Ask hackers: what books have you read lately and would recommend me?

I'll soon be finished with it, can you recommend me (and us, other hackers) more?

Thanks!

http://searchyc.com/books

http://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Anews.ycombinator....

I'd say it's a must read for any aspiring entrepreneur. It gives you a lot of perspective and a decent introductory exposure to the process.

- Moneyball. A really engaging story about how game changing startups can turn a centuries-old industry on it's head....er...it's actually about baseball, but the other part is true too.

- Crossing the Chasm. It's a roadmap for introducing a new product. Gives a framework for thinking about the "who" and "why" of a new market.

- Sales Learning Curve by Mark Leslie. It's actually not a book but rather a short paper. Shows how the sales learning curve is similar to the manufacturing learning curve.

- Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds. Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies--only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s and real estate bubble of the past few years are peculiarly aberrations of our time, but Mackay's classic--first published in 1841--shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits.

- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. The title pretty much says it all, huh? Oh, this book was first published in 1931...

- Hiring Smart. It's a book that takes about an hour to read and provides practical tips on how to interview someone (as opposed to the other way around).

- Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki. Good read with some nice tidbits (particularly on fundraising).

- Patton on Leadership (as in General George S. Patton). It's pretty cool...nothing too touchy-feely.

- Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage