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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Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World cover

101. Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World

by George Gilder

Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Life-Changing Truth for a Skeptical World cover

102. Evidence That Demands a Verdict: Life-Changing Truth for a Skeptical World

by Josh McDowell, Sean McDowell

Woodpecker Method cover

103. Woodpecker Method

by Axel Smith, Hans Tikkanen

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The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness cover

104. The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness

by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Eric Swanson

Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge cover

105. Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge

by Ed Regis

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Living Clojure cover

106. Living Clojure

by Carin Meier

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Visual Differential Geometry and Forms: A Mathematical Drama in Five Acts cover

107. Visual Differential Geometry and Forms: A Mathematical Drama in Five Acts

by Tristan Needham

Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data cover

108. Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data

by Carissa Véliz

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No bullshit guide to linear algebra cover

109. No bullshit guide to linear algebra

by Ivan Savov

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Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation cover

110. Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation

by John E. Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, Jeffrey D. Ullman

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VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language cover

111. VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language

by Paul Lomax

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story cover

112. Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

by Julie K. Brown

How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers cover

113. How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers

by Sönke Ahrens

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The Tyranny of Nations: How the Last 500 Years Shaped Today's Global Economy cover

114. The Tyranny of Nations: How the Last 500 Years Shaped Today's Global Economy

by Palak Patel

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory cover

115. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

by David Graeber

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Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

116. 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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Sat Problems in Mathematics w post in higher education institution Sb zadach po matematike d post vo VTUZy cover

117. Sat Problems in Mathematics w post in higher education institution Sb zadach po matematike d post vo VTUZy

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation cover

118. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

by Jon Gertner

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Razor Clams: Buried Treasure of the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Writers Fund xx) cover

119. Razor Clams: Buried Treasure of the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Writers Fund xx)

by David Alexander Berger

The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

120. 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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Colonies in Space: A Comprehensive and Factual Account of the Prospects for Human Colonization of Space (Stackpole Classics) cover

121. Colonies in Space: A Comprehensive and Factual Account of the Prospects for Human Colonization of Space (Stackpole Classics)

by T. A. Heppenheimer

The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives cover

122. The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

by Jesse Eisinger

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Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence cover

123. Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence

by Alex Roslin

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Joint-Friendly Fitness: Your Guide to the Optimal Exercise Program cover

124. Joint-Friendly Fitness: Your Guide to the Optimal Exercise Program

by Bill Desimone

Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

125. Designing Data-Intensive Applications

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Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms cover

126. Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms

by Hannah Fry

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Programming Collective Intelligence cover

127. Programming Collective Intelligence

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Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves cover

128. Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

by Frans de Waal

The Oracle® Hacker's Handbook: Hacking and Defending Oracle cover

129. The Oracle® Hacker's Handbook: Hacking and Defending Oracle

Handbook of Mathematics and Computational Science cover

130. Handbook of Mathematics and Computational Science

by John W. Harris, Horst Stöcker

Metaprogramming Ruby 2 cover

131. Metaprogramming Ruby 2

by Paolo Perrotta

New Riders Official Internet Yellow Pages cover

132. New Riders Official Internet Yellow Pages

by Jill D. Bond

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

133. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David Epstein

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REST API Design Rulebook cover

134. REST API Design Rulebook

by Mark Massé

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

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

by John Derbyshire

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Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)) cover

136. Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))

by Jez Humble

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Jung's Thoughts on God: Religious Depths of Our Psyches (The Jung on the Hudson Book series) cover

137. Jung's Thoughts on God: Religious Depths of Our Psyches (The Jung on the Hudson Book series)

by Donald R. Dyer

Hardware and Software Support for Virtualization (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture, 38) cover

138. Hardware and Software Support for Virtualization (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture, 38)

by Edouard Bugnion, Margaret Martonosi, Jason Nieh, Dan Tsafrir

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Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

139. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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Rise of the Warrior Cop cover

140. Rise of the Warrior Cop

by Radley Balko

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

141. The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation

by Mark Kurlansky

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Federal Income Taxation (Concepts and Insights) cover

142. Federal Income Taxation (Concepts and Insights)

by MARVIN A.. ZELENAK CHIRELSTEIN (LAWRENCE.), Lawrence Zelenak

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Gravitation cover

143. Gravitation

by Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, John Archibald Wheeler

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Applying Use Cases: A Practical Guide cover

144. Applying Use Cases: A Practical Guide

by Geri Schneider, Jason P. Winters

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I Am a Strange Loop cover

145. I Am a Strange Loop

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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Google Leaks: A Whistleblower's Exposé of Big Tech Censorship cover

146. Google Leaks: A Whistleblower's Exposé of Big Tech Censorship

by Zach Vorhies, Kent Heckenlively

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Algorithms in C (Computer Science Series) cover

147. Algorithms in C (Computer Science Series)

by Robert Sedgewick

The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite cover

148. The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite

by Daniel Markovits

Confronting Managerialism: How the Business Elite and Their Schools Threw Our Lives Out of Balance (Economic Controversies) cover

