Hacker News Books for 2025

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Hacker News Books for 2025

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McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War cover

201. McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War

by Hamilton Gregory

CRC Handbook of tables for Probability & Statistics cover

202. CRC Handbook of tables for Probability & Statistics

by William H. Beyer

The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes cover

203. The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes

by Donald D. Hoffman

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Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash, and More cover

204. Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash, and More

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Art of Violin Making cover

205. Art of Violin Making

by Chris Johnson, Roy Courtnall

The Diversity Myth : Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus cover

206. The Diversity Myth : Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus

by David O. Sacks, Peter A. Thiel

Linda Mui cover

207. Linda Mui

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems cover

208. Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

by Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

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Classical Mechanics cover

209. Classical Mechanics

by Herbert Goldstein, Charles P. Poole, John L. Safko

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Tenure hacks: The 12 secrets of making tenure cover

210. Tenure hacks: The 12 secrets of making tenure

by Russell James

The Mathematical Experience: A National Book Award Winner cover

211. The Mathematical Experience: A National Book Award Winner

by Philip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh

Secrets of Question-Based Selling: How the Most Powerful Tool in Business Can Double Your Sales Results cover

212. Secrets of Question-Based Selling: How the Most Powerful Tool in Business Can Double Your Sales Results

by Thomas Freese

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Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity cover

213. Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity

by David Bessis

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Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work (International Edition) cover

214. Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work (International Edition)

by ANON., Sarah Wynn-Williams

Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

215. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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There Is No Antimemetics Division: A Novel cover

216. There Is No Antimemetics Division: A Novel

by qntm

Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art cover

217. Finding a Likeness: How I Got Somewhat Better at Art

by Nicholson Baker

Designing Elixir Systems With OTP: Write Highly Scalable, Self-healing Software with Layers cover

218. Designing Elixir Systems With OTP: Write Highly Scalable, Self-healing Software with Layers

by James Edward Gray, Bruce A. Tate

Programming Phoenix: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast cover

219. Programming Phoenix: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast

by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, José Valim

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Elixir in Action, Third Edition cover

220. Elixir in Action, Third Edition

by Saša Juric

How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library) cover

221. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)

by George Polya

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Modern Structured Analysis cover

222. Modern Structured Analysis

by Edward Yourdon

Ultra-Processed People: The Food We Eat That Isn't Food and Why We Can't Stop cover

223. Ultra-Processed People: The Food We Eat That Isn't Food and Why We Can't Stop

by Chris van Tulleken

Simply Fly (Paperback) cover

224. Simply Fly (Paperback)

by Captain Gopinath G R Captain

KAPUT cover

225. KAPUT

by Wolfgang Munchau

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones cover

226. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

by James Clear

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Dismantling Utopia: How Information Ended the Soviet Union cover

227. Dismantling Utopia: How Information Ended the Soviet Union

by Scott Shane

AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models cover

228. AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models

by Chip Huyen

Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything cover

229. Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything

by Hermann Simon

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives cover

230. The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

by Leonard Mlodinow

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Man's Worldly Goods - The Story of The Wealth of Nations cover

231. Man's Worldly Goods - The Story of The Wealth of Nations

by Leo Huberman

The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably cover

232. The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably

by Thomas T. Nagle, John E. Hogan (Ph. D.)

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Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary cover

233. Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary

by Arnold Thackray, David C. Brock, Rachel Jones

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Opposed Piston Engines: Evolution, Use, and Future Applications cover

234. Opposed Piston Engines: Evolution, Use, and Future Applications

by Jean-Pierre Pirault, Martin LS Flint

The Forest and the Sea: A Look at the Economy of Nature and the Ecology of Man cover

235. The Forest and the Sea: A Look at the Economy of Nature and the Ecology of Man

by Marston Bates

Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing cover

236. Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing

by Peter Robison

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

237. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

238. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev

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The Exodus cover

239. The Exodus

by Richard Elliott Friedman

Linear Algebra, 4th Edition cover

240. Linear Algebra, 4th Edition

by Stephen H. Friedberg, Arnold J. Insel, Lawrence E. Spence

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Calculus and Analysis in Euclidean Space (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

241. Calculus and Analysis in Euclidean Space (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Jerry Shurman

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242. Book for ISBN 0299088901

by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri

French Provincial Cooking cover

243. French Provincial Cooking

by Elizabeth David

Designing Tube Preamps for Guitar and Bass, 2nd Edition cover

244. Designing Tube Preamps for Guitar and Bass, 2nd Edition

by Merlin Blencowe

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Valve Amplifiers cover

245. Valve Amplifiers

by Morgan Jones

Prompt Engineering for LLMs: The Art and Science of Building Large Language Model–Based Applications cover

246. Prompt Engineering for LLMs: The Art and Science of Building Large Language Model–Based Applications

by John Berryman, Albert Ziegler

Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway cover

247. Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway

by Clifford Stoll

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The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Popular Science) cover

248. The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Popular Science)

by Roger Penrose

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Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements cover

249. Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements

by Stephen Fishman

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Matters Computational: Ideas, Algorithms, Source Code cover

