Hacker News Books for 2025

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Hacker News Books for 2025

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2025.

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The Exodus cover

201. The Exodus

by Richard Elliott Friedman

LIE GROUPS OGTM:NCS PAPER: An Introduction through Linear Groups (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

202. LIE GROUPS OGTM:NCS PAPER: An Introduction through Linear Groups (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Wulf Rossmann

The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win cover

203. The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

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Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value cover

204. Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

by Melissa Perri

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

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

by Merlin Blencowe

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Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway cover

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

by Clifford Stoll

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The Staff Engineer's Path cover

207. The Staff Engineer's Path

by Michael B. Riddle

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Schizotypy and Schizophrenia: The View from Experimental Psychopathology cover

208. Schizotypy and Schizophrenia: The View from Experimental Psychopathology

by Mark F. Lenzenweger

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Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements cover

209. Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements

by Stephen Fishman

Learn Greek in 25 Years cover

210. Learn Greek in 25 Years

by Brian Church

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

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

by Steven Pinker

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

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

by Ryan Holiday

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SSA-based Compiler Design cover

213. SSA-based Compiler Design

by Fabrice Rastello, Florent Bouchez Tichadou

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

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

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

by Ola Tunander

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Learning the vi Editor, Sixth Edition cover

216. Learning the vi Editor, Sixth Edition

by Linda Lamb, Arnold Robbins

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Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking cover

217. Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking

by Nicolas Collins

Exercises in Programming Style cover

218. Exercises in Programming Style

by Cristina Videira Lopes

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Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar cover

219. Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar

by Jessie Inchauspe

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

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

by Mark Ames

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

221. 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

Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business cover

222. Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

by Danny Meyer

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

223. 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

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

by David Hackett Fischer

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

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

by Esther Thelen

Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0) cover

226. Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0)

by Chris Okasaki

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Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0) cover

227. Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0)

by Chris Okasaki

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The Plot Against the King cover

228. The Plot Against the King

by Kash Patel

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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp cover

229. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

by Peter Norvig

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Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

230. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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

231. 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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Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

232. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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An Introduction to Western Medical Acupuncture cover

233. An Introduction to Western Medical Acupuncture

by Mike Cummings, Jacqueline Filshie

Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy cover

234. Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy

by Jonathan Rauch

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

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

by Bob Friel

Blue: The History of a Color cover

236. Blue: The History of a Color

by Michel Pastoureau

Safeware: System Safety and Computers cover

237. Safeware: System Safety and Computers

by Nancy Leveson

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Investment Science cover

238. Investment Science

by David G. Luenberger

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

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

by Forman S. Acton

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

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

by Douglas W. Hubbard

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Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises cover

241. Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises

by Ray Dalio

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

242. 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

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

Scientific Soapmaking: The Chemistry of the Cold Process cover

244. Scientific Soapmaking: The Chemistry of the Cold Process

by Kevin M. Dunn

Applied Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

245. Applied Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Cornelius Lanczos

Dancing Naked in the Mind Field cover

246. Dancing Naked in the Mind Field

by Kary Mullis

Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell – The Comic Chronicle of Linguistic Rebels and Phonetic Reform cover

247. Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell – The Comic Chronicle of Linguistic Rebels and Phonetic Reform

by Gabe Henry

Family Unfriendly: A Critical Examination of Overparenting and Its Consequences cover

248. Family Unfriendly: A Critical Examination of Overparenting and Its Consequences

by Timothy P. Carney

The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win cover

249. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win

by Steve Blank

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Dead Tech. A Guide to the Archaeology of Tomorrow cover

250. Dead Tech. A Guide to the Archaeology of Tomorrow

by Rolf Steinberg

Temporal Data & the Relational Model (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

251. Temporal Data & the Relational Model (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by C.J. Date, Hugh Darwen, Nikos A. Lorentzos

Mailing May: A Picture Book About a Spunky Girl Sent by U.S. Mail Across Idaho Mountains in 1914 for Kids (Ages 4-8) cover

252. Mailing May: A Picture Book About a Spunky Girl Sent by U.S. Mail Across Idaho Mountains in 1914 for Kids (Ages 4-8)

by Michael O. Tunnell

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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America cover

253. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

by Colin Woodard

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Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression cover

254. Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression

by W. A. Mathieu

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The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Save Your Life and Our World (Plant Based Diet, Food Politics) cover

255. The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Save Your Life and Our World (Plant Based Diet, Food Politics)

by John Robbins

Essentials of Compilation: An Incremental Approach in Python cover

256. Essentials of Compilation: An Incremental Approach in Python

by Jeremy G. Siek

Mistakes Were Made (but Not By Me) Third Edition: Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts cover

257. Mistakes Were Made (but Not By Me) Third Edition: Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty (Reprint) cover

258. Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty (Reprint)

by Robert Friedel

The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth cover

259. The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

by Jonathan Rauch

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Food, Energy, and Society cover

260. Food, Energy, and Society

by David Pimentel, Ph.D., Marcia Pimentel

More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder: Confessions of a Coder cover

