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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.

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
1. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
Charles Petzold
4.7
From Hacker News Mentioned: 49 Comments: 53
Avaliable on Amazon
The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win
2. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win
Steven Gary Blank
4.6
From Hacker News Mentioned: 45
Avaliable on Amazon
Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
3. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
Harvey Silverglate
4.1
From Hacker News Mentioned: 44 Comments: 47
Avaliable on Amazon
Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)
4. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)
Thomas H. Cormen
4.3
From Hacker News Mentioned: 43 Comments: 41
Avaliable on Amazon
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
5. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
Robert B. Cialdini
4.5
From Hacker News Mentioned: 39 Comments: 16
Avaliable on Amazon
Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Second Edition)
6. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Second Edition)
Gerald M. Weinberg
4.6
From Hacker News Mentioned: 37 Comments: 7
Avaliable on Amazon
Working Effectively with Legacy Code
7. Working Effectively with Legacy Code
Michael C. Feathers
4.5
From Hacker News Mentioned: 32 Comments: 41
Avaliable on Amazon
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
8. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Michael E. Gerber
4.6
From Hacker News Mentioned: 30 Comments: 11
Avaliable on Amazon
JavaScript: The Good Parts
9. JavaScript: The Good Parts
Douglas Crockford
4.2
From Hacker News Mentioned: 29 Comments: 19
Avaliable on Amazon
The C Programming Language
10. The C Programming Language
Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
4.6
From Hacker News Mentioned: 27 Comments: 48
Avaliable on Amazon
Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
11. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
Toby Segaran
4.3
From Hacker News Mentioned: 25 Comments: 8
Avaliable on Amazon
The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
12. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken
4.6
From Hacker News Mentioned: 25 Comments: 10
Avaliable on Amazon
Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions
13. Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions
Gayle Laakmann McDowell
4.6
From Hacker News Mentioned: 23 Comments: 6
Avaliable on Amazon
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
14. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
Marc Levinson
4.3
From Hacker News Mentioned: 23 Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)
15. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)
4.7
From Hacker News Mentioned: 23
Avaliable on Amazon
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
16. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
William Zinsser
4.7
From Hacker News Mentioned: 23 Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets
17. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets
Peter Van der Linden
4.1
From Hacker News Mentioned: 22 Comments: 16
Avaliable on Amazon
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
18. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
Robert C. Martin
4.5
From Hacker News Mentioned: 22 Comments: 96
Avaliable on Amazon
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
19. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
William B. Irvine
4.5
From Hacker News Mentioned: 21 Comments: 16
Avaliable on Amazon
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
20. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
Marianne Jacobbi
4.4
From Hacker News Mentioned: 21 Comments: 54
Avaliable on Amazon
The Little Schemer - 4th Edition
21. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition
Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen
4.2
From Hacker News Mentioned: 21 Comments: 9
Avaliable on Amazon
The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition)
22. The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition)
4.6
From Hacker News Mentioned: 21 Comments: 5
Avaliable on Amazon
What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought
23. What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought
Keith E. Stanovich
4.0
From Hacker News Mentioned: 20
Avaliable on Amazon
Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty
24. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty
David Kadavy
4.2
From Hacker News Mentioned: 20 Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Purely Functional Data Structures
25. Purely Functional Data Structures
Chris Okasaki
4.0
From Hacker News Mentioned: 20 Comments: 16
Avaliable on Amazon
Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
26. Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
Rob Walling
4.6
From Hacker News Mentioned: 20 Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition
27. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition
Steve McConnell
4.6
From Hacker News Mentioned: 20 Comments: 37
Avaliable on Amazon
The Design of Everyday Things
28. The Design of Everyday Things
Donald A. Norman
4.1
From Hacker News Mentioned: 20 Comments: 6
Avaliable on Amazon
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
29. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
Steve Krug
4.5
From Hacker News Mentioned: 20 Comments: 8
Avaliable on Amazon
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)
30. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)
Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton
4.6
From Hacker News Mentioned: 19 Comments: 4
Avaliable on Amazon