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100 threads, newest first. Each page ranks the books named in that thread.
- Basic Math Textbook: The Napkin Project 2025-10-02 · 73 comments · 5 books
- AI Engineer Reading List 2025-01-13 · 68 comments · 2 books
- Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? 2024-10-06 · 940 comments · 219 books
- Ask HN: Must-Read Books for Startups? 2024-09-15 · 74 comments · 16 books
- How to choose a textbook that is optimal for oneself? 2024-07-20 · 121 comments · 2 books
- Ask HN: What's the best book you've read so far in 2024? 2024-05-21 · 83 comments · 15 books
- Ask HN: What are good books/blogs to read for a first time CTO? 2023-12-29 · 142 comments · 19 books
- Ask HN: Top 10 Timeless Software Books That ChangedLife as Software Engineer? 2023-11-11 · 70 comments · 21 books
- Books for Game Developers 2023-09-15 · 59 comments · 3 books
- Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately? 2023-08-17 · 520 comments · 26 books
- Ask HN: How do you synthesize books that you read? 2023-04-27 · 60 comments · 6 books
- Ask HN: Math books that made you significantly better at math? 2023-01-19 · 317 comments · 12 books
- Ask HN: Books that teach programming by building a series of small projects? 2023-01-17 · 203 comments · 9 books
- Books for Software Engineers in 2023 2023-01-02 · 117 comments · 23 books
- Ask HN: What is the most mind expanding book(s) you have read till date? 2022-12-31 · 85 comments · 38 books
- Ask HN: Best books read in 2022? 2022-12-04 · 249 comments · 8 books
- Ask HN: Which books have made you a better thinker and problem solver? 2022-11-30 · 237 comments · 63 books
- Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click? 2022-11-14 · 503 comments · 14 books
- Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022? 2022-10-29 · 278 comments · 2 books
- Ask HN: Which books do you consider real gems in your field of work/study? 2022-09-10 · 262 comments · 35 books
- Ask HN: Which book are you reading, since when? 2022-07-22 · 88 comments · 48 books
- Ask HN: Which book can attract anyone towards your field of study? 2022-03-27 · 273 comments · 9 books
- Ask HN: What is your favorite fiction book? 2022-02-19 · 83 comments · 90 books
- Ask HN: What's the best book you read in 2021? 2021-12-24 · 631 comments · 108 books
- Trying to study textbooks effectively: a year of experimentation 2021-06-08 · 63 comments · 3 books
- In Praise of Open Source Textbooks 2021-06-06 · 104 comments · 2 books
- Ask HN: Books for Effective Communication 2021-06-05 · 54 comments · 11 books
- A reading list for new engineering managers 2021-04-10 · 58 comments · 11 books
- Ask HN: Which book/essay changed your life? 2021-03-25 · 46 comments · 30 books
- Show HN: Zeneca – Share and discuss your favorite books 2021-03-08 · 56 comments · 4 books
- Show HN: I wrote a book about using data science to solve “everyday” problems 2021-02-24 · 96 comments · 2 books
- Ask HN: What is the best book you read in 2020? 2020-12-31 · 57 comments · 32 books
- Distributed Systems Reading List 2020-12-06 · 76 comments · 2 books
- Ask HN: Suggestions for books about API design? 2020-09-05 · 90 comments · 4 books
- Fast.ai releases new deep learning course, libraries, and book 2020-08-21 · 81 comments · 3 books
- Classic books for tech leads or those aspiring to be 2020-08-11 · 54 comments · 12 books
- Klutz Press: books built for learning stuff 2020-06-29 · 101 comments · 2 books
- Ask HN: Best books under 200 pages for developers? 2020-05-30 · 102 comments · 15 books
- Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before? 2020-05-12 · 719 comments · 225 books
- Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison to US textbooks? (2017) 2020-04-22 · 661 comments · 4 books
- Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life? 2020-03-29 · 584 comments · 39 books
- Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free 2020-01-21 · 84 comments · 7 books
- Ask HN: What are the best unknown books you have read? 2020-01-19 · 388 comments · 8 books
- Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? 2019-12-28 · 417 comments · 66 books
- Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020? 2019-12-16 · 320 comments · 45 books
- Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2019? 2019-12-14 · 71 comments · 34 books
- The first non-bullshit book about culture I've read 2019-11-29 · 150 comments · 12 books
- Hard comp-fi reading list 2019-09-30 · 155 comments · 28 books
