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The books people recommended

2015-11-09 · 41 points · 30 comments · 45 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. 3

    Infinite Jest

    David Foster Wallace

    3 here · 75 all-time · #44 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,443 ratings on Amazon
  2. 2

    The Martian

    Andy Weir

    2 here · 103 all-time · #25 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187,449 ratings on Amazon
  3. 2

    East of Eden

    John Steinbeck

    2 here · 36 all-time · #141 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 23,886 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2

    The Dark Forest

    Cixin Liu

    2 here · 27 all-time · #210 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 34,505 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu

    1 here · 152 all-time · #11 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 53,978 ratings on Amazon
  6. 1

    Snow Crash

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 119 all-time · #16 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,720 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1

    Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    1 here · 117 all-time · #17 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,213 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1

    Ready Player One

    Ernest Cline

    1 here · 69 all-time · #52 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 155,485 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1

    Seveneves

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 58 all-time · #64 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 31,865 ratings on Amazon
  10. 1

    The Little Schemer

    Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

    1 here · 51 all-time · #81 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 185 ratings on Amazon
  11. 1

    Moby Dick

    Herman Melville

    1 here · 51 all-time · #82 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 16,756 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1Rework

    Rework

    Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

    1 here · 43 all-time · #106 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,954 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1

    On Intelligence

    Jeff Hawkins

    1 here · 36 all-time · #138 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 893 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1

    Red Rising

    Pierce Brown

    1 here · 35 all-time · #147 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 111,087 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    Don Quixote

    Miguel de Cervantes

    1 here · 33 all-time · #161 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,758 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1

    The Intelligent Investor

    Benjamin Graham

    1 here · 33 all-time · #169 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 52,344 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1

    One Hundred Years of Solitude

    Gabriel García Márquez

    1 here · 25 all-time · #231 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 9,706 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    1 here · 24 all-time · #247 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 16,338 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1

    Wool

    Hugh Howey

    1 here · 23 all-time · #262 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 53,808 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1

    Grapes of Wrath

    John Steinbeck

    1 here · 22 all-time · #269 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 25,575 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1

    Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

    Shunryu Suzuki

    1 here · 22 all-time · #278 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,757 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1On Writing

    On Writing

    Stephen King

    1 here · 18 all-time · #348 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 20,514 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1Superintelligence

    Superintelligence

    Nick Bostrom

    1 here · 18 all-time · #352 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 4,884 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1Made to Stick

    Made to Stick

    Chip and Dan Heath

    1 here · 16 all-time · #386 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,888 ratings on Amazon
  25. 1Amusing Ourselves to Death

    Amusing Ourselves to Death

    Neil Postman

    1 here · 14 all-time · #450 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,314 ratings on Amazon
  26. 1Being Mortal

    Being Mortal

    Atul Gawande

    1 here · 12 all-time · #531 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 49,670 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1Watchmen

    Watchmen

    Alan Moore

    1 here · 10 all-time · #631 overall

  28. 1The Peripheral

    The Peripheral

    William Gibson

    1 here · 10 all-time · #633 overall

  29. 1All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Erich Maria Remarque

    1 here · 10 all-time · #646 overall

  30. 1Daring Greatly

    Daring Greatly

    Brené Brown

    1 here · 9 all-time · #718 overall

  31. 1The Water Knife

    The Water Knife

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    1 here · 9 all-time · #729 overall

  32. 1Continuous Delivery

    Continuous Delivery

    Jez Humble

    1 here · 8 all-time · #790 overall

  33. 1Sandman

    Sandman

    Neil Gaiman

    1 here · 8 all-time · #799 overall

  34. 1Le Ton Beau de Marot

    Le Ton Beau de Marot

    Douglas Hofstadter

    1 here · 7 all-time · #908 overall

  35. 1Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    John Steinbeck

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1152 overall

  36. 1As I Lay Dying

    As I Lay Dying

    William Faulkner

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1258 overall

  37. 1The Hidden Persuaders

    The Hidden Persuaders

    Vance Packard

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1349 overall

  38. 1Golden Son

    Golden Son

    Pierce Brown

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1691 overall

  39. 1Deschooling Society

    Deschooling Society

    Ivan Illich

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1778 overall

  40. 1The Little Prover

    The Little Prover

    Daniel P. Friedman, David Repegory

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2177 overall

  41. 1The Things They Carried

    The Things They Carried

    Tim O'Brien

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2313 overall

  42. 1CSS Secrets

    CSS Secrets

    Lea Verou

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2330 overall

  43. 1Cry, the Beloved Country

    Cry, the Beloved Country

    Alan Paton

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2370 overall

  44. 1The Red Badge of Courage

    The Red Badge of Courage

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2557 overall

  45. 1The Goshawk

    The Goshawk

    T.H. White

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2591 overall