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

201. 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

202. 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

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

by Chris Knowles

Garfield's Ghost Stories (Garfield) cover

204. Garfield's Ghost Stories (Garfield)

by Jim Davis, Mark Acey, Jim Kraft

CSS Secrets cover

205. CSS Secrets

by Lea Verou

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

206. 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

207. 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

208. 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

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

by Joost A. M. Meerloo

Winnie Ille Pu (Latin Edition) cover

210. 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

211. 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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Mastering Perl cover

212. Mastering Perl

by brian foy

Intermediate Perl cover

213. Intermediate Perl

by Randal L. Schwartz, brian foy, Tom Phoenix

Programming Perl, 4th Edition cover

214. Programming Perl, 4th Edition

by Tom Christiansen

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

215. 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

216. Streaming 102: The world beyond batch

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Streaming 101: The world beyond batch cover

217. Streaming 101: The world beyond batch

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Making Software cover

218. Making Software

by Andrew Oram, Greg Wilson

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Overthrow cover

219. Overthrow

by Stephen Kinzer

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The Manager's Path cover

220. The Manager's Path

by Camille Fournier

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

221. 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

222. 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

223. 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

224. 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

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

by Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst, Suzanne Simard, Tim Flannery

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OSCON 2014: Complete Video Compilation cover

226. OSCON 2014: Complete Video Compilation

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

227. 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

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

by Vivek Ramaswamy

100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present cover

229. 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

230. 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

231. 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

232. 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

233. 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

234. 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

235. 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

236. 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

237. 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

238. From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback

by Robyn Davidson

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Beautiful Code cover

239. Beautiful Code

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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JFK: The Smoking Gun cover

240. JFK: The Smoking Gun

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

241. 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

242. 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

243. Tartine Bread

by Chad Robertson

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Reflections Of An Affirmative Action Baby cover

244. 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

245. 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

246. 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

247. 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

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

by Raju Gandhi

The Linux Programming Interface cover

249. The Linux Programming Interface

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

250. 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

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

by Steve Stewart-Williams

Debt: The First 5,000 Years cover

252. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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Windows XP in a Nutshell, Second Edition cover

253. Windows XP in a Nutshell, Second Edition

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

254. 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

255. Are Prisons Obsolete?

by Angela Y. Davis

Circuits of the Mind cover

256. Circuits of the Mind

by Leslie G. Valiant

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Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality cover

257. Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality

by Lewis C. Epstein, Paul G. Hewitt

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Ethernet Switches cover

258. Ethernet Switches

by Charles E. Spurgeon

Ethernet: The Definitive Guide cover

259. Ethernet: The Definitive Guide

by Charles E. Spurgeon

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

260. 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

261. 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

262. 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

263. Perl Cookbook

by Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington

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

264. 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

265. Why a data scientist is not a data engineer

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

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

by Jordan Mechner

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Google Hacks cover

267. Google Hacks

by Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest

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

268. 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

269. 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

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

by William Zinsser

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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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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

273. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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

274. 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

275. 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

276. Radio Theory Handbook - Beginner to Advanced

by Ron Bertrand

How Radio Signals Work cover

277. How Radio Signals Work

by Jim Sinclair

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

278. 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

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

by Paul A. Craig

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Biochemistry cover

280. Biochemistry

by Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham

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

281. 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

282. 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

283. 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

284. 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

285. 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

286. 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

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

by Richard A. Burgess

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Gary Rost Bradski cover

288. Gary Rost Bradski

Introduction to the FreeBSD Open-Source Operating System cover

289. Introduction to the FreeBSD Open-Source Operating System

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

290. 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

291. 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

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

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

Macroeconomics cover

293. 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

294. 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

295. 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

296. 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

297. 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

298. 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

299. 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

300. Lions' Commentary on Unix

by John Lions

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