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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.

The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
31. The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 9
Avaliable on Amazon
America Walks into a Bar: A Spirited History Of Taverns And Saloons, Speakeasies And Grog Shops
32. America Walks into a Bar: A Spirited History Of Taverns And Saloons, Speakeasies And Grog Shops
Christine Sismondo
4.4
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Search for the Perfect Language
33. The Search for the Perfect Language
Umberto Eco
5.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
34. The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
Thomas D Seeley
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America
35. Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America
Andrew Gumbel
3.2
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Business Chemistry: Practical Magic for Crafting Powerful Work Relationships
36. Business Chemistry: Practical Magic for Crafting Powerful Work Relationships
Kim Christfort, Suzanne Vickberg
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence)
37. Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence)
Harold Abelson, Andrea diSessa
4.1
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Making Games for the NES
38. Making Games for the NES
Steven Hugg
3.7
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
39. AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
Kai-Fu Lee
4.4
From Hacker News Comments: 5
Avaliable on Amazon
Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself
40. Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself
Jason Wilkes
4.1
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy (East Gate Books)
41. Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy (East Gate Books)
Richard Werner
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year With Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier
42. I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year With Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier
Fred Moody
3.7
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Mind Training: The Great Collection (1) (Library of Tibetan Classics)
43. Mind Training: The Great Collection (1) (Library of Tibetan Classics)
Konchok Gyaltsen
4.9
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Essential Mind Training (Tibetan Classics)
44. Essential Mind Training (Tibetan Classics)
Jinpa Ph.D. Ph.D., Thupten
4.8
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
45. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
Martin Kleppmann
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 22
Avaliable on Amazon
Human Error
46. Human Error
James Reason
4.0
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
47. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
James W. Loewen
4.0
From Hacker News Comments: 6
Avaliable on Amazon
Principles Of Fusion Energy: An Introduction To Fusion Energy For Students Of Science And Engineering
48. Principles Of Fusion Energy: An Introduction To Fusion Energy For Students Of Science And Engineering
G H Miley
3.8
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration
49. The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration
Jack Goldsmith
3.6
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought
50. Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought
Drew Neil
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Introduction To Evolutionary Informatics
26. Introduction To Evolutionary Informatics
Winston Ewert
4.4
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The New Turing Omnibus: Sixty-Six Excursions in Computer Science
27. The New Turing Omnibus: Sixty-Six Excursions in Computer Science
A. K. Dewdney
3.9
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change
28. Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change
Jonah Goldberg
4.4
From Hacker News Comments: 13
Avaliable on Amazon
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
29. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
Robert B. Cialdini
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 17
Avaliable on Amazon
The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds
30. The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds
John Higgs
4.4
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding
31. The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding
Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
32. Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Eduardo Galeano, Isabel Allende
4.4
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Future of Fusion Energy
33. The Future of Fusion Energy
Justin Ball
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Collective Electrodynamics: Quantum Foundations of Electromagnetism
34. Collective Electrodynamics: Quantum Foundations of Electromagnetism
Carver A. Mead
3.8
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Erebus: The Story of a Ship
35. Erebus: The Story of a Ship
Michael Palin
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon