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2009-12-30 · 72 points · 77 comments · 6 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.

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    Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Douglas Hofstadter

    1 here · 347 all-time · #1 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,713 ratings on Amazon
  2. 1

    Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    Harold Abelson

    1 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
  3. 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
  4. 1

    Euclid's Elements

    Euclid

    1 here · 23 all-time · #266 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 1,006 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1Principia Mathematica

    Principia Mathematica

    Isaac Newton

    1 here · 12 all-time · #557 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 20 ratings on Amazon
  6. 1The Lord of the Flies

    The Lord of the Flies

    William Golding

    1 here · 7 all-time · #913 overall