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2017-07-26 · 41 points · 80 comments · 60 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. 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
  2. 3Dark Tower Series

    Dark Tower Series

    Stephen King

    3 here · 18 all-time · #343 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 34,581 ratings on Amazon
  3. 320,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    Jules Verne

    3 here · 4 all-time · #1923 overall

  4. 3Investment Science

    Investment Science

    David G. Luenberger

    3 here · 4 all-time · #1929 overall

  5. 2

    Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    Harold Abelson

    2 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
  6. 2

    Sapiens

    Yuval Noah Harari

    2 here · 197 all-time · #4 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 133,705 ratings on Amazon
  7. 2

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert Pirsig

    2 here · 193 all-time · #5 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 13,921 ratings on Amazon
  8. 2

    Code

    Charles Petzold

    2 here · 147 all-time · #12 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,787 ratings on Amazon
  9. 2

    Stories of Your Life and Others

    Ted Chiang

    2 here · 34 all-time · #154 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 16,602 ratings on Amazon
  10. 2

    A Short History of Nearly Everything

    Bill Bryson

    2 here · 30 all-time · #187 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 19,783 ratings on Amazon
  11. 2

    The Dictator's Handbook

    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith

    2 here · 29 all-time · #196 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,461 ratings on Amazon
  12. 2

    Skunk Works

    Ben Rich

    2 here · 21 all-time · #302 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 5,053 ratings on Amazon
  13. 2The Idiot

    The Idiot

    Fyodor Dostoevsky

    2 here · 13 all-time · #481 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,847 ratings on Amazon
  14. 2Tools of Titans

    Tools of Titans

    Tim Ferriss

    2 here · 9 all-time · #724 overall

  15. 1

    Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Douglas Hofstadter

    1 here · 347 all-time · #1 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,713 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    1 here · 250 all-time · #3 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 104,032 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1

    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius

    1 here · 165 all-time · #10 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 21,552 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu

    1 here · 152 all-time · #11 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 53,978 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1

    The Pragmatic Programmer

    Andrew Hunt and David Thomas

    1 here · 102 all-time · #26 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 3,644 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

    Richard Feynman

    1 here · 90 all-time · #35 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 13,344 ratings on Amazon
  21. 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
  22. 1

    Influence

    Robert Cialdini

    1 here · 50 all-time · #84 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 13,065 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1

    The Power Broker

    Robert Caro

    1 here · 50 all-time · #86 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 3,176 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1

    Nonviolent Communication

    Marshall B. Rosenberg

    1 here · 47 all-time · #92 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 12,436 ratings on Amazon
  25. 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
  26. 1

    Homo Deus

    Yuval Noah Harari

    1 here · 35 all-time · #150 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 38,098 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1

    Elon Musk

    Ashlee Vance

    1 here · 32 all-time · #178 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 27,257 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1

    The Name of the Wind

    Patrick Rothfuss

    1 here · 30 all-time · #190 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 89,463 ratings on Amazon
  29. 1Revelation Space

    Revelation Space

    Alastair Reynolds

    1 here · 24 all-time · #251 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 10,275 ratings on Amazon
  30. 1

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    1 here · 24 all-time · #252 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 19,848 ratings on Amazon
  31. 1

    Letters from a Stoic

    Seneca

    1 here · 20 all-time · #311 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 4,127 ratings on Amazon
  32. 1

    History of Western Philosophy

    Bertrand Russell

    1 here · 20 all-time · #312 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,074 ratings on Amazon
  33. 1On Writing

    On Writing

    Stephen King

    1 here · 18 all-time · #348 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 20,514 ratings on Amazon
  34. 1The First Law

    The First Law

    Joe Abercrombie

    1 here · 18 all-time · #349 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 29,733 ratings on Amazon
  35. 1Moonwalking with Einstein

    Moonwalking with Einstein

    Joshua Foer

    1 here · 18 all-time · #357 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 10,911 ratings on Amazon
  36. 1Evicted

    Evicted

    Matthew Desmond

    1 here · 16 all-time · #402 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 10,921 ratings on Amazon
  37. 1The Handmaid's Tale

    The Handmaid's Tale

    Margaret Atwood

    1 here · 14 all-time · #451 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 180,443 ratings on Amazon
  38. 1A Book of Abstract Algebra

    A Book of Abstract Algebra

    Charles C. Pinter

    1 here · 12 all-time · #526 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 593 ratings on Amazon
  39. 1Essentialism

    Essentialism

    Greg McKeown

    1 here · 10 all-time · #620 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 21,193 ratings on Amazon
  40. 1The Undercover Economist

    The Undercover Economist

    Tim Harford

    1 here · 10 all-time · #635 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 1,821 ratings on Amazon
  41. 1The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

    Alexandre Dumas

    1 here · 10 all-time · #645 overall

  42. 1The Art of Thinking Clearly

    The Art of Thinking Clearly

    Rolf Dobelli

    1 here · 9 all-time · #694 overall

  43. 1The 4-Hour Body

    The 4-Hour Body

    Tim Ferriss

    1 here · 9 all-time · #740 overall

  44. 1Sandman

    Sandman

    Neil Gaiman

    1 here · 8 all-time · #799 overall

  45. 1How Not to Be Wrong

    How Not to Be Wrong

    Jordan Ellenberg

    1 here · 8 all-time · #843 overall

  46. 1Spin

    Spin

    Robert Charles Wilson

    1 here · 7 all-time · #917 overall

  47. 1The Daily Stoic

    The Daily Stoic

    Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman

    1 here · 7 all-time · #953 overall

  48. 1The Omnivore's Dilemma

    The Omnivore's Dilemma

    Michael Pollan

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1086 overall

  49. 1Mahabharata

    Mahabharata

    Ramesh Menon

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1162 overall

  50. 1The Nix

    The Nix

    Nathan Hill

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1223 overall

  51. 1The Art of Living

    The Art of Living

    William Hart

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1303 overall

  52. 1Angel

    Angel

    Jason Calacanis

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1325 overall

  53. 1On Becoming a Person

    On Becoming a Person

    Carl Rogers

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1956 overall

  54. 1Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

    Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics

    Gerald Jay Sussman

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1978 overall

  55. 1The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

    Mark Manson

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2173 overall

  56. 1Best Served Cold

    Best Served Cold

    Joe Abercrombie

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2206 overall

  57. 1Vorkosigan Saga

    Vorkosigan Saga

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2289 overall

  58. 1Softwar

    Softwar

    Larry Ellison

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2383 overall

  59. 1The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic

    The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic

    Stewart Shapiro and Øystein Linnebo

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2514 overall

  60. 1Linux: What Every Superuser Should Know

    Linux: What Every Superuser Should Know

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2571 overall