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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Learning Perl, 8th Edition cover

201. 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

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

by Chris Knowles

Garfield's Ghost Stories (Garfield) cover

203. Garfield's Ghost Stories (Garfield)

by Jim Davis, Mark Acey, Jim Kraft

CSS Secrets cover

204. CSS Secrets

by Lea Verou

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The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order cover

205. The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order

by Sean McFate

The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations cover

206. The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations

by Dietrich Dorner

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Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash, and More cover

207. Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash, and More

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The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing cover

208. The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing

by Joost A. M. Meerloo

Winnie Ille Pu (Latin Edition) cover

209. Winnie Ille Pu (Latin Edition)

by A. A. Milne

Cows Are Freaky When They Look at You: An Oral History of the Kaw Valley Hemp Pickers cover

210. Cows Are Freaky When They Look at You: An Oral History of the Kaw Valley Hemp Pickers

by David Ohle, Roger Martin, Susan Brosseau

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Programming Perl, 4th Edition cover

211. Programming Perl, 4th Edition

by Tom Christiansen

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Mastering Perl cover

212. Mastering Perl

by brian foy

Intermediate Perl cover

213. Intermediate Perl

by Randal L. Schwartz, brian foy, Tom Phoenix

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

214. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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Streaming 102: The world beyond batch cover

215. Streaming 102: The world beyond batch

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Streaming 101: The world beyond batch cover

216. Streaming 101: The world beyond batch

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Making Software cover

217. Making Software

by Andrew Oram, Greg Wilson

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Overthrow cover

218. Overthrow

by Stephen Kinzer

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The Manager's Path cover

219. The Manager's Path

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African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa cover

220. African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa

by Michael A. Gomez

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition cover

221. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition

by Niall Ferguson

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Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more cover

222. Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more

by David H. Freedman

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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner) cover

223. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Liaquat Ahamed

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1) cover

224. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1)

by Peter Wohlleben

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OSCON 2014: Complete Video Compilation cover

225. OSCON 2014: Complete Video Compilation

The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance cover

226. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

by W. Timothy Gallwey

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Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam cover

227. Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam

by Vivek Ramaswamy

100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present cover

228. 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present

by Paul K. Davis

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Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon cover

229. Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

by Michael Patrick Ghiglieri, Thomas M. Myers

Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking cover

230. Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

by David Bayles, Ted Orland

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Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work cover

231. Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work

by Alex Petrov

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The New Phrenology: The Limits of Localizing Cognitive Processes in the Brain (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology) cover

232. The New Phrenology: The Limits of Localizing Cognitive Processes in the Brain (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)

by William R. Uttal

Mind and Brain: A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience cover

233. Mind and Brain: A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience

by William R. Uttal

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

234. 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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Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America cover

235. Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America

by Qiao Liang, Wang Xiangsui

Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us cover

236. Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us

by Victor J. Stenger

From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback cover

237. From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback

by Robyn Davidson

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Beautiful Code cover

238. Beautiful Code

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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JFK: The Smoking Gun cover

239. JFK: The Smoking Gun

Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy cover

240. Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy

by Richard Werner

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Building Green: A Complete How-to Guide To Alternative Building Methods - Earth Plaster, Straw Bale, Cordwood, Cob, Living Roofs cover

241. Building Green: A Complete How-to Guide To Alternative Building Methods - Earth Plaster, Straw Bale, Cordwood, Cob, Living Roofs

by Clarke Snell, Tim Callahan

Tartine Bread cover

242. Tartine Bread

by Chad Robertson

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Reflections Of An Affirmative Action Baby cover

243. Reflections Of An Affirmative Action Baby

by Stephen L. Carter

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo cover

244. In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

by Michela Wrong

Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

245. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming

by Peter Seibel

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Head First Design Patterns: Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software 2nd Edition cover

246. Head First Design Patterns: Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software 2nd Edition

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson

Head First Git: A Learner's Guide to Understanding Git from the Inside Out cover

247. Head First Git: A Learner's Guide to Understanding Git from the Inside Out

by Raju Gandhi

The Linux Programming Interface cover

248. The Linux Programming Interface

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The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win cover

249. The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win

by Jeff Haden

The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve cover

250. The Ape that Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve

by Steve Stewart-Williams

Debt: The First 5,000 Years cover

251. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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Windows XP in a Nutshell, Second Edition cover

