The books people recommended

2016-12-05 · 546 points · 138 comments · 15 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
Shoe Dog
Phil Knight
5 here · 52 all-time · #79 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 63,714 ratings on Amazon
3
The Vital Question
Nick Lane
3 here · 21 all-time · #291 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,792 ratings on Amazon
3The Grid
The Grid
Gretchen Bakke
3 here · 5 all-time · #1510 overall
3String Theory
String Theory
David Foster Wallace
3 here · 4 all-time · #1948 overall
2
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
2 here · 197 all-time · #4 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 133,705 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
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes
2 here · 42 all-time · #114 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,174 ratings on Amazon
2Endurance
Endurance
Alfred Lansing
2 here · 37 all-time · #135 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 27,447 ratings on Amazon
2Twinkie, Deconstructed
Twinkie, Deconstructed
Steve Ettlinger
2 here · 3 all-time · #2570 overall
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
1
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
1 here · 44 all-time · #103 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 39,353 ratings on Amazon
1
Crucial Conversations
Kerry Patterson
1 here · 27 all-time · #215 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,373 ratings on Amazon
1Make: Electronics
Make: Electronics
Charles Platt
1 here · 8 all-time · #792 overall
1Exploding the Phone
Exploding the Phone
Phil Lapsley
1 here · 8 all-time · #886 overall
1How to Make a Spaceship
How to Make a Spaceship
Julian Guthrie
1 here · 3 all-time · #2508 overall