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The Best Books of Hacker News
2022

• The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

  Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken · 8 HN comments

• Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (The MIT Press)

  Thomas H. Cormen · 55 HN comments

• The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health (Children’s Health Defense)

  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · 5 HN comments

• The Algorithm Design Manual

  Steven S S. Skiena · 19 HN comments

• Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

  Martin Kleppmann · 31 HN comments

• Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

  Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim · 8 HN comments
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• Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

  Charles Petzold · 71 HN comments

• Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail

  Ray Dalio · 2 HN points · 3 HN comments

• What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

  Randall Munroe · 42 HN points · 0 HN comments

• The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

  Tim Wu · 14 HN comments

• Principles of Compiler Design (Addison-Wesley series in computer science and information processing)

  Alfred V. Aho, Jeffrey D. Ullman · 3 HN comments

• The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

  Shoshana Zuboff · 11 HN comments

• Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))

  Jez Humble, David Farley · 11 HN comments

• How to Prove It: A Structured Approach

  Daniel J. Velleman · 3 HN comments

• Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

  Chris Voss, Tahl Raz · 8 HN comments

• Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

  Michael Lewis · 9 HN comments

• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

  Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman · 2 HN points · 20 HN comments

• Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition

  Betty Edwards · 8 HN comments

• System Design Interview – An Insider's Guide: Volume 2

  Alex Xu, Sahn Lam · 2 HN comments

• This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

  Nicole Perlroth · 6 HN comments

• SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming (Pragmatic Programmers)

  Bill Karwin · 6 HN comments

• Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F#

  Scott Wlaschin · 6 HN comments

• The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

  Simon Singh · 18 HN comments

• Why We Sleep (Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams)

  Matthew Walker · 24 HN comments

• Black Art of Video Game Console Design, The

  Andre LaMothe · 4 HN comments

• The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact

  Edmond Lau, Bret Taylor · 6 HN comments

• San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities

  Michael Shellenberger · 2 HN comments

• Payments Systems in the U.S. - Third Edition: A Guide for the Payments Professional

  Carol Coye Benson, Scott Loftesness, Russ Jones · 3 HN comments

• Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group)

  Marty Cagan · 3 HN comments