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Ask HN: Do you know any good audio books for developers? ↗

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2019-12-21 · 163 points · 49 comments · 31 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. 5

    The Phoenix Project

    Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

    5 here · 67 all-time · #56 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 14,975 ratings on Amazon
  2. 3The Goal

    The Goal

    Eliyahu M. Goldratt

    3 here · 70 all-time · #49 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,661 ratings on Amazon
  3. 2

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert Pirsig

    2 here · 193 all-time · #5 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 13,921 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2

    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie

    2 here · 175 all-time · #8 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 106,505 ratings on Amazon
  5. 2

    The Soul of a New Machine

    Tracy Kidder

    2 here · 76 all-time · #43 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,741 ratings on Amazon
  6. 2

    Masters of Doom

    David Kushner

    2 here · 69 all-time · #53 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,851 ratings on Amazon
  7. 2Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

    Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

    Steven Levy

    2 here · 39 all-time · #123 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 836 ratings on Amazon
  8. 2Algorithms to Live By

    Algorithms to Live By

    Brian Christian

    2 here · 19 all-time · #330 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 6,632 ratings on Amazon
  9. 2Accelerate

    Accelerate

    Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

    2 here · 11 all-time · #579 overall

    Buy on Amazon
  10. 2The Unicorn Project

    The Unicorn Project

    Gene Kim

    2 here · 9 all-time · #749 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 4,826 ratings on Amazon
  11. 2The Metaphysics

    The Metaphysics

    Aristotle

    2 here · 7 all-time · #983 overall

  12. 1

    The Design of Everyday Things

    Don Norman

    1 here · 95 all-time · #33 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,629 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1

    Deep Work

    Cal Newport

    1 here · 72 all-time · #46 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,713 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1Rework

    Rework

    Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

    1 here · 43 all-time · #106 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,954 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy

    1 here · 41 all-time · #117 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 3,710 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1The Dream Machine

    The Dream Machine

    M. Mitchell Waldrop

    1 here · 31 all-time · #184 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 307 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

    Stephen Covey

    1 here · 30 all-time · #186 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 20,573 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1

    Turn the Ship Around

    L. David Marquet

    1 here · 22 all-time · #280 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,318 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1Superintelligence

    Superintelligence

    Nick Bostrom

    1 here · 18 all-time · #352 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 4,884 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1The Checklist Manifesto

    The Checklist Manifesto

    Atul Gawande

    1 here · 17 all-time · #370 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 15,188 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1Permanent Record

    Permanent Record

    Edward Snowden

    1 here · 13 all-time · #508 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 17,278 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1Grokking Algorithms

    Grokking Algorithms

    Aditya Y. Bhargava

    1 here · 12 all-time · #535 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,557 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1Dreaming in Code

    Dreaming in Code

    Scott Rosenberg

    1 here · 11 all-time · #593 overall

    Buy on Amazon3.9 out of 5, 226 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1The Everything Store

    The Everything Store

    Brad Stone

    1 here · 9 all-time · #709 overall

  25. 1The DevOps Handbook

    The DevOps Handbook

    Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois

    1 here · 7 all-time · #956 overall

  26. 1The Launch Pad

    The Launch Pad

    Randall Stross

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1313 overall

  27. 1Creative Selection

    Creative Selection

    Ken Kocienda

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1363 overall

  28. 1Platform Revolution

    Platform Revolution

    Geoffrey G. Parker

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1972 overall

  29. 1The Hacker Crackdown

    The Hacker Crackdown

    Bruce Sterling

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2016 overall

  30. 1Organon

    Organon

    Aristotle

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2221 overall

  31. 1How the Internet Happened

    How the Internet Happened

    Brian McCullough

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2590 overall