Hacker News Books for 2017

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Hacker News Books for 2017

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2017.

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On Democracy (With a New Preface and Two New Chapters by Ian Shapiro) cover

501. On Democracy (With a New Preface and Two New Chapters by Ian Shapiro)

by Robert A. Dahl, Ian Shapiro

Democracy and Its Critics cover

502. Democracy and Its Critics

by Robert Alan Dahl

Models of Democracy, 3rd Edition cover

503. Models of Democracy, 3rd Edition

by David Held

The Good Book of Human Nature: An Evolutionary Reading of the Bible cover

504. The Good Book of Human Nature: An Evolutionary Reading of the Bible

by Carel van Schaik, Kai Michel

Global Catastrophic Risks cover

505. Global Catastrophic Risks

by Nick Bostrom, Milan M. Cirkovic

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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

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

by Paul Graham

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Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 cover

507. Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010

by Charles Murray

Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition cover

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

by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago

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The Real Analysis Lifesaver: All the Tools You Need to Understand Proofs (Princeton Lifesaver Study Guides) cover

509. The Real Analysis Lifesaver: All the Tools You Need to Understand Proofs (Princeton Lifesaver Study Guides)

by Raffi Grinberg

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

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

by Michael Kerrisk

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The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention cover

511. The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention

by Alexander Monro

Paper: Paging Through History cover

512. Paper: Paging Through History

by Mark Kurlansky

Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I Legendary Edition: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire cover

513. Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I Legendary Edition: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire

by David L. Craddock

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Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors (Techstars) cover

514. Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors (Techstars)

by Brad Feld, Mahendra Ramsinghani

The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club cover

515. The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club

by Peter Hook

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

516. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

by Andrew Hunt, David Thomas

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The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money cover

517. The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

by Bryan Caplan

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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity cover

518. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

by Katherine Boo

Garbage Land cover

519. Garbage Land

by Elizabeth Royte

The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa cover

520. The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa

by Deborah Brautigam

The Cycles Of American History: Updated Edition―A Political Historian's Reflection on Two Centuries of Pragmatism vs Idealism cover

521. The Cycles Of American History: Updated Edition―A Political Historian's Reflection on Two Centuries of Pragmatism vs Idealism

by Arthur Meier Schlesinger

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The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy cover

522. The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy

by Christopher Lasch

The Revolution Of Nihilism: Warning To The West cover

523. The Revolution Of Nihilism: Warning To The West

by Hermann Rauschning

Classical Mechanics cover

524. Classical Mechanics

by Herbert Goldstein, Charles P. Poole, John L. Safko

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Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum cover

525. Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum

by Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman

Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Series Number 16) cover

526. Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Series Number 16)

by Afra J. Zomorodian

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Historians' Fallacies : Toward a Logic of Historical Thought cover

527. Historians' Fallacies : Toward a Logic of Historical Thought

by David H. Fischer

Construction Cost Indices: HUD Section 202 and 811 Supportive Housing Programs cover

528. Construction Cost Indices: HUD Section 202 and 811 Supportive Housing Programs

People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts cover

529. People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts

by Robert Bolton

Lean Software Strategies: Proven Techniques for Managers and Developers cover

530. Lean Software Strategies: Proven Techniques for Managers and Developers

by Peter Middleton, James Sutton

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Effective awk Programming, 3rd Edition cover

531. Effective awk Programming, 3rd Edition

by Arnold Robbins

The Hidden Injuries of Class cover

532. The Hidden Injuries of Class

by Richard Sennett, Jonathan Cobb

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

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

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author cover

534. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author

by Marc Levinson

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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

535. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time cover

536. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

by Dava Sobel

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The Art of Problem Solving, Vol. 1: The Basics cover

537. The Art of Problem Solving, Vol. 1: The Basics

by Sandor Lehoczky, Richard Rusczyk

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Geometry cover

538. Geometry

by Ray C. Jurgensen, Richard G. Brown, John W. Jurgensen

The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People cover

539. The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People

by James Serpell

The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company cover

540. The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

by Steve Blank, Steven Gary Blank, Bob Dorf

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Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain cover

541. Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain

by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball cover

542. The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball

by Noam Cohen

Time Management for System Administrators cover

543. Time Management for System Administrators

by Tom Limoncelli

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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley cover

544. Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

by Antonio Garcia Martinez

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All Politics Is Local: and Other Rules of the Game cover

