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Curious what books the Hacker News community considers must read?

• acoyfellow 14y ago
  I just added these books to my "To Get" list.. Which is already large. As a broke fresh college graduate, one of the most widely talked about books (and one I actually bought myself) was Eric Ries' The Lean Startup. It really helped me feel like I had a sense of direction instead of "thinking I knew" something,
  • kdsudac 14y ago
    The public library is your friend, especially if you live in the right area. For example, many California libraries are in a program called Link+ that allows you to borrow books from other libraries, including college libraries. Even if a book you want isn't in the library's catalog, go talk to a librarian. They can work some magic.
  • rdl 14y ago
    Also check out public libraries with Overdrive (eBooks). Another thing to do is see if your college will let you keep online or other library access for a nominal fee. I remember (ab)using MIT libraries for a while after leaving.
• theoutlander 14y ago
  Founders at work by Jessica Livingston, Rework by Jason Fried and DHH, The Startup Owners Manual by Steve Blank...
• djt 14y ago
  here's mine: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4018867 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4018867
• judofyr 14y ago
  Hacker News stories which contains plenty of book recommendations (sorted by points, labeled by topic): Science Fiction: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2978027 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2978027 Computer Science: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3595599 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3595599 General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1752139 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1752139 Design: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3276986 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3276986 Computer Science: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1636275 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1636275 Developing mental models and increasing cognition: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3277457 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3277457 Quant finance: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3177815 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3177815 General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=663662 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=663662 General (non software): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1226736 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1226736 Math: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=665029 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=665029 General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=875686 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=875686 Entrepreneur: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2928211 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2928211 Statistics: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=902074 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=902074 Philosophy: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1503137 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1503137 General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1865350 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1865350 Math for beginners: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=755043 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=755043 Military strategy: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=456275 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=456275 General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=797070 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=797070 Investing: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=248469 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=248469 "I want to start a web company": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1567456 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1567456
  • jevanish 14y ago
    Thanks for puling this list together...I added it to the bottom of my post so more people can see what you helped assemble. Thanks!
  • franze 14y ago
    here is a question i started for sci-fi books which got some decent recommendations http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3781486 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3781486
  • lpolovets 14y ago
    This is great compilation of links. Thank you.
  • paulovsk 14y ago
    thank you