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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 10, 2021 - May 17, 2021

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

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

by John Drury Clark

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Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony cover

2. Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony

by Akio Morita, Edwin M. Reingold, Mitsuko Shimomura

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

3. 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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Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont cover

4. Exposure: Poisoned Water, Corporate Greed, and One Lawyer's Twenty-Year Battle against DuPont

by Robert Bilott

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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

5. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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

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

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World cover

7. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

by Liaquat Ahamed

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Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help YouFind - and Keep - Love cover

8. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help YouFind - and Keep - Love

by Amir Levine, M.D., Rachel Heller

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Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair cover

9. Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair

by Daniel P. Brown

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The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't cover

10. The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

by Robert I. Sutton

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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia cover

11. By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia

by Barry W. Cunliffe

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The Story of the Savannah: An Episode in Maritime Labor-Management Relations (Wertheim Publications in Industrial Relations) cover

12. The Story of the Savannah: An Episode in Maritime Labor-Management Relations (Wertheim Publications in Industrial Relations)

by David Kuechle

T. rex and the Crater of Doom (Princeton Science Library) cover

13. T. rex and the Crater of Doom (Princeton Science Library)

by Walter Alvarez

The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape cover

14. The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape

by James Rebanks

English Pastoral cover

15. English Pastoral

by James Rebanks

The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism cover

16. The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism

by David D. Friedman

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Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places cover

17. Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places

by Paul Collier

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Programming Elixir: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun cover

18. Programming Elixir: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun

by David Thomas