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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Lifespan of a Fact cover

201. Lifespan of a Fact

by John D'Agata, Jim Fingal

The CIA World Factbook 2025-2026 cover

202. The CIA World Factbook 2025-2026

by Central Intelligence Agency

The Voyage of the Space Beagle cover

203. The Voyage of the Space Beagle

by A. E. van Vogt

Designing Interactions (Mit Press) cover

204. Designing Interactions (Mit Press)

by Bill Moggridge

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

205. 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

206. 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

207. Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation

by Richard A. Epstein

The Genius of Lisp cover

208. The Genius of Lisp

by Cees de Groot

The Long Ships (New York Review Books Classics) cover

209. 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

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

by Mohamed Bouzoubaa, Adel Osseiran

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

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

by John Yorke

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

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

by K. M. Weiland

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

213. 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

214. 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

215. 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

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

by Lynne Truss

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The Physics of Sorrow cover

217. The Physics of Sorrow

by Georgi Gospodinov

Learn Basic Now cover

218. Learn Basic Now

by Michael Halvorson, David Rygmyr

Eugene Onegin: Translation By Douglas R. Hofstadter cover

219. Eugene Onegin: Translation By Douglas R. Hofstadter

by Alexander Pushkin

Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes cover

220. 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

221. 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

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

by Merlin Sheldrake

Evolution: A View from the 21st Century cover

223. Evolution: A View from the 21st Century

by James A. Shapiro

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

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

by Muriel Seltman, Robert Goulding

Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning cover

225. 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

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

by Edward Glaeser

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The Freeze-Frame Revolution cover

227. The Freeze-Frame Revolution

by Peter Watts

Head First Software Architecture: A Learner's Guide to Architectural Thinking cover

228. Head First Software Architecture: A Learner's Guide to Architectural Thinking

by Raju Gandhi, Mark Richards, Neal Ford

The Darwin Conspiracy cover

229. The Darwin Conspiracy

by John Darnton

The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning cover

230. The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning

by Nathaniel Bluedorn, Hans Bluedorn, Rob Corley, Tim Hodge

Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy cover

231. Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy

by Jostein Gaarder, Paulette Moller

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Hops & Glory cover

232. Hops & Glory

by Pete Brown

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

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

by Rolf Dobelli

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A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness cover

234. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness

by Michael Pollan

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Inside the Company: CIA Diary cover

235. Inside the Company: CIA Diary

by Philip Agee

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Honeybee Democracy cover

236. Honeybee Democracy

by Thomas D. Seeley

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Phone Calls from the Dead: The results of a two-year investigation into an incredible phenomenon cover

237. Phone Calls from the Dead: The results of a two-year investigation into an incredible phenomenon

by D. Scott Rogo

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

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

by Rob Myers

How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

239. 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

240. 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

241. Introduction to Fourier Optics

by Joseph W. Goodman

Coolidge cover

242. Coolidge

by Amity Shlaes

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Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity cover

243. Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity

by David Bessis, Kevin Frey

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

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

by Chris Claremont

Finite State Morphology cover

245. Finite State Morphology

by Kenneth R. Beesley, Lauri Karttunen

Great Planning Disasters cover

246. Great Planning Disasters

by Peter Hall

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

247. 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

248. 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

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

by Phillip G. Armour

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Don't You Have Time to Think? cover

250. Don't You Have Time to Think?

by Richard P. Feynman

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