The books people recommended

2015-12-07 · 596 points · 143 comments · 21 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.

5
Mindset
Carol Dweck
5 here · 26 all-time · #222 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 23,745 ratings on Amazon
4
The Stormlight Archive
Brandon Sanderson
4 here · 55 all-time · #73 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 93,054 ratings on Amazon
4
Waking Up
Sam Harris
4 here · 19 all-time · #337 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 9,211 ratings on Amazon
4Thing Explainer
Thing Explainer
Randall Munroe
4 here · 8 all-time · #884 overall
3The Road to Character
The Road to Character
David Brooks
3 here · 12 all-time · #539 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 6,604 ratings on Amazon
2
The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu
2 here · 152 all-time · #11 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 53,978 ratings on Amazon
2The Box
The Box
Marc Levinson
2 here · 21 all-time · #300 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,199 ratings on Amazon
2The Kingkiller Chronicle
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Patrick Rothfuss
2 here · 19 all-time · #339 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 89,463 ratings on Amazon
2Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff
2 here · 5 all-time · #1401 overall
2The Star Fraction
The Star Fraction
Ken MacLeod
2 here · 4 all-time · #1768 overall
2The Blade Itself
The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie
2 here · 3 all-time · #2443 overall
1
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
1 here · 119 all-time · #16 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,720 ratings on Amazon
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
1
Blindsight
Peter Watts
1 here · 70 all-time · #48 overall
Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 8,527 ratings on Amazon
1
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
1 here · 41 all-time · #118 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 21,706 ratings on Amazon
1
The Vital Question
Nick Lane
1 here · 21 all-time · #291 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,792 ratings on Amazon
1Flash Boys
Flash Boys
Michael Lewis
1 here · 17 all-time · #368 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 18,690 ratings on Amazon
1Echopraxia
Echopraxia
Peter Watts
1 here · 11 all-time · #566 overall
Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 2,400 ratings on Amazon
1The Rosie Project
The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion
1 here · 11 all-time · #583 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 79,434 ratings on Amazon
1Clojure for the Brave and True
Clojure for the Brave and True
Daniel Higginbotham
1 here · 5 all-time · #1241 overall
1The Stone Canal
The Stone Canal
Ken MacLeod
1 here · 3 all-time · #2070 overall