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Book Recommendations from Hacker News In August 2019

Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. We collect books that people have mentioned in the comments and present the most popular ones to you.

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book)
1. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book)
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren
4.4
From Hacker News Mentioned: 3 Comments: 10
Avaliable on Amazon
Introduction to the Theory of Computation
2. Introduction to the Theory of Computation
Michael Sipser
4.0
From Hacker News Mentioned: 3 Comments: 8
Avaliable on Amazon
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
3. Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Sam Quinones, Neil Hellegers
4.7
From Hacker News Mentioned: 2 Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
What is Life?: How Chemistry Becomes Biology (Oxford Landmark Science)
4. What is Life?: How Chemistry Becomes Biology (Oxford Landmark Science)
Addy Pross
4.1
From Hacker News Mentioned: 2 Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons
5. Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons
Kris Newby
4.8
From Hacker News Mentioned: 2 Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Road since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, with an Autobiographical Interview
6. The Road since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, with an Autobiographical Interview
Thomas S. Kuhn, John Haugeland
4.2
From Hacker News Mentioned: 2 Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness
7. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness
John Yates, Matthew Immergut, Jeremy Graves
4.8
From Hacker News Mentioned: 2 Comments: 36
Avaliable on Amazon
The Algorithm Design Manual
8. The Algorithm Design Manual
Steven S Skiena
4.3
From Hacker News Mentioned: 2 Comments: 15
Avaliable on Amazon
Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work)
9. Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work)
Joshua Spodek
4.9
From Hacker News Mentioned: 2 Comments: 4
Avaliable on Amazon
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
10. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
Mike Davis, Robert Morrow
4.2
From Hacker News Mentioned: 2 Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era
11. Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era
Zbigniew K. Brzezinski
4.4
From Hacker News Mentioned: 2 Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production
12. Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production
Taiichi Ōno
4.0
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Book & CD)
13. The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Book & CD)
John D. Teasdale, Zindel V. Segal
4.3
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Algorithms in Bioinformatics: A Practical Introduction (Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical and Computational Biology)
14. Algorithms in Bioinformatics: A Practical Introduction (Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical and Computational Biology)
Wing-Kin Sung
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL
15. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL
Dean Allemang, James Hendler
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
16. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
Shoshana Zuboff
5.0
From Hacker News Comments: 8
Avaliable on Amazon
The China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Posture in the Post-American Era
17. The China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Posture in the Post-American Era
Liu Mingfu
3.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)
18. Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)
Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Henry A. Kissinger
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Warren Buffett's 3 Favorite Books: A guide to The Intelligent Investor, Security Analysis, and The Wealth of Nations
19. Warren Buffett's 3 Favorite Books: A guide to The Intelligent Investor, Security Analysis, and The Wealth of Nations
Preston George Pysh, Mackenzie Davis
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Warren Buffett Accounting Book: Reading Financial Statements for Value Investing
20. Warren Buffett Accounting Book: Reading Financial Statements for Value Investing
Stig Brodersen, Preston Pysh
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Complete Patents of Nikola Tesla
21. The Complete Patents of Nikola Tesla
Jim Glenn
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)
22. Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)
Isaac Asimov
4.0
From Hacker News Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
23. The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken
Secret Barrister
4.4
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers
24. Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers
Charles Seife
3.0
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Functional Programming in Scala
25. Functional Programming in Scala
Paul Chiusano, Rúnar Bjarnason
4.3
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Lions' Commentary on Unix
26. Lions' Commentary on Unix
John Lions
4.8
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
27. The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
Jane Mayer
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
28. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Ralph Johnson, Erich Gamma, John Vlissides, Richard Helm
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 38
Avaliable on Amazon
The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor
29. The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor
Gerald H Pollack, Ethan Pollack
4.8
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
A Random Walk down Wall Street: The Time-tested Strategy for Successful Investing
30. A Random Walk down Wall Street: The Time-tested Strategy for Successful Investing
Burton G. Malkiel
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon