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Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2019? ↗

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2019-12-14 · 156 points · 71 comments · 34 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 5Why We Sleep

    Why We Sleep

    Matthew Walker

    5 here · 20 all-time · #41 overall

  2. 5Bad Blood

    Bad Blood

    John Carreyrou

    5 here · 8 all-time · #175 overall

  3. 3Masters of Doom

    Masters of Doom

    David Kushner

    3 here · 14 all-time · #72 overall

  4. 3Skunk Works

    Skunk Works

    Ben Rich

    3 here · 6 all-time · #239 overall

  5. 2Permanent Record

    Permanent Record

    Edward Snowden

    2 here · 7 all-time · #211 overall

  6. 2A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again

    A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again

    David Foster Wallace

    2 here · 7 all-time · #213 overall

  7. 2Being Mortal

    Being Mortal

    Atul Gawande

    2 here · 4 all-time · #406 overall

  8. 2The Checklist Manifesto

    The Checklist Manifesto

    Atul Gawande

    2 here · 3 all-time · #591 overall

  9. 2Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

    Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

    Christopher de Hamel

    2 here · 3 all-time · #606 overall

  10. 2The Infinite Game

    The Infinite Game

    Simon Sinek

    2 here · 3 all-time · #607 overall

  11. 1

    Sapiens

    Yuval Noah Harari

    1 here · 41 all-time · #9 overall

  12. 1Fooled by Randomness

    Fooled by Randomness

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    1 here · 23 all-time · #28 overall

  13. 1High Output Management

    High Output Management

    Andrew S. Grove

    1 here · 14 all-time · #79 overall

  14. 1The Lean Startup

    The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries

    1 here · 13 all-time · #85 overall

  15. 1How to Change Your Mind

    How to Change Your Mind

    Michael Pollan

    1 here · 12 all-time · #102 overall

  16. 1Rationality: From AI to Zombies

    Rationality: From AI to Zombies

    Eliezer Yudkowsky

    1 here · 9 all-time · #145 overall

  17. 1The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    Stephen Covey

    1 here · 9 all-time · #149 overall

  18. 1Thinking in Bets

    Thinking in Bets

    Annie Duke

    1 here · 7 all-time · #186 overall

  19. 1The Undercover Economist

    The Undercover Economist

    Tim Harford

    1 here · 5 all-time · #272 overall

  20. 1Enlightenment Now

    Enlightenment Now

    Steven Pinker

    1 here · 5 all-time · #284 overall

  21. 1American Kingpin

    American Kingpin

    Nick Bilton

    1 here · 5 all-time · #292 overall

  22. 1The Vital Question

    The Vital Question

    Nick Lane

    1 here · 5 all-time · #301 overall

  23. 1A Man for All Markets

    A Man for All Markets

    Edward O. Thorp

    1 here · 5 all-time · #317 overall

  24. 1Born to Run

    Born to Run

    Christopher McDougall

    1 here · 4 all-time · #344 overall

  25. 1Alchemy

    Alchemy

    Rory Sutherland

    1 here · 4 all-time · #362 overall

  26. 1Born a Crime

    Born a Crime

    Trevor Noah

    1 here · 4 all-time · #365 overall

  27. 1Evicted

    Evicted

    Matthew Desmond

    1 here · 4 all-time · #368 overall

  28. 1Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha

    Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha

    Daniel Ingram

    1 here · 4 all-time · #395 overall

  29. 1Can't Hurt Me

    Can't Hurt Me

    David Goggins

    1 here · 3 all-time · #488 overall

  30. 1Educated

    Educated

    Tara Westover

    1 here · 3 all-time · #521 overall

  31. 1The Prize

    The Prize

    Daniel Yergin

    1 here · 3 all-time · #524 overall

  32. 1Countdown to Zero Day

    Countdown to Zero Day

    Kim Zetter

    1 here · 3 all-time · #525 overall

  33. 1Capital in the 21st Century

    Capital in the 21st Century

    Thomas Picketty

    1 here · 3 all-time · #568 overall

  34. 1Dark Emu

    Dark Emu

    Bruce Pascoe

    1 here · 3 all-time · #583 overall