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An Essay on Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons (1768)
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Most books don't sell only a dozen copies
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Our long, vulnerable childhoods may be the key to our success
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We are all nerds: The literary works of Neal Stephenson
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What We Gain from a Good Bookstore
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The value of owning more books than you can read (2018)
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Is it the “New York Review of Each Other’s Books”?
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Writing books is not really a good idea
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Show HN: An anti-book recommendation tool, to help you escape your echo chamber
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There’s no replacement for the thrill of browsing in a bookstore
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Books on Thinking About Thinking
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Number of Self-Published Titles Jumped 40% in 2018
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Patrick Collison's Bookshelf
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Book subtitles are getting longer because of SEO
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Great Essays and Essayists
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The Bookish Life: How to Read and Why
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The Best Textbooks on Every Subject
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The Why of Cooking (2017)
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The diabolical genius of the baby advice industry
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How to Be a Know-It-All
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The Joy of Aluminum Foil Lithography
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Textbook manifesto (2016)
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Bibliomania: the strange history of compulsive book buying
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My Favorite Books of 2016
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Books Warren Buffett thinks you should read
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What Does It Take to Be a ‘Best-Selling Author’? $3 and 5 Minutes
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The Best Books I Read in 2015
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The Best Books I Read in 2013
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My Summer Reading List
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Eight Books Everyone Should Read
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The Best Textbooks on Every Subject
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Another Way to View the "Decline" of HN
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David Kahn has died
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No one buys books
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Most Books Don't Sell Only a Dozen Copies (2022)
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Book people think they know why 9-year-olds stop reading for fun
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