250. Matters Computational: Ideas, Algorithms, Source Code

by Jörg Arndt

Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition) cover

251. Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition)

by Josef Müller-Brockmann

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Learn Greek in 25 Years cover

252. Learn Greek in 25 Years

by Brian Church

Counterexamples in Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

253. Counterexamples in Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Bernard R. Gelbaum, John M. H. Olmsted

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Chemical Demonstrations : A Handbook for Teachers of Chemistry Vol 1 (Volume 1) cover

254. Chemical Demonstrations : A Handbook for Teachers of Chemistry Vol 1 (Volume 1)

by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri

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The Walls Have Ears: The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II cover

255. The Walls Have Ears: The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II

by Helen Fry

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life cover

256. When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life

by Steven Pinker

The Staff Engineer's Path cover

257. The Staff Engineer's Path

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Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens cover

258. Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens

by Barbara Oakley, PhD, Terrence Sejnowski, PhD, Alistair McConville

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Stochastic Integration and Differential Equations cover

259. Stochastic Integration and Differential Equations

by Philip E. Protter

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260. Book for ISBN 113318779X

by Michael Sipser

Exercises in Programming Style cover

261. Exercises in Programming Style

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Models.Behaving.Badly.: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life cover

262. Models.Behaving.Badly.: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life

by Emanuel Derman

Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview: Pass Tough Coding Interviews, Get Noticed, and Negotiate Successfully (Cracking the Interview & Career) cover

263. Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview: Pass Tough Coding Interviews, Get Noticed, and Negotiate Successfully (Cracking the Interview & Career)

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell, Mike Mroczka, Aline Lerner, Nil Mamano

Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion: From Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond cover

264. Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion: From Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond

by Mark Ames

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Nuclear War: A Scenario cover

265. Nuclear War: A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen

The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism cover

266. The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

by Olivia Fox Cabane

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Wellness Sense: A Practical Guide to Your Physical and Emoti cover

267. Wellness Sense: A Practical Guide to Your Physical and Emoti

by Om Swami

Advanced Engineering Mathematics cover

268. Advanced Engineering Mathematics

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The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded cover

269. The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded

by Michael Watkins

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Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

270. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser

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Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life―A Revolutionary Approach to Maximizing Life Experiences Over Accumulating Wealth cover

271. Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life―A Revolutionary Approach to Maximizing Life Experiences Over Accumulating Wealth

by Bill Perkins

Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a cultural history) (VOLUME I) cover

272. Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a cultural history) (VOLUME I)

by David Hackett Fischer

Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking cover

273. Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking

by Nicolas Collins

Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor cover

274. Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor

by Paul Lutus

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

275. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Development of Cognition and Action (Mit Press/Bradford Book Series in Cognitive Psychology) cover

276. A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Development of Cognition and Action (Mit Press/Bradford Book Series in Cognitive Psychology)

by Esther Thelen

SSA-based Compiler Design cover

277. SSA-based Compiler Design

by Fabrice Rastello, Florent Bouchez Tichadou

An Introduction to Western Medical Acupuncture cover

278. An Introduction to Western Medical Acupuncture

by Mike Cummings, Jacqueline Filshie

Safeware: System Safety and Computers cover

279. Safeware: System Safety and Computers

by Nancy Leveson

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Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich cover

280. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

by Norman Ohler

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Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love cover

281. Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love

by Dorothy Tennov

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The Barefoot Bandit: The True Tale of Colton Harris-Moore, New American Outlaw cover

282. The Barefoot Bandit: The True Tale of Colton Harris-Moore, New American Outlaw

by Bob Friel

Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace cover

283. Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace

by Matthew C. Klein, Michael Pettis

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Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook cover

284. Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook

by Brahm

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Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas cover

285. Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas

by Leigh Brasington

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Real Computing Made Real: Preventing Errors in Scientific and Engineering Calculations (Dover Books on Computer Science) cover

286. Real Computing Made Real: Preventing Errors in Scientific and Engineering Calculations (Dover Books on Computer Science)

by Forman S. Acton

A Little Life cover

287. A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara

Investment Science cover

288. Investment Science

by David G. Luenberger

The Plot Against the King cover

289. The Plot Against the King

by Kash Patel

How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business cover

290. How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business

by Douglas W. Hubbard

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Bestiary: Selected Stories cover

291. Bestiary: Selected Stories

by Julio Cortazar

Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer cover

292. Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer

by Thomas Seyfried

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How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History cover

293. How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History

by Josephine Quinn

How to Shit in the Woods, 4th Edition: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art cover

294. How to Shit in the Woods, 4th Edition: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art

by Kathleen Meyer

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Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics cover

295. Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics

by Kevin M. Dunn

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Scientific Soapmaking: The Chemistry of the Cold Process cover

296. Scientific Soapmaking: The Chemistry of the Cold Process

by Kevin M. Dunn

On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript cover

297. On the Shoulders of Giants: A Shandean Postscript

by Robert K. Merton

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Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell cover

298. Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell

by Gabe Henry

The Calculus Wars: Newton, Leibniz, and the Greatest Mathematical Clash of All Time cover

299. The Calculus Wars: Newton, Leibniz, and the Greatest Mathematical Clash of All Time

by Jason Socrates Bardi

Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe cover

300. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

by Steven Strogatz

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