Hacker News Books

Years > 2024 > Week 26

The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 24, 2024 - Jul 1, 2024

Join 4,200+ subscribers and get an email every Thursday with the best books being discussed on Hacker News...

Showing 1 - 22 of 22 books

The Secret War Against Sweden: US and British Submarine Deception in the 1980s (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History) cover

1. The Secret War Against Sweden: US and British Submarine Deception in the 1980s (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)

by Ola Tunander

Read 3 comments

Tales from Tang Dynasty China: Selections from the Taiping Guangji cover

2. Tales from Tang Dynasty China: Selections from the Taiping Guangji

by Alexei Kamran Ditter, Jessey Jiun-Chyi Choo, Sarah M. Allen

Write Useful Books: A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction cover

3. Write Useful Books: A modern approach to designing and refining recommendable nonfiction

by Rob Fitzpatrick

Read 2 comments

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America cover

4. The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

by Timothy Snyder

Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices cover

5. Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices

by William Gurstelle

A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market cover

6. A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

by Edward O. Thorp

Read 5 comments

This Is Your Mind on Plants cover

7. This Is Your Mind on Plants

by Michael Pollan

The United States Naval War College 1936 Wargame Rules: USN Wargaming Before WWII Volume 1 cover

8. The United States Naval War College 1936 Wargame Rules: USN Wargaming Before WWII Volume 1

by JOHN. CARLSON CURRY (CHRIS.), Chris Carlson

Norbert Wiener-A Life in Cybernetics: Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth and I Am a Mathematician: The Later Life of a Prodigy (Mit Press) cover

9. Norbert Wiener-A Life in Cybernetics: Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth and I Am a Mathematician: The Later Life of a Prodigy (Mit Press)

by Norbert Wiener

A First Course in Systems Biology cover

10. A First Course in Systems Biology

by Eberhard O. Voit

Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training cover

11. Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training

Read 2 comments

The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

12. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

Read 22 comments

A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition cover

13. A History of South Africa, Fourth Edition

by Leonard Monteath Thompson

Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 cover

14. Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869

by Stephen E. Ambrose

Read 3 comments

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management cover

15. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

by Roger Lowenstein

Read 10 comments

Designing Machine Learning Systems: An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications cover

16. Designing Machine Learning Systems: An Iterative Process for Production-Ready Applications

by Chip Huyen

Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food cover

17. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

by Chris van Tulleken

Read 2 comments

The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary cover

18. The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary

by Robert Alter

Read 2 comments

Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth cover

19. Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth

by Ingrid Robeyns

Quantum Computing since Democritus cover

20. Quantum Computing since Democritus

Read 13 comments

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking cover

21. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

by Samin Nosrat

Read 4 comments

The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science cover

22. The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

Read 6 comments