Ask HN: What book did you read in 2016 that was so good you gifted it to others? ↗

The books people recommended

2016-11-17 · 39 points · 42 comments · 30 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.

4
Deep Work
Cal Newport
4 here · 72 all-time · #46 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,713 ratings on Amazon
2
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
2 here · 75 all-time · #44 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,443 ratings on Amazon
2
Daemon
Daniel Suarez
2 here · 52 all-time · #78 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,091 ratings on Amazon
2The Cuckoo's Egg
The Cuckoo's Egg
Clifford Stoll
2 here · 39 all-time · #124 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,286 ratings on Amazon
2Extreme Ownership
Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink
2 here · 34 all-time · #158 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 39,461 ratings on Amazon
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Charles C. Mann
2 here · 12 all-time · #541 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 6,857 ratings on Amazon
1
Dune
Frank Herbert
1 here · 250 all-time · #3 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 104,032 ratings on Amazon
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
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
1 here · 165 all-time · #10 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 21,552 ratings on Amazon
1
Code
Charles Petzold
1 here · 147 all-time · #12 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,787 ratings on Amazon
1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
1 here · 101 all-time · #28 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 30,738 ratings on Amazon
1
Zero to One
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
1 here · 89 all-time · #37 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 40,093 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
1
Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein
1 here · 55 all-time · #70 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 12,077 ratings on Amazon
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
1
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
1 here · 52 all-time · #79 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 63,714 ratings on Amazon
1
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein
1 here · 38 all-time · #127 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 9,404 ratings on Amazon
1
Traction
Gabriel Weinberg
1 here · 30 all-time · #189 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2,092 ratings on Amazon
1
Freedom
Daniel Suarez
1 here · 23 all-time · #260 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 5,152 ratings on Amazon
1When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
1 here · 16 all-time · #388 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 119,433 ratings on Amazon
1Chaos Monkeys
Chaos Monkeys
Antonio Garcia Martinez
1 here · 13 all-time · #510 overall
Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 3,904 ratings on Amazon
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
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
1Pitch Anything
Pitch Anything
Oren Klaff
1 here · 9 all-time · #708 overall
1Linchpin
Linchpin
Seth Godin
1 here · 8 all-time · #810 overall
1Team of Teams
Team of Teams
General Stanley McChrystal
1 here · 7 all-time · #1020 overall
1Sprint
Sprint
Jake Knapp
1 here · 6 all-time · #1167 overall
1Citizen of the Galaxy
Citizen of the Galaxy
Robert Heinlein
1 here · 4 all-time · #1637 overall
1The Underground History of American Education
The Underground History of American Education
John Taylor Gatto
1 here · 3 all-time · #2157 overall
1Island Of The Lost
Island Of The Lost
Joan Druett
1 here · 3 all-time · #2158 overall