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Ask HN: Hacker book suggestions similar to founders at work
Im going on vacation for a month and am looking for about 20 books to read (ideally with kindle versions)
So maybe Ive been living under a rock (doing enterprise software) but I only learned of ycombinator about a week ago. In doing research about ycombinator I read about founders at work which turned out to be entertaining and inspiring.
This community is great and so Im looking for hacker book recommendations about startups, or hacking. fiction or nonfiction would be ok
Id like to travel light so the recommendations should have kindle versions.
- wewyor 16y agoOf a similar note, but comes off very different (to me at least): Coders at work http://www.amazon.com/Coders-Work-Reflections-Craft-Programming/dp/1430219483/ http://www.amazon.com/Coders-Work-Reflections-Craft-Programm... I'm more of a fiction kind of guy so I'll have to recommend this: Cryptonomicon http://www.amazon.com/Cryptonomicon-Neal-Stephenson/dp/B004R96U4A/ http://www.amazon.com/Cryptonomicon-Neal-Stephenson/dp/B004R... (The kindle edition is more than the paperback but if you do want to travel light the kindle edition will definitely be worth the extra bucks as it is one of those thick thousand page mass market paperbacks)
- mindcrime 16y ago+1 for Cryptonomicon. It isn't the easiest book to get through, but it's very worthwhile. Another couple of possibilities might be: The Soul of a New Machine - Tracy Kidder http://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder/dp/0316491977 http://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder/dp/03164... The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage - Clifford Stoll http://www.amazon.com/Cuckoos-Egg-Tracking-Computer-Espionage/dp/1416507787/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1301927142&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Cuckoos-Egg-Tracking-Computer-Espionag... Hackers & Painters - Paul Graham (yes, that Paul Graham) http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Painters-Big-Ideas-Computer/dp/1449389554/ref=pd_sim_b_7 http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Painters-Big-Ideas-Computer/dp...