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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. 1
   Hackers and Painters▲15

   The computer world and motivations of those who occupy it

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age ▲79

   Essays by Paul Graham

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Social Engineering▲62

   The Art of Human Hacking

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4HC
   HackerBooks.com▲351

   2011 · hackerbooks.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hardware Hacker▲63

   Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Ghost In The Wires▲65

   Adventures as the world's most wanted hacker

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Innovators▲10

   Chronological history of computer tech and key people

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   HACKING: Hacking for Beginners▲71

   Learn all the hacking basics

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Race Against The Machine▲66

   How the digital revolution is accelerating innovation!

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    BetaPage 2.0▲224

    Community of Hackers and Makers

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Dark Net▲62

    A revelatory examination of the internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Boy and the Computer▲63

    Graphic novel inspired by real world programming hacks

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Rise of the Machines▲61

    A Cybernetic History 1st Edition

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Future Crimes▲64

    Inside the Digital Underground

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Misfit Economy▲68

    Lessons in creativity from pirates & hackers

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hacking Growth [Kindle Edition]▲79

    Untraditional marketing using the hacker mindset.

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17HR
    HN Reads – the books of hacker news▲33

    2015 · hnreads.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Innovators▲76

    Short biographies about the digital age's key pioneers

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy▲61

    The many faces of anonymous

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Design for Hackers▲78

    Visual design, deconstructed

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Supermen▲66

    Seymour Cray + technical wizards behind the supercomputer

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Fearless Genius ▲80

    The digital revolution in Silicon Valley 1985 - 2000

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    What the Dormouse Said▲55

    How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Spirit Hackers▲60

    A cyberpunk novel exploring the afterlife.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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