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2016-01-18 · 1,043 points · 181 comments · 48 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. 7

    Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    Harold Abelson

    7 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
  2. 6The Rent Is Too Damn High

    The Rent Is Too Damn High

    Matthew Yglesias

    6 here · 7 all-time · #1054 overall

  3. 5

    Introduction to Algorithms

    Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

    5 here · 71 all-time · #47 overall

    Buy on Amazon
  4. 4

    Code Complete

    Steve McConnell

    4 here · 108 all-time · #22 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,353 ratings on Amazon
  5. 4

    Influence

    Robert Cialdini

    4 here · 50 all-time · #84 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 13,065 ratings on Amazon
  6. 3

    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie

    3 here · 175 all-time · #8 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 106,505 ratings on Amazon
  7. 3

    Code

    Charles Petzold

    3 here · 147 all-time · #12 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,787 ratings on Amazon
  8. 2

    The Mythical Man-Month

    Frederick Brooks Jr.

    2 here · 137 all-time · #13 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,811 ratings on Amazon
  9. 2

    The Algorithm Design Manual

    Steven S. Skiena

    2 here · 43 all-time · #111 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 597 ratings on Amazon
  10. 2Working Effectively with Legacy Code

    Working Effectively with Legacy Code

    Michael Feathers

    2 here · 41 all-time · #122 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 739 ratings on Amazon
  11. 2

    The Four Steps to the Epiphany

    Steve Blank

    2 here · 36 all-time · #137 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 673 ratings on Amazon
  12. 2

    Predictably Irrational

    Dan Ariely

    2 here · 35 all-time · #144 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,450 ratings on Amazon
  13. 2

    Don't Make Me Think

    Steve Krug

    2 here · 35 all-time · #149 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,670 ratings on Amazon
  14. 2Schild's Ladder

    Schild's Ladder

    Greg Egan

    2 here · 5 all-time · #1443 overall

  15. 2Darwin's Theorem

    Darwin's Theorem

    T.J. Radcliffe

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2565 overall

  16. 1

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman

    1 here · 178 all-time · #6 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 48,679 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1

    The Art of Computer Programming

    Donald Knuth

    1 here · 127 all-time · #14 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 203 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1

    The C Programming Language

    Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie

    1 here · 124 all-time · #15 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 182 ratings on Amazon
  19. 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
  20. 1

    The Design of Everyday Things

    Don Norman

    1 here · 95 all-time · #33 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,629 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1Permutation City

    Permutation City

    Greg Egan

    1 here · 73 all-time · #45 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 2,604 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1

    Peopleware

    Tom DeMarco

    1 here · 62 all-time · #59 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,189 ratings on Amazon
  23. 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
  24. 1

    A Guide to the Good Life

    William B. Irvine

    1 here · 53 all-time · #74 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 6,528 ratings on Amazon
  25. 1

    Founders at Work

    Jessica Livingston

    1 here · 51 all-time · #80 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 689 ratings on Amazon
  26. 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
  27. 1

    Algorithms

    Robert Sedgewick

    1 here · 49 all-time · #89 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 876 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1

    Clean Code

    Robert C. Martin

    1 here · 47 all-time · #91 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 6,810 ratings on Amazon
  29. 1

    Economics in One Lesson

    Henry Hazlitt

    1 here · 45 all-time · #100 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,979 ratings on Amazon
  30. 1

    Diaspora

    Greg Egan

    1 here · 45 all-time · #101 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 2,393 ratings on Amazon
  31. 1

    Refactoring

    Martin Fowler

    1 here · 37 all-time · #132 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,228 ratings on Amazon
  32. 1

    JavaScript: The Good Parts

    Douglas Crockford

    1 here · 28 all-time · #206 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 1,478 ratings on Amazon
  33. 1

    The E-Myth Revisited

    Michael E. Gerber

    1 here · 24 all-time · #244 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 13,028 ratings on Amazon
  34. 1The Box

    The Box

    Marc Levinson

    1 here · 21 all-time · #300 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,199 ratings on Amazon
  35. 1

    Feeling Good

    David D. Burns

    1 here · 20 all-time · #315 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 8,950 ratings on Amazon
  36. 1

    On Writing Well

    William Zinsser

    1 here · 19 all-time · #335 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 5,858 ratings on Amazon
  37. 1Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming

    Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming

    Peter Van Roy and Seif Haridi

    1 here · 16 all-time · #409 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 37 ratings on Amazon
  38. 1Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

    Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

    Peter van der Linden

    1 here · 12 all-time · #544 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 335 ratings on Amazon
  39. 1Cracking the Coding Interview

    Cracking the Coding Interview

    Gayle Laakmann McDowell

    1 here · 9 all-time · #764 overall

  40. 1Design for Hackers

    Design for Hackers

    David Kadavy

    1 here · 8 all-time · #855 overall

  41. 1The Art of Prolog

    The Art of Prolog

    Leon S. Sterling, Ehud Y. Shapiro

    1 here · 7 all-time · #923 overall

  42. 1Tau Zero

    Tau Zero

    Poul Anderson

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1181 overall

  43. 1The Non-Designer's Design Book

    The Non-Designer's Design Book

    Robin Williams

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1706 overall

  44. 1Programming Collective Intelligence

    Programming Collective Intelligence

    Toby Segaran

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1713 overall

  45. 1Algorithms in a Nutshell

    Algorithms in a Nutshell

    O'Reilly

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1741 overall

  46. 1Software Estimation

    Software Estimation

    Steve McConnell

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1961 overall

  47. 1The Human Zoo

    The Human Zoo

    Desmond Morris

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2143 overall

  48. 1Orthogonal

    Orthogonal

    Greg Egan

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2151 overall