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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 15, 2022 - Aug 22, 2022

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The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects cover

1. The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects

by Andrew Chen

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China Airborne cover

2. China Airborne

by James Fallows

Whitewashed: America’s Invisible Middle Eastern Minority (Critical America, 46) cover

3. Whitewashed: America’s Invisible Middle Eastern Minority (Critical America, 46)

by John Tehranian

Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics cover

4. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

by Henry Hazlitt

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Proofs Without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking (Classroom Resource Materials) cover

5. Proofs Without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking (Classroom Resource Materials)

by Roger B. Nelsen

Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One cover

6. Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One

by Thomas Sowell

The End Is Near and It's Going to Be Awesome: How Going Broke Will Leave America Richer, Happier, and More Secure cover

7. The End Is Near and It's Going to Be Awesome: How Going Broke Will Leave America Richer, Happier, and More Secure

by Kevin D. Williamson

Troubled Blood (A Cormoran Strike Novel, 5) cover

8. Troubled Blood (A Cormoran Strike Novel, 5)

by Robert Galbraith

The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success cover

9. The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success

by Albert-László Barabási

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The Programmer's Brain: What every programmer needs to know about cognition cover

10. The Programmer's Brain: What every programmer needs to know about cognition

by Felienne Hermans

In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire cover

11. In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire

by Tom Holland

A Burglar's Guide to the City cover

12. A Burglar's Guide to the City

by Geoff Manaugh

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Quantum Physics for Babies: The Perfect Physics Gift and STEM Learning Book for Babies from the #1 Science Author for Kids (Baby University) cover

13. Quantum Physics for Babies: The Perfect Physics Gift and STEM Learning Book for Babies from the #1 Science Author for Kids (Baby University)

by Chris Ferrie

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

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

by G. Edward Griffin

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Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, 3rd Edition cover

15. Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying, 3rd Edition

by Derek Humphry

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma cover

16. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel A. Van der Kolk

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Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters cover

17. Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters

by Abigail Shrier

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Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back cover

18. Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

by Cory Doctorow, Rebecca Giblin

The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats cover

19. The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats

by Daniel Evan Stone

Haskell in Depth cover

20. Haskell in Depth

by Vitaly Bragilevsky

Erlang Programming: A Concurrent Approach to Software Development cover

21. Erlang Programming: A Concurrent Approach to Software Development

by Francesco Cesarini

Programming Erlang: Software for a Concurrent World (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

22. Programming Erlang: Software for a Concurrent World (Pragmatic Programmers)

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Sultan Khan: The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire cover

23. Sultan Khan: The Indian Servant Who Became Chess Champion of the British Empire

by Daniel King

Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention cover

24. Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention

by Stanislas Dehaene

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The Wisdom of James Allen : Including As a Man Thinketh, The Path to Prosperity, The Mastery of Destiny, The Way of Peace, and Entering the Kingdom cover

25. The Wisdom of James Allen : Including As a Man Thinketh, The Path to Prosperity, The Mastery of Destiny, The Way of Peace, and Entering the Kingdom

by James Allen

The Wisdom of James Allen II: Three Classic Works from the author of As a Man Thinketh, includes; Light on Life's Difficulties, Above Life's Turmoil, The Life Triumphant cover

26. The Wisdom of James Allen II: Three Classic Works from the author of As a Man Thinketh, includes; Light on Life's Difficulties, Above Life's Turmoil, The Life Triumphant

by James Allen

The Wisdom of James Allen III: Out from the Heart/Byways of Blessedness/from Passion to Peace/the Heavenlylife cover

27. The Wisdom of James Allen III: Out from the Heart/Byways of Blessedness/from Passion to Peace/the Heavenlylife

by James Allen, Andy Zubko

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution cover

28. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

by Steven Levy

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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

29. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

by Paul Graham

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Hacker's Delight (2nd Edition) cover

30. Hacker's Delight (2nd Edition)

by Henry S. Warren

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Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences cover

31. Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences

by Tynan Sylvester

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Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin cover

32. Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin

by Lawrence Weinstein, John A. Adam

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