Kernel Synchronization: Create user-kernel interfaces, work with peripheral I/O, and handle hardware interrupts

Systems Performance (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

35. Systems Performance (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

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

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

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The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference cover

37. The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference

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Operating System Concepts cover

38. Operating System Concepts

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UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition) cover

39. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition)

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Unix Shell Programming (3rd Edition) cover

40. Unix Shell Programming (3rd Edition)

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MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume II: Kernel Mode cover

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

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Windows Internals, Part 2 (7th Edition) cover

42. Windows Internals, Part 2 (7th Edition)

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BPF Performance Tools (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

43. BPF Performance Tools (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

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

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

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Operating Systems Design and Implementat: Design and Implementation cover

45. Operating Systems Design and Implementat: Design and Implementation

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Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition) cover

46. Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition)

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Linux Kernel Programming: A comprehensive guide to kernel internals, writing kernel modules, and kernel synchronization cover

47. Linux Kernel Programming: A comprehensive guide to kernel internals, writing kernel modules, and kernel synchronization

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence cover

48. Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race cover

49. This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

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Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It? cover

50. Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?

Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) cover

51. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition)

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Hands-On Network Programming with C: Learn socket programming in C and write secure and optimized network code cover

52. Hands-On Network Programming with C: Learn socket programming in C and write secure and optimized network code

Kelly: More Than My Share of It All cover

53. Kelly: More Than My Share of It All

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Windows Internals, Part 1: System architecture, processes, threads, memory management, and more (7th Edition) cover

54. Windows Internals, Part 1: System architecture, processes, threads, memory management, and more (7th Edition)

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Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment cover

55. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

SWAT Madness and the Militarization of the American Police: A National Dilemma cover

56. SWAT Madness and the Militarization of the American Police: A National Dilemma

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 cover

57. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017

Dynamics of Software Development cover

58. Dynamics of Software Development

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10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less cover

59. 10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less

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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World cover

60. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

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61. "All Governments Lie": The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone

Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) cover

62. Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

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The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate cover

63. The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate

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The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters cover

64. The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters

ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History cover

65. ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History

Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition cover

66. Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

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Video Kids: Making Sense of Nintendo cover

67. Video Kids: Making Sense of Nintendo

If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript cover

68. If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript

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Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

69. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era cover

70. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus cover

71. The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus

Mastering Kubernetes cover

72. Mastering Kubernetes

In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives cover

73. In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

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After the Trade Is Made: Processing Securities Transactions cover

74. After the Trade Is Made: Processing Securities Transactions

Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics) cover

75. Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)

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Mein Kampf cover

76. Mein Kampf

Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior, 4) cover

77. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior, 4)

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About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design cover

78. About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design

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Small Time Operator: How to Start Your Own Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes, and Stay Out of Trouble cover

79. Small Time Operator: How to Start Your Own Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes, and Stay Out of Trouble

Henry and Mudge The Complete Collection: Henry and Mudge; Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble; Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps; Henry and Mudge ... under the Yellow Moon, etc. (Henry & Mudge) cover

80. Henry and Mudge The Complete Collection: Henry and Mudge; Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble; Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps; Henry and Mudge ... under the Yellow Moon, etc. (Henry & Mudge)

Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach cover

81. Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach

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Eiffel : The Language (PRENTICE HALL OBJECT-ORIENTED SERIES) cover

82. Eiffel : The Language (PRENTICE HALL OBJECT-ORIENTED SERIES)

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

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

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Where Is My Flying Car? cover

84. Where Is My Flying Car?

Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: Psi: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures) cover

85. Principles of Synthetic Intelligence: Psi: An Architecture of Motivated Cognition (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures)

Affirming Psychosis: The Mass Appeal of Adolf Hitler cover

86. Affirming Psychosis: The Mass Appeal of Adolf Hitler

How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) cover

87. How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

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Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal cover

88. Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal

Algebra cover

89. Algebra

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Trigonometry (Gelfand Mathematical Seminar Series) cover

90. Trigonometry (Gelfand Mathematical Seminar Series)

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Geometry cover

91. Geometry

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Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) cover

92. Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)

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The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815 cover

93. The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815

Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment cover

94. Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment

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How to Avoid Huge Ships cover

95. How to Avoid Huge Ships

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The Gun that Changed the World cover

96. The Gun that Changed the World

The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth’s Climate (Princeton Science Library, 44) cover

97. The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth’s Climate (Princeton Science Library, 44)

Dream Snow cover

98. Dream Snow

Rise and Fall of American Growth, The (The Princeton Economic Series of the Western World) cover

99. Rise and Fall of American Growth, The (The Princeton Economic Series of the Western World)

The New York Times Page One: One Hundred Years of Headlines As Presented in the New York Times cover

100. The New York Times Page One: One Hundred Years of Headlines As Presented in the New York Times

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