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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 8, 2025 - Sep 15, 2025

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Plentiful Energy: The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor: The complex history of a simple reactor technology, with emphasis on its scientific bases for non-specialists cover

1. Plentiful Energy: The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor: The complex history of a simple reactor technology, with emphasis on its scientific bases for non-specialists

by Charles E. Till, Yoon Il Chang
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Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom cover

2. Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom

by Richard A. Burgess
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The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition cover

3. The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition

by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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Declarative Models of Concurrent Cyclic Processes (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 438) cover

4. Declarative Models of Concurrent Cyclic Processes (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 438)

by Grzegorz Bocewicz
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Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least cover

5. Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least

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

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

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

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

by George Polya
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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

8. 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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Jews Don’t Count cover

9. Jews Don’t Count

by David Baddiel
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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison cover

10. The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison

by Mike Wilson
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CSS Pocket Reference: Visual Presentation for the Web cover

11. CSS Pocket Reference: Visual Presentation for the Web

by Eric A. Meyer
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