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24 alternatives to Hackers

Heroes of the computer revolution

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hackers launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Hackers and Painters▲15
The computer world and motivations of those who occupy it
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
2
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age ▲79
Essays by Paul Graham
2015 · its alternatives →
3
Social Engineering▲62
The Art of Human Hacking
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
4
Hardware Hacker▲63
Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware
2016 · nostarch.com · its alternatives →
5
Ghost In The Wires▲65
Adventures as the world's most wanted hacker
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
The Innovators▲10
Chronological history of computer tech and key people
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
7
HACKING: Hacking for Beginners▲71
Learn all the hacking basics
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Race Against The Machine▲66
How the digital revolution is accelerating innovation!
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
9
BetaPage 2.0▲224
Community of Hackers and Makers
2017 · pitchwall.co · its alternatives →
10
The Dark Net▲62
A revelatory examination of the internet
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
11
The Boy and the Computer▲63
Graphic novel inspired by real world programming hacks
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
12
Rise of the Machines▲61
A Cybernetic History 1st Edition
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
13
Future Crimes▲64
Inside the Digital Underground
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
The Misfit Economy▲68
Lessons in creativity from pirates & hackers
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Hacking Growth [Kindle Edition]▲79
Untraditional marketing using the hacker mindset.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
The Innovators▲76
Short biographies about the digital age's key pioneers
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy▲61
The many faces of anonymous
2015 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →
18
Design for Hackers▲78
Visual design, deconstructed
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
The Supermen▲66
Seymour Cray + technical wizards behind the supercomputer
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
Fearless Genius ▲80
The digital revolution in Silicon Valley 1985 - 2000
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
What the Dormouse Said▲55
How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
22
Spirit Hackers▲60
A cyberpunk novel exploring the afterlife.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
23
Code▲76
The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →
24
Smartcuts (book)▲69
How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success
2014 · shanesnow.com · its alternatives →

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