Ask HN: 'Must read' books

Recommendations from 11 sampled comments out of 11 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

12 books

a3camero · Feb 19, 2013
Masters of Doom (not finished, just started reading it, great so far)
PankajGhosh · Feb 19, 2013
Rework: http://37signals.com/rework/
a3camero · Feb 19, 2013
-Stumbling on Happiness
dutchrapley · Feb 19, 2013
It's not that you should read and implement it verbatim. It's a great read in terms of getting you into different mindset.
QuantumGuy · Feb 19, 2013
That book only applies to you if you have a very flexible schedule.
juanrossi · Feb 19, 2013
Design is Job - Mike Monteiro by A Book Apart (Really basic stuff for people starting with agency/freelance work, but really good).
senthadev · Feb 19, 2013
"Do more faster" by David cohen and Brad feld. A must have book.
dsowers · Feb 19, 2013
A great scifi book that also mixes in entrepreneurial concepts is "Infoquake."
juanrossi · Feb 19, 2013
Applied Cryptography, Second Edition: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C
juanrossi · Feb 19, 2013
Baked In from Alex Bogusky and John Winsor (About C+P agency)
a3camero · Feb 19, 2013
-Free Software, Free Society
juanrossi · Feb 19, 2013
Learn Ruby The Hard Way for people starting.