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

101. 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

102. 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

103. Dear Canada: Not a Nickel to Spare

by Perry Nodelman

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

104. 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

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

by Leil Lowndes

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U-505 cover

106. U-505

by Rear-Admiral Daniel Vincent Gallery

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy cover

107. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

by John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt

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

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

by Thomas E. Ricks

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

109. 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

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

by Gabor Maté

The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem cover

111. The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem

by Matthew Hollis

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

112. 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

113. 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

114. 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

115. 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

116. 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

117. 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

118. 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

119. Lifespan of a Fact

by John D'Agata, Jim Fingal

The CIA World Factbook 2025-2026 cover

120. The CIA World Factbook 2025-2026

by Central Intelligence Agency

A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness cover

121. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness

by Michael Pollan

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The Voyage of the Space Beagle cover

122. The Voyage of the Space Beagle

by A. E. van Vogt

Designing Interactions (Mit Press) cover

123. Designing Interactions (Mit Press)

by Bill Moggridge

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

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

by Sarah Wynn-Williams

The Long Ships (New York Review Books Classics) cover

125. 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

126. 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

127. 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

128. 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

129. 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

130. 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

131. 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

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

by Lynne Truss

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The Physics of Sorrow cover

133. The Physics of Sorrow

by Georgi Gospodinov

Learn Basic Now cover

134. Learn Basic Now

by Michael Halvorson, David Rygmyr

Eugene Onegin: Translation By Douglas R. Hofstadter cover

135. Eugene Onegin: Translation By Douglas R. Hofstadter

by Alexander Pushkin

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

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

by Zachary D. Carter

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

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

by Edward Glaeser

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Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life cover

138. Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life

by Rolf Dobelli

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Inside the Company: CIA Diary cover

139. Inside the Company: CIA Diary

by Philip Agee

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Honeybee Democracy cover

140. Honeybee Democracy

by Thomas D. Seeley

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Essential Test-Driven Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)) cover

141. Essential Test-Driven Development (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn))

by Rob Myers

How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

142. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone cover

143. Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone

by Satya Nadella, Greg Shaw, Jill Tracie Nichols

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Introduction to Fourier Optics cover

144. Introduction to Fourier Optics

by Joseph W. Goodman

Coolidge cover

145. Coolidge

by Amity Shlaes

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Essential X-Men, Vol. 9 (Marvel Essentials) cover

146. Essential X-Men, Vol. 9 (Marvel Essentials)

by Chris Claremont

Finite State Morphology cover

147. Finite State Morphology

by Kenneth R. Beesley, Lauri Karttunen

Great Planning Disasters cover

148. Great Planning Disasters

by Peter Hall

Pulse: The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things cover

149. Pulse: The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things

by Robert Frenay

The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind cover

150. The Attention Revolution: Unlocking the Power of the Focused Mind

by B. Alan Wallace

The Laws of Software Process: A New Model for the Production and Management of Software cover

151. The Laws of Software Process: A New Model for the Production and Management of Software

by Phillip G. Armour

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