Hacker News Books for 2022

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Hacker News Books for 2022

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2022.

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Clause and Effect: Prolog Programming for the Working Programmer cover

401. Clause and Effect: Prolog Programming for the Working Programmer

by Wojbor A. Woyczynski

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The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't cover

402. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't

by Nate Silver

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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) cover

403. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

by Joseph Tainter

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Charter Schools and Their Enemies cover

404. Charter Schools and Their Enemies

by Thomas Sowell

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Measuring Success: Testing, Grades, and the Future of College Admissions cover

405. Measuring Success: Testing, Grades, and the Future of College Admissions

by Jack Buckley, Lynn Letukas, Ben Wildavsky

Information Retrieval: Implementing and Evaluating Search Engines (MIT Press) cover

406. Information Retrieval: Implementing and Evaluating Search Engines (MIT Press)

by Stefan Büttcher, Charles L. A. Clarke, Gordon V. Cormack

Lucene in Action, Second Edition: Covers Apache Lucene 3.0 cover

407. Lucene in Action, Second Edition: Covers Apache Lucene 3.0

by Michael McCandless, Erik Hatcher, Otis Gospodnetić

Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems) cover

408. Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)

by Ian H. Witten, Alistair Moffat, Timothy C. Bell

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The Lonely Phone Booth cover

409. The Lonely Phone Booth

by Peter Ackerman

The 4 Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex and Becoming Superhuman cover

410. The 4 Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex and Becoming Superhuman

by Timothy Ferriss

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Basic Economics cover

411. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell

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Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams cover

412. Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media cover

413. Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

by Jacob Mchangama

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Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) cover

414. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

by Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, Gregory G. Colomb

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Digital Computer Programming cover

415. Digital Computer Programming

by Daniel D. McCracken

Tuning the historical temperaments by ear: A manual of eighty-nine methods for tuning fifty-one scales on the harpsichord, piano, and other keyboard instruments cover

416. Tuning the historical temperaments by ear: A manual of eighty-nine methods for tuning fifty-one scales on the harpsichord, piano, and other keyboard instruments

by Owen Jorgensen

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression cover

417. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

by Andrew Solomon

Financial Shenanigans, Fourth Edition: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Reports cover

418. Financial Shenanigans, Fourth Edition: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Reports

by Jeremy Perler, Howard M. Schilit, Yoni Engelhart

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Feedback Control for Computer Systems: Introducing Control Theory to Enterprise Programmers cover

419. Feedback Control for Computer Systems: Introducing Control Theory to Enterprise Programmers

by Philipp K. Janert

Probabilistic Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series) cover

420. Probabilistic Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series)

by Sebastian Thrun, Wolfram Burgard, Dieter Fox

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The Art of the Japanese Sword: The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation cover

421. The Art of the Japanese Sword: The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation

by Yoshindo Yoshihara, Leon Kapp, Hiroko Kapp

IBM COBOL A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition cover

422. IBM COBOL A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition

by Gerardus Blokdyk

Quick Start Training for IBM z/OS Application Developers, Volume 1 cover

423. Quick Start Training for IBM z/OS Application Developers, Volume 1

by Robert Wingate

Python Programming On Win32: Help for Windows Programmers cover

424. Python Programming On Win32: Help for Windows Programmers

by Mark J. Hammond, Andy Robinson

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Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River cover

425. Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River

by Eric Kuhn, John Fleck

Building a 3D Game Engine in C++ cover

426. Building a 3D Game Engine in C++

by Brian Hook

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Tricks of the Game-Programming Gurus cover

427. Tricks of the Game-Programming Gurus

by André LaMothe

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The I Hate Mathematics! Book (A Brown Paper School Book) cover

428. The I Hate Mathematics! Book (A Brown Paper School Book)

by Linda Allison, Marilyn Burns, David Weitzman

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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, 10th edition cover

429. Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, 10th edition

by Benjamin Spock, Robert Needlman

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 cover

430. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

by Lawrence Wright

Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped cover

431. Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped

by Dean Budnick, Josh Baron

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The Clan of the Cave Bear cover

432. The Clan of the Cave Bear

by Jean M. Auel

Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days (Sams Teach Yourself... in 21 Days) cover

433. Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days (Sams Teach Yourself... in 21 Days)

by Jesse Liberty

Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

434. Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

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Machinery's Handbook Toolbox cover

435. Machinery's Handbook Toolbox

by Erik Oberg, Franklin D. Jones, Holbrook Lynedon Horton, Henry H. Ryffel, Christopher J. McCauley

Officious: Rise of the Busybody State cover

436. Officious: Rise of the Busybody State

by Josie Appleton

Glued to Games: How Video Games Draw Us In and Hold Us Spellbound (New Directions in Media) cover

437. Glued to Games: How Video Games Draw Us In and Hold Us Spellbound (New Directions in Media)

by Scott Rigby, Richard M. Ryan

The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm cover

438. The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm

by Lewis Dartnell

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Your Symphony of Selves: Discover and Understand More of Who We Are cover

439. Your Symphony of Selves: Discover and Understand More of Who We Are

by James Fadiman, Jordan Gruber

Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray cover

440. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

by Sabine Hossenfelder

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Quality Control cover

441. Quality Control

by Dale H. Besterfield

ScratchJr Coding Cards: Creative Coding Activities cover

442. ScratchJr Coding Cards: Creative Coding Activities

by Marina Umaschi Bers, Amanda Sullivan

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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business cover

443. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

by Neil Postman

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The Vanishing Ice cover

444. The Vanishing Ice

by Iain Cameron

The Draw Any Animal Book: 100 Simple Step-by-Step Drawing Sequences for Every Kind of Creature cover

445. The Draw Any Animal Book: 100 Simple Step-by-Step Drawing Sequences for Every Kind of Creature

by Robert Lambry

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Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need cover

446. Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

by Blake Snyder

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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy cover

447. Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy

by Ian W. Toll

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Smalltalk, Objects, and Design cover

448. Smalltalk, Objects, and Design

by Chamond Liu

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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon cover

449. Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

by Daniel C. Dennett

Lactivism: How Feminists and Fundamentalists, Hippies and Yuppies, and Physicians and Politicians Made Breastfeeding Big Business and Bad Policy cover

450. Lactivism: How Feminists and Fundamentalists, Hippies and Yuppies, and Physicians and Politicians Made Breastfeeding Big Business and Bad Policy

by Courtney Jung

Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others (Foundational Questions in Science) cover

451. Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others (Foundational Questions in Science)

by David Sloan Wilson

Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers cover

452. Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers

by John Alderman

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Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex cover

453. Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex

by Rupert Darwall

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UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

454. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Boxset: Guide to the Galaxy / The Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and ... and Thanks for all the Fish / Mostly Harmless cover

455. The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Boxset: Guide to the Galaxy / The Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and ... and Thanks for all the Fish / Mostly Harmless

by Douglas Adams

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual cover

456. Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

by Michael Pollan

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition) cover

457. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition)

by Fareed Zakaria

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How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing cover

458. How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing

by Matthias Felleisen

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The Nature of Code: Simulating Natural Systems with Processing cover

459. The Nature of Code: Simulating Natural Systems with Processing

by Daniel Shiffman

Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline cover

460. Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline

by Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson

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Thinking as Computation: A First Course (The MIT Press) cover

461. Thinking as Computation: A First Course (The MIT Press)

by Hector J. Levesque

Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) cover

462. Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

by Daniel Shiffman

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Scorched Worth: A True Story of Destruction, Deceit, and Government Corruption cover

463. Scorched Worth: A True Story of Destruction, Deceit, and Government Corruption

by Joel Engel

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Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in 21 Days, Professional Reference Edition, Second Edition (Teach Yourself -- Days) cover

464. Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in 21 Days, Professional Reference Edition, Second Edition (Teach Yourself -- Days)

by Laura Lemay, Denise Tyler

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

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

by Qiao Liang, Wang Xiangsui

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The Art of Thinking Clearly cover

466. The Art of Thinking Clearly

by Rolf Dobelli

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The Origin of Species and the Voyage of the Beagle cover

467. The Origin of Species and the Voyage of the Beagle

by Charles Darwin

The Origin of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition cover

468. The Origin of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition

by Charles Darwin

Meaning and Argument: An Introduction to Logic Through Language, Revised Second Edition cover

469. Meaning and Argument: An Introduction to Logic Through Language, Revised Second Edition

by Ernest Lepore, Sam Cumming

The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1) (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, 10) cover

470. The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1) (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, 10)

by Carl Gustav Jung

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist cover

471. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public cover

472. The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

by Lynn Stout

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The Case for Degrowth cover

473. The Case for Degrowth

by Giorgis Kallis, Susan Paulson, Giacomo D′Alisa, Federico Demaria

Mathematical Ideas cover

474. Mathematical Ideas

by Charles D. Miller, Vern E. Heeren, John Hornsby, Christopher Heeren

Beginning Lua with World of Warcraft Add-ons cover

475. Beginning Lua with World of Warcraft Add-ons

by Paul Emmerich

Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

476. Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Bruce Tate

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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

477. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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A Brief History of the Human Race cover

478. A Brief History of the Human Race

by Michael Cook

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln cover

479. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

United Nations: A History cover

480. United Nations: A History

by Stanley Meisler

Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 cover

481. Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7

by Larry Gonick

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It Can't Happen Here cover

482. It Can't Happen Here

by Sinclair Lewis

Venice: A New History cover

483. Venice: A New History

by Thomas F. Madden

INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love cover

484. INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

by Marty Cagan

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Meditation Saved My Life: A Tibetan Lama and the Healing Power of the Mind cover

485. Meditation Saved My Life: A Tibetan Lama and the Healing Power of the Mind

by Phakyab Rinpoche, Sofia Stril-Rever

Understanding Cryptography: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners cover

486. Understanding Cryptography: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners

by Christof Paar, Jan Pelzl

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

487. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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Algorithm Design with Haskell cover

488. Algorithm Design with Haskell

by Richard Bird, Jeremy Gibbons

Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design cover

489. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design

by Richard Bird

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Finite-State Techniques: Automata, Transducers and Bimachines (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science, Series Number 60) cover

490. Finite-State Techniques: Automata, Transducers and Bimachines (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science, Series Number 60)

by Stoyan Mihov, Klaus U. Schulz

Speech Recognition Algorithms Using Weighted Finite-State Transducers (Synthesis Lectures on Speech and Audio Processing, 10) cover

491. Speech Recognition Algorithms Using Weighted Finite-State Transducers (Synthesis Lectures on Speech and Audio Processing, 10)

by Takaaki Hori, Atsushi Nakamura

Finite State Morphology cover

492. Finite State Morphology

by Kenneth R. Beesley, Lauri Karttunen

Finite-State Text Processing (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies) cover

493. Finite-State Text Processing (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies)

by Kyle Gorman, Richard Sproat

Finite-State Language Processing (Language, Speech, and Communication) cover

494. Finite-State Language Processing (Language, Speech, and Communication)

by Emmanuel Roche, Yves Schabes

What It Is cover

495. What It Is

by Lynda Barry

The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky cover

496. The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky

by Joel Spolsky

Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor cover

497. Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor

by Lynda Barry

What Makes a Baby cover

498. What Makes a Baby

by Cory Silverberg

It's Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends (The Family Library) cover

499. It's Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends (The Family Library)

by Robie H. Harris, Michael Emberley

Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU cover

500. Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU

by Cory Silverberg