Hacker News Books for 2026

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Hacker News Books for 2026

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Learning OpenCV: Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library cover

101. Learning OpenCV: Computer Vision with the OpenCV Library

by Gary Bradski, Adrian Kaehler

The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes: [A Cookbook] cover

102. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes: [A Cookbook]

by Sam Sifton

Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology cover

103. Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology

by Lawrence Weschler

How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built cover

104. How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built

by Stewart Brand

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50 Human Studies, in Utero, Conducted in Modern China, Indicate Extreme Risk for Prenatal Ultrasound: A New Bibliography cover

105. 50 Human Studies, in Utero, Conducted in Modern China, Indicate Extreme Risk for Prenatal Ultrasound: A New Bibliography

by Jim West, harvoa Staff

Ultrasound Causation for Microcephaly and Zika Virus, The Hypothesis (Part A) cover

106. Ultrasound Causation for Microcephaly and Zika Virus, The Hypothesis (Part A)

by Jim West

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics) cover

107. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics)

by Eric Hoffer

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The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027 cover

108. The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027

by Central Intelligence Agency

CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation cover

109. CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation

by Eric A. Meyer, Estelle Weyl

The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation cover

110. The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation

by Gary William Flake

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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective cover

111. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

by Randal Bryant, David O'Hallaron

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American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon cover

112. American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

by Steven Rinella

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C.J. Date's Database Design and Relational Theory: Normal Forms and All That Jazz Master Class cover

113. C.J. Date's Database Design and Relational Theory: Normal Forms and All That Jazz Master Class

Low-Code and the Democratization of Programming cover

114. Low-Code and the Democratization of Programming

Hobitti eli Sinne ja takaisin cover

115. Hobitti eli Sinne ja takaisin

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Hobbitten. Eller Ud og hjem igen cover

116. Hobbitten. Eller Ud og hjem igen

Tartine Bread cover

117. Tartine Bread

by Chad Robertson

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Sharp: The Definitive Introduction to Knives, Sharpening, and Cutting Techniques, with Recipes from Great Chefs cover

118. Sharp: The Definitive Introduction to Knives, Sharpening, and Cutting Techniques, with Recipes from Great Chefs

by Josh Donald

Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint cover

119. Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint

by Ivan Orkin, Chris Ying

The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes cover

120. The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes

by James Freeman, Caitlin Freeman, Tara Duggan

Building an Affordable House 2nd Edition: Trade Secrets to High-Value, Low-Cost Construction cover

121. Building an Affordable House 2nd Edition: Trade Secrets to High-Value, Low-Cost Construction

by Fernando Pages Ruiz

Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

122. Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey A. Silverglate

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Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to Overcome Anxiety, Panic, and Worry cover

123. Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to Overcome Anxiety, Panic, and Worry

by Catherine M. Pittman, Elizabeth M. Karle

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain cover

124. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

by John J. Ratey

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Lattice Coding for Signals and Networks: A Structured Coding Approach to Quantization, Modulation and Multiuser Information Theory cover

125. Lattice Coding for Signals and Networks: A Structured Coding Approach to Quantization, Modulation and Multiuser Information Theory

by Ram Zamir, Ilai Bistritz, Bobak Nazer, Yuval Kochman

Healing ADD Revised Edition: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD cover

126. Healing ADD Revised Edition: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD

by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

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The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times cover

127. The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of Our Times

by Giovanni Arrighi

Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Viet… cover

128. Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Viet…

by Nick Turse

sed & awk, 2nd Edition cover

129. sed & awk, 2nd Edition

by Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins

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The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest … cover

130. The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest …

by Paul J. Steinhardt

Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game cover

131. Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game

by Touraj Parang

Designing Interfaces, 3rd Edition cover

132. Designing Interfaces, 3rd Edition

by Jenifer Tidwell, Charles Brewer, Aynne Valencia-Brooks

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The Ministry for the Future cover

133. The Ministry for the Future

by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Duke Nukem 3d Level Design Handbook (Duke Nukem Games) cover

134. The Duke Nukem 3d Level Design Handbook (Duke Nukem Games)

by Matt Tagliaferri

Thinkpad: A Different Shade of Blue cover

135. Thinkpad: A Different Shade of Blue

by Deborah A. Dell, J. Gerry Purdy

Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure cover

136. Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure

by Jerry Kaplan

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

137. 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

138. 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

139. Dear Canada: Not a Nickel to Spare

by Perry Nodelman

UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

140. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W Kernighan

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

141. 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

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

by Leil Lowndes

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U-505 cover

143. U-505

by Rear-Admiral Daniel Vincent Gallery

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy cover

144. 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

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

by Thomas E. Ricks

Rules of Game: Jutland and British Naval Command cover

146. Rules of Game: Jutland and British Naval Command

by Andrew Gordon, John Woodward

The People of the Indus cover

147. The People of the Indus

by Nikhil Gulati

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

148. 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

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

by Gabor Maté

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World cover

150. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

by Tom Holland

The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem cover

151. The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem

by Matthew Hollis

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

152. 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

153. 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

154. 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

155. 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

156. 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

157. 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

158. 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

159. Lifespan of a Fact

by John D'Agata, Jim Fingal

The CIA World Factbook 2025-2026 cover

160. The CIA World Factbook 2025-2026

by Central Intelligence Agency

The Voyage of the Space Beagle cover

161. The Voyage of the Space Beagle

by A. E. van Vogt

Designing Interactions (Mit Press) cover

162. Designing Interactions (Mit Press)

by Bill Moggridge

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

163. 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

164. 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

165. Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation

by Richard A. Epstein

The Long Ships (New York Review Books Classics) cover

166. 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

167. 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

168. 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

169. 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

170. 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

171. 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

172. 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

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

by Lynne Truss

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The Physics of Sorrow cover

174. The Physics of Sorrow

by Georgi Gospodinov

Learn Basic Now cover

175. Learn Basic Now

by Michael Halvorson, David Rygmyr

Eugene Onegin: Translation By Douglas R. Hofstadter cover

176. Eugene Onegin: Translation By Douglas R. Hofstadter

by Alexander Pushkin

Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes cover

177. 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

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

by Zachary D. Carter

Evolution: A View from the 21st Century cover

179. Evolution: A View from the 21st Century

by James A. Shapiro

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

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

by Muriel Seltman, Robert Goulding

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

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

by Edward Glaeser

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

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

by Raju Gandhi, Mark Richards, Neal Ford

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

183. 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

184. Inside the Company: CIA Diary

by Philip Agee

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Honeybee Democracy cover

185. Honeybee Democracy

by Thomas D. Seeley

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

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

by Rob Myers

How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

187. 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

188. 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

189. Introduction to Fourier Optics

by Joseph W. Goodman

Coolidge cover

190. Coolidge

by Amity Shlaes

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Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity cover

191. 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

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

by Chris Claremont

Finite State Morphology cover

193. Finite State Morphology

by Kenneth R. Beesley, Lauri Karttunen

Great Planning Disasters cover

194. Great Planning Disasters

by Peter Hall

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

195. 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

196. 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

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

by Phillip G. Armour

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