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books or essays written at least 100 years ago? 2019-09-08 · 237 comments · 38 books
- Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? 2019-07-02 · 296 comments · 6 books
- A 600-Page Textbook About Modern Monetary Theory Has Sold Out 2019-05-31 · 66 comments · 1 books
- Ask HN: Which books teach mental models? 2019-05-12 · 92 comments · 23 books
- Classic Mathematics Books for Lifelong Learners 2019-02-16 · 56 comments · 12 books
- Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything? 2019-02-05 · 1,165 comments · 278 books
- Linear Algebra by Jim Hefferon – free textbook 2019-01-27 · 60 comments · 4 books
- Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018? 2018-12-23 · 332 comments · 8 books
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2018? 2018-12-12 · 347 comments · 72 books
- Ask HN: What are the best textbooks in your field of expertise? 2018-09-30 · 272 comments · 25 books
- OpenStax – openly licensed textbooks 2018-08-12 · 55 comments · 5 books
- YC’s 2018 Summer Reading List 2018-07-24 · 97 comments · 3 books
- Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? 2018-07-12 · 391 comments · 55 books
- Ask HN: What's one book that changed your life? 2018-05-27 · 176 comments · 39 books
- Book recommendation: Measure what matters 2018-05-17 · 82 comments · 9 books
- Ask HN: Which books have made you introspect? 2018-05-11 · 374 comments · 26 books
- Book: Mathematics for Machine Learning 2018-04-04 · 54 comments · 10 books
- The Benjamin Franklin method for learning more from programming books 2018-02-16 · 99 comments · 6 books
- Game Theory: Open Access textbook 2017-12-13 · 54 comments · 1 books
- Books I read this year 2017-12-04 · 255 comments · 1 books
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books of all time, and why? 2017-11-05 · 110 comments · 64 books
- A Comparison of Four Algorithms Textbooks (2016) 2017-10-07 · 46 comments · 3 books
- Ask HN: What books had the greatest effect on how you structure your code? 2017-07-24 · 158 comments · 8 books
- Ask HN: What are the best books you've read that few others have? 2017-07-11 · 63 comments · 15 books
- Ask HN: Books you wish you had read earlier? 2017-06-03 · 270 comments · 46 books
- Ask HN: Best current book to learn JavaScript? 2017-06-01 · 93 comments · 5 books
- Ask HN: Which non-technology book has influenced you the most and why? 2017-03-27 · 332 comments · 26 books
- Immersive Linear Algebra – textbook with fully interactive figures (2015) 2017-03-19 · 74 comments · 2 books
- Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project? 2017-02-16 · 229 comments · 6 books
- Ask HN: What was the best book you read in 2016? 2017-01-02 · 69 comments · 39 books
- Ask HN: Good books or articles on UI design? 2016-10-14 · 86 comments · 5 books
- Ask HN: What are the must-read books about economics/finance? 2016-09-22 · 269 comments · 26 books
- Ask HN: Book Recommendations? 2016-03-05 · 81 comments · 64 books
- Ask HN: Best books or videos to get better at sales? 2015-09-17 · 69 comments · 13 books
- Ask HN: What are your favorite books? I'm bored 2014-07-30 · 75 comments · 75 books
- Bill Gates's Favorite Business Book 2014-07-11 · 61 comments · 2 books
- Ask HN: What Books Are You Reading? 2014-06-30 · 80 comments · 49 books
- Ask HN: What book changed your life in 2013? 2013-12-28 · 177 comments · 8 books
- Quantitative Finance Reading List 2013-04-25 · 89 comments · 5 books
- Ask HN: Best books you read in 2012 2012-12-25 · 220 comments · 60 books
- California passes groundbreaking open textbook legislation 2012-09-28 · 73 comments · 2 books
- The Best Textbooks on Every Subject 2012-03-25 · 62 comments · 12 books
- California State Senator Proposes Funding Open-Source Textbooks 2012-01-05 · 49 comments · 5 books
- What is the single most influential book every programmer should read? 2011-12-06 · 95 comments · 25 books
- Good books for hackers interested in quant finance? 2011-10-31 · 59 comments · 5 books
- The Book That Every Programmer Should Read 2011-10-31 · 70 comments · 10 books
- Must Read CS Books For Self Self-Taught Programmers 2011-04-06 · 61 comments · 22 books
- Ask HN: I use and love Python. What's the best book to learn C ? 2010-03-23 · 52 comments · 4 books
- Ruby Best Practices (full book available for download) 2010-03-17 · 55 comments · 1 books
- Ask HN: Best Mathematics book for complete noobie? 2009-08-11 · 55 comments · 16 books
- Ask YC: What's the most inspiring sci-fi book you've read? 2008-03-19 · 79 comments · 43 books
- Ask YC: favorite books 2007-12-04 · 80 comments · 88 books