261. More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder: Confessions of a Coder

by Jon Louis Bentley

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time cover

262. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

by Dava Sobel

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Principles of Power Integrity for PDN Design--Simplified: Robust and Cost Effective Design for High Speed Digital Products cover

263. Principles of Power Integrity for PDN Design--Simplified: Robust and Cost Effective Design for High Speed Digital Products

by Larry Bogatin D. Smith

Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality cover

264. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality

by Manjit Kumar

The Genesis of the Abstract Group Concept: A Contribution to the History of the Origin of Abstract Group Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

265. The Genesis of the Abstract Group Concept: A Contribution to the History of the Origin of Abstract Group Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Hans Wussing

Peek-a-Flap Dino - Children's Lift-a-Flap Board Book, Gift for Little Dinosaur Lovers, Ages 2-7 cover

266. Peek-a-Flap Dino - Children's Lift-a-Flap Board Book, Gift for Little Dinosaur Lovers, Ages 2-7

by Jaye Garnett

James Joyce: Ulysses Map (Paris Grafik's Literary Maps) cover

267. James Joyce: Ulysses Map (Paris Grafik's Literary Maps)

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

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

by Martin Kleppmann

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PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide, Second Edition cover

269. PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide, Second Edition

The Intelligent Investor, 3rd Ed.: The Timeless Guide to Value Investing and Financial Wisdom for a Volatile Market cover

270. The Intelligent Investor, 3rd Ed.: The Timeless Guide to Value Investing and Financial Wisdom for a Volatile Market

by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig

Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors cover

271. Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World's Greatest Concentrated Value Investors

by Allen C. Benello, Michael van Biema, Tobias E. Carlisle

Security Analysis, Seventh Edition: Principles and Techniques cover

272. Security Analysis, Seventh Edition: Principles and Techniques

by Benjamin Graham, David Le Fevre Dodd

Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond (Wiley Finance) cover

273. Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond (Wiley Finance)

by Bruce C. Greenwald, Judd Kahn, Erin Bellissimo, Mark A. Cooper, Tano Santos

The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover

274. The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

by Gregory Clark

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Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems: Queueing Theory in Action cover

275. Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems: Queueing Theory in Action

by Mor Harchol-Balter

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Engineering a Compiler cover

276. Engineering a Compiler

by Keith D. Cooper, Linda Torczon

Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections (Stephen Biesty's Cross-sections) cover

277. Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections (Stephen Biesty's Cross-sections)

by Stephen Biesty, Richard Platt

GPGPU Programming for Games and Science cover

278. GPGPU Programming for Games and Science

by David H. Eberly

The Naked Brain: How the Emerging Neurosociety is Changing How We Live, Work, and Love cover

279. The Naked Brain: How the Emerging Neurosociety is Changing How We Live, Work, and Love

by Richard M. Restak

1066 And All That: A Memorable History of England cover

280. 1066 And All That: A Memorable History of England

by Walter Carruthers Sellar, Robert Julian Yeatman

Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age cover

281. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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Dissecting DOS cover

282. Dissecting DOS

by Michael Podanoffsky

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The Measurement of Time: Time, Frequency and the Atomic Clock cover

283. The Measurement of Time: Time, Frequency and the Atomic Clock

by Claude Audoin, Bernard Guinot

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner) cover

284. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Liaquat Ahamed

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Palm Programming: The Developer's Guide cover

285. Palm Programming: The Developer's Guide

The Creative Act: A Way of Being cover

286. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

by Rick Rubin

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Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

287. Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Jim Gray, Andreas Reuter

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Twice Exceptional: Supporting and Educating Bright and Creative Students with Learning Difficulties cover

288. Twice Exceptional: Supporting and Educating Bright and Creative Students with Learning Difficulties

by Scott Barry Kaufman

Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs cover

289. Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs

by Brian Halligan, Dharmesh Shah

Practical Clojure (Expert's Voice in Open Source) cover

290. Practical Clojure (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

by Luke VanderHart, Stuart Sierra

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective cover

291. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman

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Python Data Science Handbook cover

292. Python Data Science Handbook

by Jacob T. Vanderplas

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Eating Glass: The Inner Journey Through Failure and Renewal cover

293. Eating Glass: The Inner Journey Through Failure and Renewal

by Mark D. Jacobsen

With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful cover

294. With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful

by Glenn Greenwald

The Oxygen Advantage: Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster and Fitter―Improve Your Health and Fitness with Efficient Breathing Techniques cover

295. The Oxygen Advantage: Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster and Fitter―Improve Your Health and Fitness with Efficient Breathing Techniques

by Patrick McKeown

The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development cover

296. The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

by Donald G. Reinertsen

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Women's Education & Fertility Behaviour: Recent Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys cover

297. Women's Education & Fertility Behaviour: Recent Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys

Audacious Euphony: Chromatic Harmony and the Triad's Second Nature (Oxford Studies in Music Theory) cover

298. Audacious Euphony: Chromatic Harmony and the Triad's Second Nature (Oxford Studies in Music Theory)

by Richard Cohn

PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition cover

299. PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

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Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon cover

300. Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon

by William D. Cohan