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Books

21.0k objects in the archive · 2,130 ranked picks

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  1. 1
    Surviving in-flight breakup of an SR-71 Blackbird at Mach 3.18
    books.google.com2007–2026143 submissionsHN thread
    2,493 pts
    843 cmts
    1,374 people
  2. 2
    Edward Snowden: Permanent Record
    amazon.com20192 submissionsHN thread
    774 pts
    429 cmts
  3. 3
    The Go Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan, Alan Donovan
    amazon.com2015–20196 submissionsHN thread
    416 pts
    254 cmts
    6 people
  4. 4
    The Textbook That Unleashed Ramanujan's Genius
    books.google.com20211 submissionHN thread
    289 pts
    108 cmts
  5. 5
    The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, 2nd ed.
    amazon.com2014–20195 submissionsHN thread
    285 pts
    80 cmts
    7 people
  6. 6
    ISBN 148426133X
    amazon.com2020–20231 submissionHN thread
    177 pts
    61 cmts
    2 people
  7. 7
    David Kadavy's "Design for Hackers" now on Amazon
    amazon.com2011–20191 submissionHN thread
    174 pts
    62 cmts
    19 people
  8. 8
    Hacker’s Delight (2012)
    books.google.com20221 submissionHN thread
    170 pts
    37 cmts
  9. 9
    John Resig's ‘Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja’ has been released
    amazon.com2013–20143 submissionsHN thread
    162 pts
    84 cmts
    3 people
  10. 10
    Popular Science Magazine Archives, May 1872-March 2009
    books.google.com2022–20243 submissionsHN thread
    153 pts
    59 cmts
    1 person
  11. 11
    Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time
    amazon.com2009–20101 submissionHN thread
    139 pts
    59 cmts
    3 people
  12. 12
    Douglas Hofstadter has a new book
    amazon.com2013–20171 submissionHN thread
    132 pts
    53 cmts
    3 people
  13. 13
    Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
    amazon.com2020–20232 submissionsHN thread
    127 pts
    19 cmts
    5 people
  14. 14
    Unix: A History and a Memoir, by Brian Kernighan
    amazon.com2019–20261 submissionHN thread
    123 pts
    22 cmts
    12 people
  15. 15
    The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator
    amazon.com2012–20135 submissionsHN thread
    122 pts
    33 cmts
    3 people
  16. 16
    Learn C the Hard Way: A Clear and Direct Intro To Modern C Programming
    amazon.com2013–20152 submissionsHN thread
    120 pts
    41 cmts
    1 person
  17. 17
    Discarded delights: The joy of ex-library books (2021)
    abebooks.com20241 submissionHN thread
    115 pts
    70 cmts
  18. 18
    The new Python Cookbook is out
    amazon.com20131 submissionHN thread
    112 pts
    32 cmts
  19. 19
    21st Century C (new book)
    amazon.com2012–20161 submissionHN thread
    86 pts
    90 cmts
    3 people
  20. 20
    AIMA 3rd edition (Russell, Norvig) available for pre-order now
    amazon.com2009–20191 submissionHN thread
    81 pts
    18 cmts
    15 people
  21. 21
    Thinking Functionally with Haskell – Richard Bird's New Book
    amazon.com20141 submissionHN thread
    73 pts
    14 cmts
  22. 22
    Every issue of New Scientist from 1956 to 1989
    books.google.com20121 submissionHN thread
    72 pts
    7 cmts
  23. 23
    ISBN 1617291951
    amazon.com20152 submissionsHN thread
    68 pts
    32 cmts
    1 person
  24. 24
    Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set
    amazon.com2010–20201 submissionHN thread
    56 pts
    55 cmts
    11 people
  25. 25
    My book 'Programming Windows Azure' from O'Reilly is available
    amazon.com20101 submissionHN thread
    55 pts
    24 cmts
    1 person
  26. 26
    Bourbaki – A Secret Society of Mathematicians
    books.google.com20251 submissionHN thread
    54 pts
    24 cmts
  27. 27
    The self-help book Bill Clinton used
    amazon.com20091 submissionHN thread
    48 pts
    27 cmts
  28. 28
    Practical Foundations for Programming Languages
    amazon.com2012–20151 submissionHN thread
    47 pts
    11 cmts
    1 person
  29. 29
    Going blind and learning to love audiobooks
    audible.com20171 submissionHN thread
    44 pts
    31 cmts
  30. 30
    New Book called “What if? 2” by Xkcd creator Randall Munroe
    amazon.com20221 submissionHN thread
    42 pts
    6 cmts
  31. 31
    Mechanical Integrators (1886)
    books.google.com20221 submissionHN thread
    42 pts
    5 cmts
  32. 32
    Cognitive Cooking with Chef Watson
    amazon.com2015–20171 submissionHN thread
    41 pts
    16 cmts
    3 people
  33. 33
    The GNU Make Book
    amazon.com20151 submissionHN thread
    38 pts
    18 cmts
  34. 34
    Deep Learning Book (2016)
    amazon.com2016–20192 submissionsHN thread
    37 pts
    2 cmts
    10 people
  35. 35
    Celebrate Your Freedom to Read: Banned books on Google
    books.google.com20101 submissionHN thread
    36 pts
    10 cmts
  36. 36
    Xkcd: volume 0 is #714 on Amazon (20% Profits go to RoomToRead)
    amazon.com2010–20131 submissionHN thread
    34 pts
    11 cmts
    2 people
  37. 37
    Google eBookstore seems to have been launched
    books.google.com2010–20252 submissionsHN thread
    32 pts
    35 cmts
    6 people
  38. 38
    ISBN 1783984783
    amazon.com20151 submissionHN thread
    32 pts
    7 cmts
  39. 39
    The Word "Douchebag" Seen Through the Lens of Google's Ngram Viewer
    books.google.com2011–202614 submissionsHN thread
    32 pts
    6 cmts
    407 people
  40. 40
    Would you pay $62 for a Wikipedia article?
    amazon.com20101 submissionHN thread
    30 pts
    26 cmts
  41. 41
    New biography of Steve Jobs comes out March 2012
    amazon.com2011–20253 submissionsHN thread
    30 pts
    8 cmts
    8 people
  42. 42
    Why's (poignant) guide to Ruby
    amazon.com20151 submissionHN thread
    30 pts
    0 cmts
    1 person
  43. 43
    How to Be the Startup Hero by Tim Draper (free on Kindle for 24 Hours)
    amazon.com20181 submissionHN thread
    28 pts
    12 cmts
  44. 44
    Steve Krug's new #ux book is out
    amazon.com2009–20131 submissionHN thread
    27 pts
    4 cmts
    5 people
  45. 45
    The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
    amazon.com2008–20132 submissionsHN thread
    25 pts
    9 cmts
    3 people
  46. 46
    First time project manager? A must read
    amazon.com201717 submissionsHN thread
    22 pts
    0 cmts
  47. 47
    ISBN 1119677629
    amazon.com20202 submissionsHN thread
    21 pts
    5 cmts
    1 person
  48. 48
    The Art of Electronics, 3rd Edition
    amazon.com2015–20222 submissionsHN thread
    19 pts
    6 cmts
    10 people
  49. 49
    ISBN 0593192397
    amazon.com2021–20251 submissionHN thread
    18 pts
    3 cmts
    1 person
  50. 50
    A Book About Software Engineering at Google Is Out Today
    amazon.com2019–20212 submissionsHN thread
    18 pts
    1 cmts
    3 people