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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.

Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity
36. Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity
Carliss Young Baldwin, Kim B. Clark
4.3
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
The stars in their courses
37. The stars in their courses
Isaac Asimov
3.8
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Against Method
38. Against Method
Paul Feyerabend, Ian Hacking
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics
39. A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics
Dr. Jeremy Kun
5.0
From Hacker News Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
Software Requirements (3rd Edition) (Developer Best Practices)
40. Software Requirements (3rd Edition) (Developer Best Practices)
Karl E. Wiegers, Joy Beatty
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation
41. Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation
R. G. Loeliger
4.2
From Hacker News Comments: 3
Avaliable on Amazon
The Philosophy of Language
42. The Philosophy of Language
David Sosa
4.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump
43. Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump
David Neiwert
4.2
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Introducing Foucault: A Graphic Guide
44. Introducing Foucault: A Graphic Guide
Chris Horrocks, Zoran Jevtic
4.1
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves: Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries
45. From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves: Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries
Emilio Segrè
4.7
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (Dover Classics of Science & Mathematics)
46. From X-rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries (Dover Classics of Science & Mathematics)
Emilio Segrè
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
47. Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
Abraham Pais
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
48. Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
Abraham Pais
4.2
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Historical Development of Quantum Theory 1-6 (v. 1-6)
49. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory 1-6 (v. 1-6)
Helmut Rechenberg
5.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library)
50. Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library)
Richard S. Westfall
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Algorithms
51. Algorithms
Jeff Erickson
5.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Kerbal Player's Guide: The Easiest Way to Launch a Space Program
52. The Kerbal Player's Guide: The Easiest Way to Launch a Space Program
Tim Nugent, Paul Fenwick, Alasdair Allan, Paris Buttfield-Addison, Visit Amazon's Paris Buttfield-Addison Pagesearch resultsLearn about Author CentralParis Buttfield-Addison
4.1
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
53. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Christopher R. Browning
4.4
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Die Wahrheit uber Hansel und Gretel (German Edition)
54. Die Wahrheit uber Hansel und Gretel (German Edition)
Peter v. Tresckow
4.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Pyramid
55. Pyramid
David Macaulay
4.3
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Design of the UNIX Operating System
56. The Design of the UNIX Operating System
Maurice J. Bach
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 7
Avaliable on Amazon
Record of the Listener: Selected Stories from Hong Mai's Yijian Zhi
57. Record of the Listener: Selected Stories from Hong Mai's Yijian Zhi
Cong Ellen Zhang
0.0
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
58. Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
Adam Minter
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
The Earliest Instrument: Ritual Power and Fertility Magic of the Flute in Upper Paleolithic Culture
59. The Earliest Instrument: Ritual Power and Fertility Magic of the Flute in Upper Paleolithic Culture
Lana Neal
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
60. Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
Tom Wright, Bradley Hope
4.8
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
What is Category Theory?
61. What is Category Theory?
Giandomenico Sica
5.0
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia
62. Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia
Clive Hamilton, Alex Joske
4.5
From Hacker News Comments: 1
Avaliable on Amazon
Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
63. Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
Adam Frank
4.2
From Hacker News Comments: 2
Avaliable on Amazon
GENKI I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese
64. GENKI I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese
Eri Banno
4.6
From Hacker News Comments: 10
Avaliable on Amazon
Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters
65. Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters
James W. Heisig
4.1
From Hacker News Comments: 4
Avaliable on Amazon