149. Confronting Managerialism: How the Business Elite and Their Schools Threw Our Lives Out of Balance (Economic Controversies)

by Robert R. Locke, J.-C. Spender

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Motel of the Mysteries cover

150. Motel of the Mysteries

by David Macaulay

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Stylish F#: Crafting Elegant Functional Code for .NET and .NET Core cover

151. Stylish F#: Crafting Elegant Functional Code for .NET and .NET Core

by Kit Eason

Get Programming with F#: A guide for .NET developers cover

152. Get Programming with F#: A guide for .NET developers

by Isaac Abraham

Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction cover

153. Reading the Gospels Wisely: A Narrative and Theological Introduction

by Jonathan T. Pennington

The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline cover

154. The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline

by Dale Bredesen

Fundamentals of Software Architecture cover

155. Fundamentals of Software Architecture

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Principles of Compiler Design cover

156. Principles of Compiler Design

by Alfred V. Aho, Jeffrey D. Ullman

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Algorithms (4th Edition) cover

157. Algorithms (4th Edition)

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

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The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement cover

158. The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford

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Agile Data Science 2.0 cover

159. Agile Data Science 2.0

by Russell Jurney

The Algorithm Design Manual cover

160. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever cover

161. Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever

by Harlan Ellison

Strange Nights, and Some Days Too: Why You’ll Love Japan, for About a Year cover

162. Strange Nights, and Some Days Too: Why You’ll Love Japan, for About a Year

by Ken Seeroi

A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence cover

163. A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins

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Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists cover

164. Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists

by Edward Scheinerman

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

165. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

Read 48 comments

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland cover

166. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

by Christopher R. Browning

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Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World cover

167. Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

by Jane McGonigal

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The Man Born to Be King cover

168. The Man Born to Be King

by Dorothy Leigh Sayers

Earle Castledine cover

169. Earle Castledine

The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain cover

170. The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

by John E. Sarno

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

171. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing cover

172. Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing

by Josh Ryan-Collins, Toby Lloyd, Laurie Macfarlane

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Free: The Future of a Radical Price cover

173. Free: The Future of a Radical Price

by Chris Anderson

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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion cover

174. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt

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The Design And Implementation Of The Freebsd Operating System cover

175. The Design And Implementation Of The Freebsd Operating System

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil

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Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (English Version) cover

176. Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (English Version)

by 习近平

Wurzelatlas Mitteleuropaeischer Gruelandpflanzen Band 2 Pteridophyta und Dicotyledoneae (Magnoliopsida) Teil 2 Anatomie (Wurzelatlas mitteleuropaeischer Gruenlandpflanzen) cover

177. Wurzelatlas Mitteleuropaeischer Gruelandpflanzen Band 2 Pteridophyta und Dicotyledoneae (Magnoliopsida) Teil 2 Anatomie (Wurzelatlas mitteleuropaeischer Gruenlandpflanzen)

by Lore Kutschera, Monika Sobotik

Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices) cover

178. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell

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The Way Things Work by Macaulay, David (1988) Hardcover cover

179. The Way Things Work by Macaulay, David (1988) Hardcover

by David Macaulay

Writing Interpreters and Compilers for the Raspberry Pi Using Python cover

180. Writing Interpreters and Compilers for the Raspberry Pi Using Python

by Anthony Dos Reis

GENOMICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: What Everyone Needs to Know® cover

181. GENOMICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: What Everyone Needs to Know®

by Michael Snyder

Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America cover

182. Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America

by Conor Dougherty

Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today cover

183. Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today

by Jacqueline Battalora

Graphics Gems cover

184. Graphics Gems

by Andrew S. Glassner

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Graphics Gems III cover

185. Graphics Gems III

by Kirk, David

Graphics Gems II cover

186. Graphics Gems II

by James Arvo

The Algorithm Design Manual (Texts in Computer Science) cover

187. The Algorithm Design Manual (Texts in Computer Science)

by Steven S. Skiena

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (5 Volume Set) cover

188. The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (5 Volume Set)

by Jacqueline L. Longe

An Invitation to Applied Category Theory: Seven Sketches in Compositionality cover

189. An Invitation to Applied Category Theory: Seven Sketches in Compositionality

by Brendan Fong, David I. Spivak

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Introduction to Linear Algebra (Gilbert Strang, 2) cover

190. Introduction to Linear Algebra (Gilbert Strang, 2)

by Gilbert Strang

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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

191. 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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Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons: Revised and Updated Second Edition cover

192. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons: Revised and Updated Second Edition

by Phyllis Haddox, Siegfried Engelmann, Elaine Bruner

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

193. 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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Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents) cover

194. Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents)

by Floyd E. Toole

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Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

195. 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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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

196. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides) cover

197. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Learning Perl, 8th Edition cover

198. Learning Perl, 8th Edition

by Randal Schwartz, brian foy, Tom Phoenix

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Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes cover

199. Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes

by Chris Knowles

Garfield's Ghost Stories (Garfield) cover

200. Garfield's Ghost Stories (Garfield)

by Jim Davis, Mark Acey, Jim Kraft