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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 6, 2023 - Nov 13, 2023

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Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed cover

1. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott

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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection cover

2. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

by John E. Sarno

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An Introduction to Elvish, Other Tongues, Proper Names and Writing Systems of the Third Age of the Western Lands of Middle-Earth as Set Forth in the Published Writings of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien cover

3. An Introduction to Elvish, Other Tongues, Proper Names and Writing Systems of the Third Age of the Western Lands of Middle-Earth as Set Forth in the Published Writings of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

by Nina Carson

The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth: A Complete Guide to All Fourteen of the Languages Tolkien Invented cover

4. The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth: A Complete Guide to All Fourteen of the Languages Tolkien Invented

by Ruth S. Noel

A Primer on Pontryagin's Principle in Optimal Control: Second Edition cover

5. A Primer on Pontryagin's Principle in Optimal Control: Second Edition

by I. Michael Ross

Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook cover

6. Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook

by Rick Martínez

Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It cover

7. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It

by Richard V. Reeves

The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap cover

8. The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap

by Stu Maschwitz

Atlas Of Middle-Earth cover

9. Atlas Of Middle-Earth

by Karen Wynn Fonstad

Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon cover

10. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

by Robert Kurson

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series) cover

11. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series)

by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

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Paul Rand cover

12. Paul Rand

by Steven Heller

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Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales cover

13. Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales

by Penn Jillette

The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann cover

14. The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann

by Ananyo Bhattacharya

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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

15. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage

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Tragic Design: The Impact of Bad Product Design and How to Fix It cover

16. Tragic Design: The Impact of Bad Product Design and How to Fix It

by Jonathan Shariat, Cynthia Savard Saucier

Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered cover

17. Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered

by Donald A. Norman

The C Programming Language cover

18. The C Programming Language

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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Fear: The History of a Political Idea cover

19. Fear: The History of a Political Idea

by Susan M. Gaines, Geoffrey Eglinton, Jurgen Rullkotter

Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing cover

20. Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing

by Sarah Brayne

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Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules cover

21. Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules

by Steve McConnell

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Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight cover

22. Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight

by Herman Pontzer PhD

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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland cover

23. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

by Christopher R. Browning

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Writing the Blockbuster Novel cover

24. Writing the Blockbuster Novel

by Albert Zuckerman

Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China cover

25. Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China

by Desmond Shum

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The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America cover

26. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

by David Hajdu

Seduction of the Innocent cover

27. Seduction of the Innocent

by Fredric Wertham

Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

28. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

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