Hacker News Books for 2016

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Hacker News Books for 2016

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2016.

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Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc cover

201. Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself cover

202. Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself

by Sheila Bair

80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower cover

203. 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower

by Matt Fitzgerald

Salt: A World History cover

204. Salt: A World History

by Mark Kurlansky

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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

205. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

by Paul Graham

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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

206. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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Statistics in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition cover

207. Statistics in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Lady of Mazes cover

208. Lady of Mazes

by Karl Schroeder

The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World cover

209. The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World

by Edward A. Feigenbaum, Pamela McCorduck

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Understanding Digital Signal Processing cover

210. Understanding Digital Signal Processing

by Richard G. Lyons

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The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating-Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death cover

211. The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating-Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death

by Dick Teresi

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Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols cover

212. Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols

by Radia Perlman

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Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

213. Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

214. Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard W. Hamming

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Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians (Graduate Studies in Mathematics Volume 95) cover

215. Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians (Graduate Studies in Mathematics Volume 95)

by Leon Armenovich Takhtadzhi͡an

Quantum Theory for Mathematicians (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 267) cover

216. Quantum Theory for Mathematicians (Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 267)

by Brian C. Hall

Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model cover

217. Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model

by Matthew D. Schwartz

The Ghosts Of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms cover

218. The Ghosts Of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms

by Connie Barlow

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It―A Guide to Starting a Business in a Productive and Successful Way cover

219. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It―A Guide to Starting a Business in a Productive and Successful Way

by Michael E. Gerber

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Code cover

220. Code

by Charles Petzold

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Code cover

221. Code

by Charles Petzold

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Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear cover

222. Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear

by Jan Bondeson

Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course cover

223. Learning the Art of Electronics: A Hands-On Lab Course

by Thomas C. Hayes, Paul Horowitz

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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

224. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

by Andrew Hunt, David Thomas

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The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership cover

225. The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership

by Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh

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Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

226. Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary

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Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT OF PRINT) cover

227. Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT OF PRINT)

by Viktor Emil Frankl

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Introduction To Probability cover

228. Introduction To Probability

by Dimitri P. Bertsekas, John N. Tsitsiklis

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man cover

229. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins

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Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming cover

230. Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming

by Peter Van Roy, Seif Haridi

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Mastering Bitcoin cover

231. Mastering Bitcoin

by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

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Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law cover

232. Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law

by Robert A. Kagan

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Hacker's Delight cover

233. Hacker's Delight

by Henry S. Warren

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Computing in the Middle Ages: A View From the Trenches 1955-1983 cover

234. Computing in the Middle Ages: A View From the Trenches 1955-1983

by Severo M. Ornstein

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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon cover

235. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

by Kim Zetter

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On the Grid: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work cover

236. On the Grid: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work

by Scott Huler

Chemical Warfare Secrets Almost Forgotten: A Personal Story of Medical Testing of Army Volunteers cover

237. Chemical Warfare Secrets Almost Forgotten: A Personal Story of Medical Testing of Army Volunteers

by James S. Ketchum

The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution cover

238. The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

by Francis Fukuyama

Machine Learning for Hackers cover

239. Machine Learning for Hackers

by Drew Conway

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Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics) cover

240. Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)

by Richard Phillips Feynman

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The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World cover

241. The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

by Daniel Yergin

The current state of machine intelligence 2.0 cover

242. The current state of machine intelligence 2.0

The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age cover

243. The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

by James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg, Lord William Rees-Mogg

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business cover

244. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg

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A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice (Oxford Studies in Music Theory) cover

245. A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice (Oxford Studies in Music Theory)

by Dmitri Tymoczko

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Prey cover

246. Prey

by Michael Crichton

Python for Data Analysis, 2nd Edition cover

247. Python for Data Analysis, 2nd Edition

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Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? when My Lab Tests Are Normal: a Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Hashimoto's Disease and Hypothyroidism cover

248. Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? when My Lab Tests Are Normal: a Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Hashimoto's Disease and Hypothyroidism

by Datis Kharrazian

Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West cover

249. Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West

by John Ralston Saul

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions cover

250. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

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Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning cover

251. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel

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The Secret Chief Revealed cover

252. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff

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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

253. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans

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Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, The cover

254. Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, The

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, Robert N. M. Watson

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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) cover

255. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

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

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

by Lynne Truss

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Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? cover

257. Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?

by Philip E. Tetlock

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The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook cover

258. The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook

by Michael Kerrisk

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Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition cover

259. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition

by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago

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Docker in Practice cover

260. Docker in Practice

by Ian Miell, Aidan Hobson Sayers

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

261. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date cover

262. Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date

by Robert X. Cringely

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The Effective Manager cover

263. The Effective Manager

by Mark Horstman

DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World (The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. ... Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy) cover

264. DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World (The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. ... Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy)

by David Kinkela

Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation cover

265. Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation

by R. G. Loeliger

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Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation cover

266. Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation

by Edward Chancellor

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Rise of the Warrior Cop cover

267. Rise of the Warrior Cop

by Radley Balko

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The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact cover

268. The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact

by Edmond Lau

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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition cover

269. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

by Jon Erickson

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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition cover

270. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition

by John Taylor Gatto

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Hello, TensorFlow! cover

271. Hello, TensorFlow!

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ARM System Developer's Guide: Designing and Optimizing System Software (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

272. ARM System Developer's Guide: Designing and Optimizing System Software (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by Andrew Sloss, Dominic Symes, Chris Wright

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture cover

273. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner

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The Science of Cooking cover

274. The Science of Cooking

by Peter Barham

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective cover

275. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman

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The Structure of Magic, Vol. 1: A Book About Language and Therapy cover

276. The Structure of Magic, Vol. 1: A Book About Language and Therapy

by Richard Bandler, John Grinder

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My Voice Will Go with You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson cover

277. My Voice Will Go with You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson

by Milton H Erickson

Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

278. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

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City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi cover

279. City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi

by William Dalrymple

PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance cover

280. PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance

by Gregory Smith

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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

281. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram

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JavaScript Pocket Reference: Activate Your Web Pages (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) cover

282. JavaScript Pocket Reference: Activate Your Web Pages (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))

by David Flanagan

Spymaster: My Thirty-two Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West cover

283. Spymaster: My Thirty-two Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West

by Oleg Kalugin

Existence cover

284. Existence

by David Brin

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Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

285. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

286. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science cover

287. Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science

by Philip N. Klein

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The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies cover

288. The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies

by Ryszard Legutko

The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga (Platform Studies) cover

289. The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga (Platform Studies)

by Jimmy Maher

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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

290. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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PC Intern: System Programming : The Encyclopedia of DOS Programming Know How (Developer's Series/Book and Disk) cover

291. PC Intern: System Programming : The Encyclopedia of DOS Programming Know How (Developer's Series/Book and Disk)

by Michael Tischer

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The Society of Mind cover

292. The Society of Mind

by Marvin Minsky

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C++ Today cover

293. C++ Today

by Barbara Johnston

Appledesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group cover

294. Appledesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group

by Paul Kunkel

The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio cover

295. The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio

by William Bernstein

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Proofs without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking (Classroom Resource Materials) cover

296. Proofs without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking (Classroom Resource Materials)

by Roger B. Nelsen

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Etudes for Programmers cover

297. Etudes for Programmers

by Charles Wetherell

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What is hardcore data science--in practice? cover

298. What is hardcore data science--in practice?

Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well cover

299. Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well

by Danny Oppenheimer, Mike Edwards

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

300. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

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