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2015-09-13 · 11 points · 34 comments · 22 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. 3The Eye of the World

    The Eye of the World

    Robert Jordan

    3 here · 7 all-time · #1027 overall

  2. 2

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    2 here · 250 all-time · #3 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 104,032 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1

    Sapiens

    Yuval Noah Harari

    1 here · 197 all-time · #4 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 133,705 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1

    Cryptonomicon

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 106 all-time · #23 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 8,425 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

    Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

    Eliezer Yudkowsky

    1 here · 101 all-time · #27 overall

    Buy on Amazon
  6. 1

    Man's Search for Meaning

    Viktor Frankl

    1 here · 95 all-time · #32 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 100,360 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

    Richard Feynman

    1 here · 90 all-time · #35 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 13,344 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

    Fyodor Dostoevsky

    1 here · 69 all-time · #51 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 3,359 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1

    The Diamond Age

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 64 all-time · #58 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,358 ratings on Amazon
  10. 1

    Seveneves

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 58 all-time · #64 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 31,865 ratings on Amazon
  11. 1The Power of Now

    The Power of Now

    Eckhart Tolle

    1 here · 34 all-time · #155 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 54,841 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1Ancillary Justice

    Ancillary Justice

    Ann Leckie

    1 here · 21 all-time · #301 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 21,235 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1Annihilation

    Annihilation

    Jeff VanderMeer

    1 here · 15 all-time · #427 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.0 out of 5, 28,288 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1The Lies of Locke Lamora

    The Lies of Locke Lamora

    Scott Lynch

    1 here · 14 all-time · #469 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 30,742 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1Childhood's End

    Childhood's End

    Arthur C. Clarke

    1 here · 13 all-time · #480 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 15,230 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1The Fabric of the Cosmos

    The Fabric of the Cosmos

    Brian Greene

    1 here · 12 all-time · #516 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,315 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1No Country for Old Men

    No Country for Old Men

    Cormac McCarthy

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1245 overall

  18. 1Of Human Bondage

    Of Human Bondage

    W. Somerset Maugham

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1332 overall

  19. 1The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

    The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

    Roger Williams

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1339 overall

  20. 1God Is Not Great

    God Is Not Great

    Christopher Hitchens

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1955 overall

  21. 1A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924

    A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891-1924

    Orlando Figes

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2305 overall

  22. 1The Anubis Gates

    The Anubis Gates

    Tim Powers

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2551 overall