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

101. 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

102. An Invitation to Modern Number Theory

by Steven J. Miller

Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition cover

103. 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

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

by John McPhee

Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Color cover

105. Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Color

by David Coles

The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition cover

106. The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition

by Richard Rhodes

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Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and… cover

107. Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and…

by James P. Carse

Lao-tzu's Taoteching cover

108. Lao-tzu's Taoteching

by Laozi

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Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and… cover

109. Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and…

by James Carse

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

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

by Steve Yegge, Gene Kim

Colossus cover

111. Colossus

by D. F. Jones

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

112. 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

113. Learning OpenCV: Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library

by Gary Bradski, Adrian Kaehler

Learning OpenCV: Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library cover

114. Learning OpenCV: Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library

by Gary Bradski, Adrian Kaehler

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

115. 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

116. 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

117. 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

118. 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

119. 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

120. 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

121. The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027

by Central Intelligence Agency

CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation cover

122. 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

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

by Gary William Flake

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Cybersecurity Career Manual: Pass Security+ Fast, Build a Home Lab, Write a Cyber Resume, Prep for Interviews, Land an Entry-Level Job, and Succeed in Your First 90 Days — No Experience Needed cover

124. Cybersecurity Career Manual: Pass Security+ Fast, Build a Home Lab, Write a Cyber Resume, Prep for Interviews, Land an Entry-Level Job, and Succeed in Your First 90 Days — No Experience Needed

by Winston Knowles

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective cover

125. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

by Randal Bryant, David O'Hallaron

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American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon cover

126. 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

127. 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

128. Low-Code and the Democratization of Programming

Hobitti eli Sinne ja takaisin cover

129. Hobitti eli Sinne ja takaisin

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Hobbitten. Eller Ud og hjem igen cover

130. Hobbitten. Eller Ud og hjem igen

True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define… cover

131. True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define…

by Kory Stamper

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

132. 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

133. 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

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

by James Freeman, Caitlin Freeman, Tara Duggan

Tartine Bread cover

135. Tartine Bread

by Chad Robertson

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Building an Affordable House 2nd Edition: Trade Secrets to High-Value, Low-Cost Construction cover

136. Building an Affordable House 2nd Edition: Trade Secrets to High-Value, Low-Cost Construction

by Fernando Pages Ruiz

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

137. Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey A. Silverglate

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

138. 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

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

by John J. Ratey

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Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation cover

140. Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation

by Bryan Caplan, Ady Branzei

Lattice Coding for Signals and Networks: A Structured Coding Approach to Quantization, Modulation and Multiuser Information Theory cover

141. Lattice Coding for Signals and Networks: A Structured Coding Approach to Quantization, Modulation and Multiuser Information Theory

by Ram Zamir, Ilai Bistritz, Bobak Nazer, Yuval Kochman

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

142. 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

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

by Giovanni Arrighi

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Viet… cover

144. Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Viet…

by Nick Turse

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Viet… cover

145. Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Viet…

by Nick Turse

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sed & awk, 2nd Edition cover

146. sed & awk, 2nd Edition

by Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins

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The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest … cover

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

by Paul J. Steinhardt

Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game cover

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

by Touraj Parang

Designing Interfaces, 3rd Edition cover

149. Designing Interfaces, 3rd Edition

by Jenifer Tidwell, Charles Brewer, Aynne Valencia-Brooks

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The Ministry for the Future cover

150. The Ministry for the Future

by Kim Stanley Robinson

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

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

by Matt Tagliaferri

Thinkpad: A Different Shade of Blue cover

152. Thinkpad: A Different Shade of Blue

by Deborah A. Dell, J. Gerry Purdy

Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure cover

153. Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure

by Jerry Kaplan

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The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist cover

154. The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist

by Karl Johnson

Byrne's Euclid: The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid with Coloured Diagrams cover

155. Byrne's Euclid: The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid with Coloured Diagrams

by Oliver Byrne

High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars cover

156. High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars

by Charles Ferguson, Charles H. Ferguson

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Dear Canada: Not a Nickel to Spare cover

157. Dear Canada: Not a Nickel to Spare

by Perry Nodelman

UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

158. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W Kernighan

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Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective cover

159. Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective

by Paul Colinvaux

How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships cover

160. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

by Leil Lowndes

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U-505 cover

161. U-505

by Rear-Admiral Daniel Vincent Gallery

Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 cover

162. Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968

by Thomas E. Ricks

Rules of Game: Jutland and British Naval Command cover

163. Rules of Game: Jutland and British Naval Command

by Andrew Gordon, John Woodward

The People of the Indus cover

164. The People of the Indus

by Nikhil Gulati

Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech cover

165. Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

by Brian Merchant

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction cover

166. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

by Gabor Maté

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World cover

167. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

by Tom Holland

The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem cover

168. The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem

by Matthew Hollis

Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch cover

169. Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch

by Nora Sandler

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Best Evidence : Disguise and Deception in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy cover

170. Best Evidence : Disguise and Deception in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

by David S. Lifton

Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy cover

171. Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

by Vincent Bugliosi

Unsettled (Updated and Expanded Edition): What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters cover

172. Unsettled (Updated and Expanded Edition): What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters

by Steven E. Koonin

False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet cover

173. False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet

by Bjorn Lomborg

Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All cover

174. Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

by Michael Shellenberger

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Life After Life: A Groundbreaking Exploration of Near-Death Experiences and the Transformative Insights into the Afterlife, Backed by Scientific Study and Personal Testimonies cover

175. Life After Life: A Groundbreaking Exploration of Near-Death Experiences and the Transformative Insights into the Afterlife, Backed by Scientific Study and Personal Testimonies

by Raymond Moody

Lifespan of a Fact cover

176. Lifespan of a Fact

by John D'Agata, Jim Fingal

The CIA World Factbook 2025-2026 cover

177. The CIA World Factbook 2025-2026

by Central Intelligence Agency

The Voyage of the Space Beagle cover

178. The Voyage of the Space Beagle

by A. E. van Vogt

Designing Interactions (Mit Press) cover

179. Designing Interactions (Mit Press)

by Bill Moggridge

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism cover

180. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Regulation of Pharmaceutical Innovation: The 1962 Amendments (Evaluative Studies 15) cover

181. Regulation of Pharmaceutical Innovation: The 1962 Amendments (Evaluative Studies 15)

by Sam Peltzman, Yale Brozen

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Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation cover

182. Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation

by Richard A. Epstein

The Long Ships (New York Review Books Classics) cover

183. The Long Ships (New York Review Books Classics)

by Frans G. Bengtsson, Michael Meyer, Michael Chabon

Exotic Options and Hybrids: A Guide to Structuring, Pricing and Trading (The Wiley Finance Series) cover

184. Exotic Options and Hybrids: A Guide to Structuring, Pricing and Trading (The Wiley Finance Series)

by Mohamed Bouzoubaa, Adel Osseiran

Writing Archetypal Character Arcs: The Hero's Journey and Beyond (Helping Writers Become Authors) cover

185. Writing Archetypal Character Arcs: The Hero's Journey and Beyond (Helping Writers Become Authors)

by K. M. Weiland

Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story cover

186. Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story

by John Yorke

The Waste Land: A Facsimile and Transcript of the Original Drafts Including the Annotations of Ezra Pound (A Harvest Special) cover

187. The Waste Land: A Facsimile and Transcript of the Original Drafts Including the Annotations of Ezra Pound (A Harvest Special)

by T. S. Eliot

The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary cover

188. The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary

by Mark Sanborn

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal cover

189. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

by Ben Mezrich

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation cover

190. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

by Lynne Truss

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The Physics of Sorrow cover

191. The Physics of Sorrow

by Georgi Gospodinov

Learn Basic Now cover

192. Learn Basic Now

by Michael Halvorson, David Rygmyr

Eugene Onegin: Translation By Douglas R. Hofstadter cover

193. Eugene Onegin: Translation By Douglas R. Hofstadter

by Alexander Pushkin

Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes cover

194. Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes

by Kyle Cassidy

The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes cover

195. The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes

by Zachary D. Carter

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our M… cover

196. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our M…

by Merlin Sheldrake

Evolution: A View from the 21st Century cover

197. Evolution: A View from the 21st Century

by James A. Shapiro

Thomas Harriot's Artis Analyticae Praxis: An English Tr… cover

198. Thomas Harriot's Artis Analyticae Praxis: An English Tr…

by Muriel Seltman, Robert Goulding

Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning cover

199. Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning

by Andrei Martyanov

Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier cover

200. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Glaeser

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