252. Windows XP in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters cover

253. Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters

by Steven E. Koonin

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Are Prisons Obsolete? cover

254. Are Prisons Obsolete?

by Angela Y. Davis

Circuits of the Mind cover

255. Circuits of the Mind

by Leslie G. Valiant

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Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality cover

256. Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality

by Lewis C. Epstein, Paul G. Hewitt

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Ethernet: The Definitive Guide cover

257. Ethernet: The Definitive Guide

by Charles E. Spurgeon

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Ethernet Switches cover

258. Ethernet Switches

by Charles E. Spurgeon

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It―Unlock Your Persuasion Potential in Professional and Personal Life cover

259. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It―Unlock Your Persuasion Potential in Professional and Personal Life

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

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Advances in Financial Machine Learning cover

260. Advances in Financial Machine Learning

by Marcos Lopez de Prado

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The Human Element: Productivity, Self-Esteem, and the Bottom Line (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series) cover

261. The Human Element: Productivity, Self-Esteem, and the Bottom Line (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series)

by Will Schutz

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Perl Cookbook cover

262. Perl Cookbook

by Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington

Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World cover

263. Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

by J. Adam Tooze

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Why a data scientist is not a data engineer cover

264. Why a data scientist is not a data engineer

The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993 cover

265. The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993

by Jordan Mechner

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Google Hacks cover

266. Google Hacks

by Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest

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

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

by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

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The Biology of Viruses cover

268. The Biology of Viruses

by Bruce A. Voyles

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On Writing Well: The Essential Guide to Mastering Nonfiction Writing and Effective Communication cover

269. On Writing Well: The Essential Guide to Mastering Nonfiction Writing and Effective Communication

by William Zinsser

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

270. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman, Daniel Kahneman

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Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller cover

271. Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller

by Donella Meadows

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The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety cover

272. The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety

by Alan Watts

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Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves cover

273. Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves

by Christian Rudder

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The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web cover

274. The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web

by Dave Shea, Molly E. Holzschlag

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Radio Theory Handbook - Beginner to Advanced cover

275. Radio Theory Handbook - Beginner to Advanced

by Ron Bertrand

How Radio Signals Work cover

276. How Radio Signals Work

by Jim Sinclair

Network Algorithmics,: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Designing Fast Networked Devices cover

277. Network Algorithmics,: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Designing Fast Networked Devices

by George Varghese

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The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die cover

278. The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die

by Paul A. Craig

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Biochemistry cover

279. Biochemistry

by Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham

Programming Challenges: The Programming Contest Training Manual (Texts in Computer Science) cover

280. Programming Challenges: The Programming Contest Training Manual (Texts in Computer Science)

by Steven S. Skiena, Miguel A. Revilla

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Algorithm Design cover

281. Algorithm Design

by Jon Kleinberg, Éva Tardos

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The Cryotron Files: The Untold Story of Dudley Buck, Cold War Computer Scientist and Microchip Pioneer cover

282. The Cryotron Files: The Untold Story of Dudley Buck, Cold War Computer Scientist and Microchip Pioneer

by Iain Dey, Douglas Buck

Operation Cyanide: How the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War Three cover

283. Operation Cyanide: How the Bombing of the USS Liberty Nearly Caused World War Three

by Owen Tweedy

A Theory of Objects (Monographs in Computer Science) cover

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

by Martin Abadi, Luca Cardelli

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The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover

285. The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

by Robert J. Gordon

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Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom cover

286. Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom

by Richard A. Burgess

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Gary Rost Bradski cover

287. Gary Rost Bradski

Introduction to the FreeBSD Open-Source Operating System cover

288. Introduction to the FreeBSD Open-Source Operating System

An Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning: Numbers, Sets and Functions cover

289. An Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning: Numbers, Sets and Functions

by Peter J. Eccles

Overcoming Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum: A Self-help Guide Using CBT cover

290. Overcoming Anxiety and Depression on the Autism Spectrum: A Self-help Guide Using CBT

by Lee A. Wilkinson

Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid cover

291. Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid

by Marianne Cusato, Ben Pentreath, Richard Sammons, Leon Krier

Macroeconomics cover

292. Macroeconomics

by William Mitchell, L. Randall Wray, Martin Watts

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Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed cover

293. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott

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

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

by Eric Schlosser

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Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies) cover

295. Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies)

by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost

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Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed cover

296. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos

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

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

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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

298. 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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Lions' Commentary on Unix cover

299. Lions' Commentary on Unix

by John Lions

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The Americans: The Democratic Experience cover

300. The Americans: The Democratic Experience

by Daniel J. Boorstin