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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 12, 2021 - Apr 19, 2021

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

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

by Robert Lawson, Benjamin Powell

How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle -- How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers cover

2. How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle -- How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers

by William Poundstone

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The Great Crash 1929 cover

3. The Great Crash 1929

by John Kenneth Galbraith

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A Short History of Financial Euphoria (Penguin business) cover

4. A Short History of Financial Euphoria (Penguin business)

by John Kenneth Galbraith

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Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went cover

5. Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went

by John Kenneth Galbraith

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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain cover

6. How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

by Lisa Feldman Barrett

Physically Based Rendering, Third Edition: From Theory to Implementation cover

7. Physically Based Rendering, Third Edition: From Theory to Implementation

by Matt Pharr, Greg Humphreys, Wenzel Jakob

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Vision and Brain: How We Perceive the World (The MIT Press) cover

8. Vision and Brain: How We Perceive the World (The MIT Press)

by James V. Stone

Physics for Entertainment: Book One cover

9. Physics for Entertainment: Book One

by Yakov I. Perelman

Date on Database: Writings 2000-2006 cover

10. Date on Database: Writings 2000-2006

by Christopher Date

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Motel of the Mysteries cover

11. Motel of the Mysteries

by David Macaulay

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

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

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

by Olivia Fox Cabane

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Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results (Volume 1) cover

14. Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results (Volume 1)

by Stephen Guise

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking cover

15. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

by Susan Cain

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New York Times:The Complete Front Pages 1851-2009 Updated Edition cover

16. New York Times:The Complete Front Pages 1851-2009 Updated Edition

by Barron, James

Data Model Patterns cover

17. Data Model Patterns

by David C. Hay

Green Eggs and Ham cover

18. Green Eggs and Ham

by Dr. Seuss

Little Blue Truck board book cover

19. Little Blue Truck board book

by Alice Schertle

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos cover

20. The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

by Deborah Heiligman

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