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Ask HN: Best books you read in 2017? ↗

The books people recommended

2017-11-28 · 84 points · 64 comments · 47 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. 5The Simple Path to Wealth

    The Simple Path to Wealth

    JL Collins

    5 here · 8 all-time · #879 overall

  2. 3

    Shoe Dog

    Phil Knight

    3 here · 52 all-time · #79 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 63,714 ratings on Amazon
  3. 3Ancillary Justice

    Ancillary Justice

    Ann Leckie

    3 here · 21 all-time · #301 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 21,235 ratings on Amazon
  4. 3Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Walter Isaacson

    3 here · 15 all-time · #441 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,280 ratings on Amazon
  5. 3The Rosie Project

    The Rosie Project

    Graeme Simsion

    3 here · 11 all-time · #583 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 79,434 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

    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
  8. 2

    Red Rising

    Pierce Brown

    2 here · 35 all-time · #147 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 111,087 ratings on Amazon
  9. 2Barbarians at the Gate

    Barbarians at the Gate

    Bryan Burrough

    2 here · 9 all-time · #758 overall

  10. 2Master of the Senate

    Master of the Senate

    Robert Caro

    2 here · 8 all-time · #824 overall

  11. 2Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    Banesh Hoffmann, Helen Dukas

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2632 overall

  12. 1

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    1 here · 250 all-time · #3 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 104,032 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1

    Atlas Shrugged

    Ayn Rand

    1 here · 173 all-time · #9 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 22,012 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1

    Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    1 here · 117 all-time · #17 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,213 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    Code Complete

    Steve McConnell

    1 here · 108 all-time · #22 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,353 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1

    Deep Work

    Cal Newport

    1 here · 72 all-time · #46 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,713 ratings on Amazon
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 1

    Principles

    Ray Dalio

    1 here · 49 all-time · #88 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 19,363 ratings on Amazon
  20. 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
  21. 1

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    George Orwell

    1 here · 43 all-time · #108 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 15,224 ratings on Amazon
  22. 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
  23. 1

    Traction

    Gabriel Weinberg

    1 here · 30 all-time · #189 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2,092 ratings on Amazon
  24. 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
  25. 1Bobiverse

    Bobiverse

    Dennis E. Taylor

    1 here · 28 all-time · #207 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 34,413 ratings on Amazon
  26. 1

    The Dark Forest

    Cixin Liu

    1 here · 27 all-time · #210 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 34,505 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1

    Crucial Conversations

    Kerry Patterson

    1 here · 27 all-time · #215 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,373 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1Reamde

    Reamde

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 26 all-time · #218 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,708 ratings on Amazon
  29. 1

    The Game

    Neil Strauss

    1 here · 26 all-time · #224 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,899 ratings on Amazon
  30. 1

    Steve Jobs

    Walter Isaacson

    1 here · 24 all-time · #245 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 26,863 ratings on Amazon
  31. 1

    The Forever War

    Joe Haldeman

    1 here · 21 all-time · #294 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 18,724 ratings on Amazon
  32. 1The Obstacle Is the Way

    The Obstacle Is the Way

    Ryan Holiday

    1 here · 17 all-time · #371 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 24,886 ratings on Amazon
  33. 1The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

    The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

    Patrick Lencioni

    1 here · 17 all-time · #377 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 15,010 ratings on Amazon
  34. 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
  35. 1Pattern Recognition

    Pattern Recognition

    William Gibson

    1 here · 13 all-time · #494 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 3,192 ratings on Amazon
  36. 1Born a Crime

    Born a Crime

    Trevor Noah

    1 here · 12 all-time · #521 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 113,678 ratings on Amazon
  37. 1Hillbilly Elegy

    Hillbilly Elegy

    JD Vance

    1 here · 10 all-time · #658 overall

  38. 1The Master Switch

    The Master Switch

    Tim Wu

    1 here · 10 all-time · #686 overall

  39. 1Built to Sell

    Built to Sell

    John Warrillow

    1 here · 9 all-time · #715 overall

  40. 1Give and Take

    Give and Take

    Adam Grant

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1069 overall

  41. 1I Am Not a Serial Killer

    I Am Not a Serial Killer

    Dan Wells

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1113 overall

  42. 1Command and Control

    Command and Control

    Eric Schlosser

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1174 overall

  43. 1A Little Life

    A Little Life

    Hanya Yanagihara

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1280 overall

  44. 1Angel

    Angel

    Jason Calacanis

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1325 overall

  45. 1The Ultimate Sales Machine

    The Ultimate Sales Machine

    Chet Holmes

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1458 overall

  46. 1Rho Agenda

    Rho Agenda

    D. Anthony Quills

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1569 overall

  47. 1Ancillary Mercy

    Ancillary Mercy

    Ann Leckie

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2325 overall