Hacker News Books for 2026

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Hacker News Books for 2026

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2026.

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The Cult of Mac cover

1. The Cult of Mac

by Leander Kahney

SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL, 4th Edition cover

2. SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL, 4th Edition

Watch On The Right: Conservative Intellectuals In The Reagan Era (History of American Thought and Culture) cover

3. Watch On The Right: Conservative Intellectuals In The Reagan Era (History of American Thought and Culture)

by J. David Hoeveler

The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution And The Possibilities For Change cover

4. The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution And The Possibilities For Change

by Lester C. Thurow

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Programming TypeScript: Making Your JavaScript Applications Scale cover

5. Programming TypeScript: Making Your JavaScript Applications Scale

by Boris Cherny

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Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies cover

6. Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies

by Charles Perrow

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Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed cover

7. Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Quinn Slobodian, Ben Tarnoff

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

8. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage

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Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet cover

9. Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet

by Yasha Levine

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Genetic Programming III: Darwinian Invention and Problem Solving cover

10. Genetic Programming III: Darwinian Invention and Problem Solving

by John R. Koza

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Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World cover

11. Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

by Adrian Wooldridge

Internet: A First Discovery Book (First Discovery Books) cover

12. Internet: A First Discovery Book (First Discovery Books)

by Donald Grant

Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing cover

13. Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing

by Sarah Brayne

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The Plot Against the King cover

14. The Plot Against the King

by Kash Patel

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The Cure for Alcoholism: Drink Your Way Sober Without Willpower, Abstinence or Discomfort cover

15. The Cure for Alcoholism: Drink Your Way Sober Without Willpower, Abstinence or Discomfort

by Roy Eskapa, Roy D. Eskapa

Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America cover

16. Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America

by Scott Adams

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Local people cover

17. Local people

by John Dittmer, John Dittmer

Put Yourself First (Chinese Edition) cover

18. Put Yourself First (Chinese Edition)

by 西村博之

Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

19. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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Live with Tim O’Reilly: A Conversation with Independent Researcher Anjali Shrivastava cover

20. Live with Tim O’Reilly: A Conversation with Independent Researcher Anjali Shrivastava

Alone in the Ocean by Slava Kurilov cover

21. Alone in the Ocean by Slava Kurilov

Drink Your Way Sober: The Science-Based Method to Break Free from Alcohol cover

22. Drink Your Way Sober: The Science-Based Method to Break Free from Alcohol

by Katie Herzog

The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing) cover

23. The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing)

by Leland Wilkinson

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The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America cover

24. The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America

by Kenneth M. Pollack

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Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers cover

25. Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

by Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Maté, MD

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After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul cover

26. After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

by Tripp Mickle

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

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

by Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D., William D. Danko Ph.D

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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (Dragonfly Books) cover

28. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (Dragonfly Books)

by Marjorie Priceman

The VimL Primer cover

29. The VimL Primer

by Benjamin Klein

Learning Domain-Driven Design: Aligning Software Architecture and Business Strategy cover

30. Learning Domain-Driven Design: Aligning Software Architecture and Business Strategy

by Vladik Khononov

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet (Theory Redux) cover

31. The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet (Theory Redux)

by Bogna Konior

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

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

by Chris van Tulleken

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Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the Linux Shell (Expert's Voice in Linux) cover

33. Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the Linux Shell (Expert's Voice in Linux)

by Chris F.A. Johnson

The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs: The bestselling classic that transforms how you see the world around you - a must-read for all nature lovers cover

34. The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs: The bestselling classic that transforms how you see the world around you - a must-read for all nature lovers

by Tristan Gooley

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The Anatomist cover

35. The Anatomist

by Federico Andahazi

Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing (History of Computing) cover

36. Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing (History of Computing)

by Mar Hicks

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement cover

37. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox

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We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse: Book 1 cover

38. We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse: Book 1

by Dennis E. Taylor

Software Engineering Mathematics (Sei Series in Software Engineering) cover

39. Software Engineering Mathematics (Sei Series in Software Engineering)

by Jim Woodcock, Martin Loomes

Practical TLA+: Planning Driven Development cover

40. Practical TLA+: Planning Driven Development

by Hillel Wayne

The Gervais Principle: The Complete Series, with a Bonus Essay on Office Space (Ribbonfarm Roughs Book 2) cover

41. The Gervais Principle: The Complete Series, with a Bonus Essay on Office Space (Ribbonfarm Roughs Book 2)

by Venkatesh Rao

A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence cover

42. A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins

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Introductory Logic and Sets for Computer Scientists (International Computer Science Series) cover

43. Introductory Logic and Sets for Computer Scientists (International Computer Science Series)

by Nimal Nissanke

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Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State cover

44. Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State

by Byron Tau

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature cover

45. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

by Matt Ridley

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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game cover

46. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

by Michael Lewis

Operating Systems Design and Implementation cover

47. Operating Systems Design and Implementation

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull

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Gut: the inside story of our body's most under-rated organ cover

48. Gut: the inside story of our body's most under-rated organ

by Giulia Enders

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance cover

49. The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance

by Henry Petroski

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Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much cover

50. Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

by Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir

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Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think i… cover

51. Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think i…

Make Your Own Web Page!, A Guide for Kids - 1998 publication cover

52. Make Your Own Web Page!, A Guide for Kids - 1998 publication

by Ted Pedersen, Francis Moss

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

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

by Martin Kleppmann

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Monolith to Microservices: Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith cover

54. Monolith to Microservices: Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith

by Sam Newman

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

55. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

by Jessica Livingston

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High Noon on the Electronic Frontier: Conceptual Issues in Cyberspace cover

56. High Noon on the Electronic Frontier: Conceptual Issues in Cyberspace

by Peter Ludlow, Mike Godwin

The Shattering Peace: Old Man's War Book 7 cover

57. The Shattering Peace: Old Man's War Book 7

by John Scalzi

What's the Matter with Kansas? cover

58. What's the Matter with Kansas?

by Thomas Frank

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Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories cover

59. Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories

by F. William Lawvere, Stephen H. Schanuel

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Learn Java Now cover

60. Learn Java Now

by Stephen Randy Davis

Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 2nd Edition cover

61. Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 2nd Edition

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Qualityland cover

62. Qualityland

by Marc-Uwe Kling

The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer cover

63. The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer

by Charles J. Murray

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Thinking in Postscript cover

64. Thinking in Postscript

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

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

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith

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An Invitation to Modern Number Theory cover

66. An Invitation to Modern Number Theory

by Steven J. Miller

Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition cover

67. Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition

by AEleen Frisch

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The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor cover

68. The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor

by John McPhee

Lao-tzu's Taoteching cover

69. Lao-tzu's Taoteching

by Laozi

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Vibe Coding: Building Production-Grade Software With GenAI, Chat, Agents, and Beyond cover

70. Vibe Coding: Building Production-Grade Software With GenAI, Chat, Agents, and Beyond

by Steve Yegge, Gene Kim

Colossus cover

71. Colossus

by D. F. Jones

Building Machine Learning Systems with a Feature Store: Batch, Real-Time, and LLM Systems cover

72. Building Machine Learning Systems with a Feature Store: Batch, Real-Time, and LLM Systems

by Jim Dowling

Learning OpenCV: Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library cover

73. Learning OpenCV: Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library

by Gary Bradski, Adrian Kaehler

The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes: [A Cookbook] cover

74. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes: [A Cookbook]

by Sam Sifton

Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology cover

75. Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology

by Lawrence Weschler

How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built cover

76. How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built

by Stewart Brand

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50 Human Studies, in Utero, Conducted in Modern China, Indicate Extreme Risk for Prenatal Ultrasound: A New Bibliography cover

77. 50 Human Studies, in Utero, Conducted in Modern China, Indicate Extreme Risk for Prenatal Ultrasound: A New Bibliography

by Jim West, harvoa Staff

Ultrasound Causation for Microcephaly and Zika Virus, The Hypothesis (Part A) cover

78. Ultrasound Causation for Microcephaly and Zika Virus, The Hypothesis (Part A)

by Jim West

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics) cover

79. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics)

by Eric Hoffer

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The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027 cover

80. The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027

by Central Intelligence Agency

CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation cover

81. CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation

by Eric A. Meyer, Estelle Weyl

The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation cover

82. The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation

by Gary William Flake

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American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon cover

83. American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

by Steven Rinella

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C.J. Date's Database Design and Relational Theory: Normal Forms and All That Jazz Master Class cover

84. C.J. Date's Database Design and Relational Theory: Normal Forms and All That Jazz Master Class

Low-Code and the Democratization of Programming cover

85. Low-Code and the Democratization of Programming

Hobitti eli Sinne ja takaisin cover

86. Hobitti eli Sinne ja takaisin

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Hobbitten. Eller Ud og hjem igen cover

87. Hobbitten. Eller Ud og hjem igen

Sharp: The Definitive Introduction to Knives, Sharpening, and Cutting Techniques, with Recipes from Great Chefs cover

88. Sharp: The Definitive Introduction to Knives, Sharpening, and Cutting Techniques, with Recipes from Great Chefs

by Josh Donald

Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint cover

89. Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint

by Ivan Orkin, Chris Ying

The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes cover

90. The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes

by James Freeman, Caitlin Freeman, Tara Duggan

Tartine Bread cover

91. Tartine Bread

by Chad Robertson

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Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to Overcome Anxiety, Panic, and Worry cover

92. Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to Overcome Anxiety, Panic, and Worry

by Catherine M. Pittman, Elizabeth M. Karle

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain cover

93. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

by John J. Ratey

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Healing ADD Revised Edition: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD cover

94. Healing ADD Revised Edition: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD

by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

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The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times cover

95. The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times

by Giovanni Arrighi

sed & awk, 2nd Edition cover

96. sed & awk, 2nd Edition

by Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins

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The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest … cover

97. The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest …

Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game cover

98. Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game

by Touraj Parang

Designing Interfaces, 3rd Edition cover

99. Designing Interfaces, 3rd Edition

by Jenifer Tidwell, Charles Brewer, Aynne Valencia-Brooks

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The Duke Nukem 3d Level Design Handbook (Duke Nukem Games) cover

100. The Duke Nukem 3d Level Design Handbook (Duke Nukem Games)

by Matt Tagliaferri

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