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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jul 11, 2022 - Jul 18, 2022

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Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious cover

1. Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious

by Timothy D. Wilson

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life cover

2. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson

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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work cover

3. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

by Matthew B. Crawford

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Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent (Encounter Broadsides) cover

4. Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent (Encounter Broadsides)

by Harvey A. Silverglate

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The Nineties: A Book cover

5. The Nineties: A Book

by Chuck Klosterman

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Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of Our World cover

6. Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of Our World

by Dan Davies

Algorithm Design cover

7. Algorithm Design

by Jon Kleinberg, Éva Tardos

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Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist cover

8. Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist

by Om P. Malik

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Hot Tech Cold Steel: How Computer-Aided Manufacturing Caught Fire in Ann Arbor and Spread Around the World cover

9. Hot Tech Cold Steel: How Computer-Aided Manufacturing Caught Fire in Ann Arbor and Spread Around the World

by Charles S. Hutchins, Stephanie Kadel-Taras

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The Art of Fermentation: New York Times Bestseller cover

10. The Art of Fermentation: New York Times Bestseller

by Sandor Ellix Katz

The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows cover

11. The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows

by Raymond Chen

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Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class (Forerunners: Ideas First) cover

12. Virtue Hoarders: The Case against the Professional Managerial Class (Forerunners: Ideas First)

by Catherine Liu

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

13. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

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Wilful Blindness, How a network of narcos, tycoons and CCP agents Infiltrated the West cover

14. Wilful Blindness, How a network of narcos, tycoons and CCP agents Infiltrated the West

by Sam Cooper

Calendrical Calculations: The Ultimate Edition cover

15. Calendrical Calculations: The Ultimate Edition

by Edward M. Reingold, Nachum Dershowitz

The People's Republic of Walmart: How the World's Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism (Jacobin) cover

16. The People's Republic of Walmart: How the World's Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism (Jacobin)

by Leigh Phillips, Michal Rozworski

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Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers cover

17. Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers

by John Alderman

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

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

by Joel Spolsky

On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind cover

19. On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind

by Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis

The Creature from Jekyll Island : A Second Look at the Federal Reserve cover

20. The Creature from Jekyll Island : A Second Look at the Federal Reserve

by G. Edward Griffin

Central Banking 101 cover

21. Central Banking 101

by Joseph J. Wang

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Bank Robbery: The way we create money, and how it damages the world cover

22. Bank Robbery: The way we create money, and how it damages the world

by Ivo Mosley

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from a Secret World cover

23. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from a Secret World

by Peter Wohlleben

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War Plan UK cover

24. War Plan UK

by Duncan Campbell

Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos cover

25. Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos

by Seth Lloyd

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The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything cover

26. The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything

by Stephen M.R. Covey, Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill

Thinking on Paper cover

27. Thinking on Paper

by V.a. Howard, J.H. Barton

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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time cover

28. The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time

by Maria Konnikova

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Effective C: An Introduction to Professional C Programming cover

29. Effective C: An Introduction to Professional C Programming

by Robert C. Seacord

Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

30. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann

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Hacker's Delight (2nd Edition) cover

31. Hacker's Delight (2nd Edition)

by Henry S. Warren

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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ cover

32. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

by Daniel Goleman

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On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft cover

33. On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft

by Stephen King

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The Algorithm Design Manual (Texts in Computer Science) cover

34. The Algorithm Design Manual (Texts in Computer Science)

by Steven S. Skiena

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