The books people recommended

2015-12-20 · 238 points · 71 comments · 28 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.

3
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
3 here · 173 all-time · #9 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 22,012 ratings on Amazon
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
3
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X
3 here · 24 all-time · #252 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 19,848 ratings on Amazon
2
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
2 here · 90 all-time · #36 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,667 ratings on Amazon
2
Nonviolent Communication
Marshall B. Rosenberg
2 here · 47 all-time · #92 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 12,436 ratings on Amazon
2The Road to Character
The Road to Character
David Brooks
2 here · 12 all-time · #539 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 6,604 ratings on Amazon
2Jeeves
Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
2 here · 3 all-time · #2593 overall
1
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
1 here · 197 all-time · #4 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 133,705 ratings on Amazon
1
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
1 here · 114 all-time · #18 overall
Buy on Amazon4.9 out of 5, 14,620 ratings on Amazon
1
The Martian
Andy Weir
1 here · 103 all-time · #25 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187,449 ratings on Amazon
1
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
1 here · 67 all-time · #57 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 4,777 ratings on Amazon
1
Seveneves
Neal Stephenson
1 here · 58 all-time · #64 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 31,865 ratings on Amazon
1The Elements of Computing Systems
The Elements of Computing Systems
Nisan and Schocken
1 here · 58 all-time · #65 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 416 ratings on Amazon
1Endurance
Endurance
Alfred Lansing
1 here · 37 all-time · #135 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 27,447 ratings on Amazon
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
1
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo
1 here · 24 all-time · #250 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,681 ratings on Amazon
1
The Prize
Daniel Yergin
1 here · 20 all-time · #314 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,705 ratings on Amazon
1The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen Covey
1 here · 10 all-time · #666 overall
1Why Information Grows
Why Information Grows
Cesar Hidalgo
1 here · 9 all-time · #766 overall
1A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
David Foster Wallace
1 here · 6 all-time · #1076 overall
1Do No Harm
Do No Harm
Henry Marsh
1 here · 5 all-time · #1298 overall
1The Art of Living
The Art of Living
William Hart
1 here · 5 all-time · #1303 overall
1Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott
1 here · 4 all-time · #1568 overall
1Guide for the perplexed
Guide for the perplexed
E. F. Schumacher
1 here · 4 all-time · #1693 overall
1Tiny Beautiful Things
Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed
1 here · 3 all-time · #1994 overall
1How to Live
How to Live
Sarah Bakewell
1 here · 3 all-time · #2198 overall
1Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny
Robert Wright
1 here · 3 all-time · #2265 overall
1The Pentagon's Brain
The Pentagon's Brain
Annie Jacobsen
1 here · 3 all-time · #2369 overall