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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 17, 2021 - May 24, 2021

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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior, 4) cover

1. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior, 4)

by Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels
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The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression cover

2. The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression

by Stéphane Courtois
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Practical Signal Processing cover

3. Practical Signal Processing

by Mark Owen
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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention cover

4. No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
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Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius cover

5. Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius

by Marc J. Seifer, Simon Prebble
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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

6. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko
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Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology (P.S.) cover

7. Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology (P.S.)

by Eric Brende
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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses cover

8. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries
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Inner Game Of Tennis cover

9. Inner Game Of Tennis

by W. Timothy Gallwey
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The Best Coast: A Road Trip Atlas: Illustrated Adventures along the West Coast's Historic Highways cover

10. The Best Coast: A Road Trip Atlas: Illustrated Adventures along the West Coast's Historic Highways

by Chandler O'Leary
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Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World cover

11. Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World

by Clive Hamilton, Mareike Ohlberg
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The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War cover

12. The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War

by Antonio J. Mendez, Jonna Mendez
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A Philosophy of Walking cover

13. A Philosophy of Walking

by Frédéric Gros
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The Future of Fusion Energy cover

14. The Future of Fusion Energy

by Jason Parisi, Justin Ball
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Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup cover

15. Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup

by Rob Walling
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The Book of R: A First Course in Programming and Statistics cover

16. The Book of R: A First Course in Programming and Statistics

by Tilman M. Davies
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark cover

17. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
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UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record cover

18. UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record

by Leslie Kean
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Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life cover

19. Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

by Bill Burnett, Dave Evans
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New Horizons in Geometry (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) cover

20. New Horizons in Geometry (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions)

by Tom M. Apostol, Mamikon A. Mnatsakanian
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