545. All Politics Is Local: and Other Rules of the Game

by Tip O'Neill, Gary Hymel

Modernist Bread cover

546. Modernist Bread

by Nathan Myhrvold, Francisco J. Migoya

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High Performance Web Sites cover

547. High Performance Web Sites

by Steve Souders

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High Performance Browser Networking cover

548. High Performance Browser Networking

by Ilya Grigorik

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Even Faster Web Sites cover

549. Even Faster Web Sites

by Steve Souders

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Winning through Intimidation: How to Be the Victor, Not the Victim, in Business and in Life cover

550. Winning through Intimidation: How to Be the Victor, Not the Victim, in Business and in Life

by Robert Ringer

Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late (Bedtime Math Series) cover

551. Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late (Bedtime Math Series)

by Laura Overdeck

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Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World cover

552. Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

by Rachel Ignotofsky

The Redwall Cookbook cover

553. The Redwall Cookbook

by Brian Jacques

Principles: Life and Work cover

554. Principles: Life and Work

by Ray Dalio

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Dark Matter: A Novel cover

555. Dark Matter: A Novel

by Blake Crouch

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Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution cover

556. Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution

by Brent Berlin, Paul Kay

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Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People and Fantastic Adventures, from Chess to Role-Playing Games cover

557. Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People and Fantastic Adventures, from Chess to Role-Playing Games

by Jon Peterson

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A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History cover

558. A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History

by Nicholas Wade

The Manager's Path cover

559. The Manager's Path

by Camille Fournier

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Computer Organization and Design ARM Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

560. Computer Organization and Design ARM Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers cover

561. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

by Mary Roach

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iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us cover

562. iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us

by Jean M. Twenge

Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before cover

563. Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before

by Jean M. Twenge

The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement cover

564. The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement

by Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell

Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist cover

565. Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist

by Om P. Malik

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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry cover

566. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

by Neil deGrasse Tyson

On The Shoulders Of Giants cover

567. On The Shoulders Of Giants

by Stephen Hawking

Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup cover

568. Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup

by Bill Aulet

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Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition cover

569. Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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C++ Concurrency in Action: Practical Multithreading cover

570. C++ Concurrency in Action: Practical Multithreading

by Anthony Williams

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Advanced Containerization cover

571. Advanced Containerization

Absolutely on Music: Conversations cover

572. Absolutely on Music: Conversations

by Seiji Ozawa, Haruki Murakami

Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade cover

573. Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade

by Robert Cialdini

Homo deus cover

574. Homo deus

by Yuval Noah Harari

China's Guaranteed Bubble cover

575. China's Guaranteed Bubble

by Ning Zhu

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) cover

576. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

by Steve Krug

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War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier cover

577. War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

by Smedley Darlington Butler

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Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics cover

578. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

by Henry Hazlitt

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The Neuroscience of Intelligence (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology) cover

579. The Neuroscience of Intelligence (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology)

by Richard J. Haier

Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors cover

580. Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors

by Nicholas Wade

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The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip cover

581. The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip

by Keith Devlin

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

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

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

583. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded (The Psycho-Cybernetics Series) cover

584. Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded (The Psycho-Cybernetics Series)

by Maxwell Maltz

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA cover

585. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

by Tim Weiner

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Debugging Teams cover

586. Debugging Teams

by Brian W. Fitzpatrick, Ben Collins-Sussman

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The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers cover

587. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

by Will Durant

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Jessy Irwin on making security understandable for everyone cover

588. Jessy Irwin on making security understandable for everyone

How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens cover

589. How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens

by Benedict Carey

The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win cover

590. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win

by Steve Blank

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Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants cover

591. Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants

by John Drury Clark

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Hello Web App cover

592. Hello Web App

by Tracy Osborn

The Complete Persepolis cover

593. The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

The Arabs: A History cover

594. The Arabs: A History

by Eugene Rogan

Managing The Professional Service Firm cover

595. Managing The Professional Service Firm

by David H. Maister

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Understanding Software: Max Kanat-Alexander on simplicity, coding, and how to suck less as a programmer cover

596. Understanding Software: Max Kanat-Alexander on simplicity, coding, and how to suck less as a programmer

by Max Kanat-Alexander

Terroni: All That Has Been Done to Ensure that the Italians of the South Became

597. Terroni: All That Has Been Done to Ensure that the Italians of the South Became "Southerners" (VIA Folios)

by Pino Aprile

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland cover

598. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

by Christopher R. Browning

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Net Delusion cover

599. Net Delusion

by Evgeny Morozov

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Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer cover

600. Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer

by Robert Bazell