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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 15, 2025 - Dec 22, 2025

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The Man With the President's Mind cover

1. The Man With the President's Mind

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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All cover

2. If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All

by Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares
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How to draw

3. How to draw "hands" that Takami Kagami teaches with all of his power: An overwhelming drawing style

by 加々美高浩
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ABCs of Programming cover

4. ABCs of Programming

by Arthur Johnston, Madison Johnston
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Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It: The Classic Exposure of Monetary Abuse by Banks, Trusts, Wall Street, and Predator Monopolies cover

5. Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It: The Classic Exposure of Monetary Abuse by Banks, Trusts, Wall Street, and Predator Monopolies

by Louis Brandeis
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Intuitive IC Electronics: A Sophisticated Primer for Engineers and Technicians cover

6. Intuitive IC Electronics: A Sophisticated Primer for Engineers and Technicians

by Thomas M. Frederiksen
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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age cover

7. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

by Michael A. Hiltzik
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Practical Clojure (Expert's Voice in Open Source) cover

8. Practical Clojure (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

by Luke VanderHart, Stuart Sierra
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The Oxygen Advantage: Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster and Fitter―Improve Your Health and Fitness with Efficient Breathing Techniques cover

9. The Oxygen Advantage: Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster and Fitter―Improve Your Health and Fitness with Efficient Breathing Techniques

by Patrick McKeown
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Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah cover

10. Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

by Richard Bach
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Replay cover

11. Replay

by Ken Grimwood
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1) cover

12. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1)

by Peter Wohlleben
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