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2016-09-11 · 33 points · 42 comments · 58 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. 4

    Sapiens

    Yuval Noah Harari

    4 here · 197 all-time · #4 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 133,705 ratings on Amazon
  2. 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
  3. 2

    Zero to One

    Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

    2 here · 89 all-time · #37 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 40,093 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2

    Creativity Inc.

    Ed Catmull

    2 here · 43 all-time · #107 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 10,683 ratings on Amazon
  5. 2Systems of Survival

    Systems of Survival

    Jane Jacobs

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1810 overall

  6. 1

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert Pirsig

    1 here · 193 all-time · #5 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 13,921 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1

    Code Complete

    Steve McConnell

    1 here · 108 all-time · #22 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,353 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1

    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Jared Diamond

    1 here · 83 all-time · #39 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 14,634 ratings on Amazon
  9. 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
  10. 1

    The Hard Thing About Hard Things

    Ben Horowitz

    1 here · 56 all-time · #67 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 15,933 ratings on Amazon
  11. 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
  12. 1

    The Elements of Style

    William Strunk Jr.

    1 here · 38 all-time · #129 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 7,297 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1

    Accelerando

    Charles Stross

    1 here · 33 all-time · #162 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 1,553 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1

    Chaos

    James Gleick

    1 here · 31 all-time · #181 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 3,339 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1Rendezvous with Rama

    Rendezvous with Rama

    Arthur C. Clarke

    1 here · 25 all-time · #233 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 16,602 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1The Old Man and the Sea

    The Old Man and the Sea

    Ernest Hemingway

    1 here · 23 all-time · #256 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 42,509 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1

    Mastery

    Robert Greene

    1 here · 22 all-time · #268 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 11,553 ratings on Amazon
  18. 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
  19. 1

    Cosmos

    Carl Sagan

    1 here · 20 all-time · #309 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 8,712 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1

    The Prize

    Daniel Yergin

    1 here · 20 all-time · #314 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,705 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1

    Ghost in the Wires

    Kevin Mitnick

    1 here · 20 all-time · #318 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 4,520 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1Malazan Book of the Fallen

    Malazan Book of the Fallen

    Steven Erikson

    1 here · 18 all-time · #344 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 16,649 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1The Innovators

    The Innovators

    Walter Isaacson

    1 here · 18 all-time · #351 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 6,179 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1Inspired

    Inspired

    Marty Cagan

    1 here · 13 all-time · #478 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 6,322 ratings on Amazon
  25. 11Q84

    1Q84

    Haruki Murakami

    1 here · 13 all-time · #490 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 10,748 ratings on Amazon
  26. 1Off to Be the Wizard

    Off to Be the Wizard

    Scott Meyer

    1 here · 12 all-time · #519 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 8,733 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1The Fifth Season

    The Fifth Season

    N. K. Jemisin

    1 here · 11 all-time · #589 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 42,847 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1The Years of Lyndon Johnson

    The Years of Lyndon Johnson

    Robert Caro

    1 here · 11 all-time · #613 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,563 ratings on Amazon
  29. 1The Unix Programming Environment

    The Unix Programming Environment

    Kernighan and Pike

    1 here · 10 all-time · #634 overall

  30. 1The Origin of Species

    The Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin

    1 here · 10 all-time · #637 overall

  31. 1Blue Ocean Strategy

    Blue Ocean Strategy

    W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne

    1 here · 9 all-time · #698 overall

  32. 1The New New Thing

    The New New Thing

    Michael Lewis

    1 here · 8 all-time · #803 overall

  33. 1What If?

    What If?

    Randall Munroe

    1 here · 8 all-time · #813 overall

  34. 1Just for Fun

    Just for Fun

    Linus Torvalds

    1 here · 7 all-time · #929 overall

  35. 1Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    Walter Isaacson

    1 here · 7 all-time · #969 overall

  36. 1Grammatical Man

    Grammatical Man

    Jeremy Campbell

    1 here · 7 all-time · #970 overall

  37. 1An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

    An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

    Adam Smith

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1252 overall

  38. 1A Little Life

    A Little Life

    Hanya Yanagihara

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1280 overall

  39. 1Normal Accidents

    Normal Accidents

    Charles Perrow

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1304 overall

  40. 1The Launch Pad

    The Launch Pad

    Randall Stross

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1313 overall

  41. 1Consilience

    Consilience

    E.O. Wilson

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1314 overall

  42. 1Idea Man

    Idea Man

    Paul Allen

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1424 overall

  43. 1The Passenger

    The Passenger

    Cormac McCarthy

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1615 overall

  44. 1The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

    The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

    Richard Feynman

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1652 overall

  45. 1Machines of Loving Grace

    Machines of Loving Grace

    John Markoff

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1653 overall

  46. 1Search Inside Yourself

    Search Inside Yourself

    Chade-Meng Tan

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1654 overall

  47. 1Sources of Power

    Sources of Power

    Manfred Weissenbacher

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1655 overall

  48. 1Connections

    Connections

    James Burke

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1656 overall

  49. 1Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity

    Ecology and the Politics of Scarcity

    William Ophuls

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1657 overall

  50. 1The Collapse of Complex Societies

    The Collapse of Complex Societies

    Joseph Tainter

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1658 overall

  51. 1The Day the Universe Changed

    The Day the Universe Changed

    James Burke

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2109 overall

  52. 1The GNU Manifesto

    The GNU Manifesto

    Richard Stallman

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2195 overall

  53. 1The Underground Railroad

    The Underground Railroad

    Colson Whitehead

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2200 overall

  54. 1The Second Coming of Steve Jobs

    The Second Coming of Steve Jobs

    Alan Deutschman

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2201 overall

  55. 1Data and Goliath

    Data and Goliath

    Bruce Schneier

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2202 overall

  56. 1Limits to Growth

    Limits to Growth

    Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, William W. Behrens III

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2203 overall

  57. 1The Quest

    The Quest

    Daniel Yergin

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2204 overall

  58. 1Unix Power Tools

    Unix Power Tools

    Mike Loukides

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2205 overall