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

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

by Jessie Inchauspe

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

202. 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

203. 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

204. 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

205. 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

206. 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

207. Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0)

by Chris Okasaki

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The Plot Against the King cover

208. The Plot Against the King

by Kash Patel

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

209. 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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An Introduction to Western Medical Acupuncture cover

210. An Introduction to Western Medical Acupuncture

by Mike Cummings, Jacqueline Filshie

Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy cover

211. 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

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

by Bob Friel

Blue: The History of a Color cover

213. Blue: The History of a Color

by Michel Pastoureau

Safeware: System Safety and Computers cover

214. Safeware: System Safety and Computers

by Nancy Leveson

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Investment Science cover

215. Investment Science

by David G. Luenberger

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

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

by Forman S. Acton

Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises cover

217. 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

218. 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

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

Scientific Soapmaking: The Chemistry of the Cold Process cover

220. Scientific Soapmaking: The Chemistry of the Cold Process

by Kevin M. Dunn

Applied Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

221. Applied Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Cornelius Lanczos

Dancing Naked in the Mind Field cover

222. 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

223. 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

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

by Timothy P. Carney

Dead Tech. A Guide to the Archaeology of Tomorrow cover

225. 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

226. 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

227. 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

228. 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

229. 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

230. 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

231. 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

232. 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

233. Zipper: An Exploration in Novelty (Reprint)

by Robert Friedel

Food, Energy, and Society cover

234. Food, Energy, and Society

by David Pimentel, Ph.D., Marcia Pimentel

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

235. 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

236. 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

237. 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

238. 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

239. 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

240. 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

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

PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide, Second Edition cover

242. 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

243. 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

244. 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

245. 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

246. 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

247. 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

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

by Mor Harchol-Balter

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Engineering a Compiler cover

249. Engineering a Compiler

by Keith D. Cooper, Linda Torczon

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

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

by Stephen Biesty, Richard Platt

GPGPU Programming for Games and Science cover

251. 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

252. 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

253. 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

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

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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

255. 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

256. 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

257. Palm Programming: The Developer's Guide

The Creative Act: A Way of Being cover

258. 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

259. 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

260. 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

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

by Brian Halligan, Dharmesh Shah

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

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

by Luke VanderHart, Stuart Sierra

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

263. 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

264. Python Data Science Handbook

by Jacob T. Vanderplas

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Eating Glass: The Inner Journey Through Failure and Renewal cover

265. 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

266. 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

267. 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

268. 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

269. 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

270. 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

271. PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

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

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

by William D. Cohan

Formal Syntax and Semantics of Programming Languages: A Laboratory Based Approach cover

273. Formal Syntax and Semantics of Programming Languages: A Laboratory Based Approach

by Kenneth Slonneger, Barry L. Kurtz

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Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture cover

274. Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture

by Rachel Rubin

Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters cover

275. Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters

by Steven E. Koonin

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sendmail, 4th Edition cover

276. sendmail, 4th Edition

by Bryan Costales, Claus Assmann, George Jansen, Gregory Shapiro

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Forrest Mims Engineer's Notebook cover

277. Forrest Mims Engineer's Notebook

by Forrest Mims

PNG: The Definitive Guide cover

278. PNG: The Definitive Guide

Jews Don’t Count cover

279. Jews Don’t Count

by David Baddiel

Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune cover

280. Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune

by Bill Dedman, Paul Clark Newell, Jr.

The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution – A Groundbreaking Narrative of Galileo, Newton, and the Birth of Modernity cover

281. The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution – A Groundbreaking Narrative of Galileo, Newton, and the Birth of Modernity

by David Wootton

KELLY CAPITAL GROWTH INVESTMENT CRITERION, THE: THEORY AND PRACTICE (World Scientific Handbook in Financial Economics) cover

282. KELLY CAPITAL GROWTH INVESTMENT CRITERION, THE: THEORY AND PRACTICE (World Scientific Handbook in Financial Economics)

by Leonard C. MacLean, Edward O. Thorp, William T. Ziemba

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The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

283. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

by Professor Sidney Dekker

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How to Fix Copyright cover

284. How to Fix Copyright

by William Patry

The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

285. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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Mind Games cover

286. Mind Games

by Richard Thieme

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Build your own laser, phaser, ion ray gun & other working space-age projects cover

287. Build your own laser, phaser, ion ray gun & other working space-age projects

by Robert E. Iannini

High Performance Python, 2nd Edition cover

288. High Performance Python, 2nd Edition

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus cover

289. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann

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The Intentional Makerspace: Operations cover

290. The Intentional Makerspace: Operations

by Dale Grover, Tom Root

README: A Bookish History of Computing from Electronic Brains to Everything Machines cover

291. README: A Bookish History of Computing from Electronic Brains to Everything Machines

by W. Patrick Mccray

Replay cover

292. Replay

by Ken Grimwood

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Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah cover

293. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

by Richard Bach

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

294. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

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No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson cover

295. No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

by Gardiner Harris

Physical Principles in Sensing and Signaling: With an Introduction to Modeling in Biology cover

296. Physical Principles in Sensing and Signaling: With an Introduction to Modeling in Biology

by Robert G. Endres

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1) cover

297. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1)

by Peter Wohlleben

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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame cover

298. The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame

by Mike Wilson

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C# 12 in a Nutshell cover

299. C# 12 in a Nutshell

The 120 Year Diet: How to Double Your Vital Years cover

300. The 120 Year Diet: How to Double Your Vital Years

by Roy L. Walford