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Ask HN: What is the best book you read on 2017? ↗

The books people recommended

2017-12-21 · 61 points · 45 comments · 43 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

    Outliers

    Malcolm Gladwell

    4 here · 44 all-time · #103 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 39,353 ratings on Amazon
  2. 3

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu

    3 here · 152 all-time · #11 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 53,978 ratings on Amazon
  3. 3

    Ready Player One

    Ernest Cline

    3 here · 69 all-time · #52 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 155,485 ratings on Amazon
  4. 3Peak

    Peak

    Anders Ericsson

    3 here · 18 all-time · #358 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,635 ratings on Amazon
  5. 2

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman

    2 here · 178 all-time · #6 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 48,679 ratings on Amazon
  6. 2

    Principles

    Ray Dalio

    2 here · 49 all-time · #88 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 19,363 ratings on Amazon
  7. 2Data Science from Scratch

    Data Science from Scratch

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2574 overall

  8. 1

    The C Programming Language

    Brian Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie

    1 here · 124 all-time · #15 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 182 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1

    The Lord of the Rings

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    1 here · 114 all-time · #18 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.9 out of 5, 14,620 ratings on Amazon
  10. 1

    Designing Data-Intensive Applications

    Martin Kleppmann

    1 here · 104 all-time · #24 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 5,595 ratings on Amazon
  11. 1

    Deep Work

    Cal Newport

    1 here · 72 all-time · #46 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,713 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1

    Hyperion

    Dan Simmons

    1 here · 56 all-time · #69 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 30,786 ratings on Amazon
  13. 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
  14. 1

    Refactoring

    Martin Fowler

    1 here · 37 all-time · #132 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,228 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

    Mark Manson

    1 here · 34 all-time · #156 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 162,044 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1

    Wool

    Hugh Howey

    1 here · 23 all-time · #262 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 53,808 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. 1We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

    We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

    Dennis E. Taylor

    1 here · 21 all-time · #306 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 34,413 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1Shantaram

    Shantaram

    Gregory David Roberts

    1 here · 18 all-time · #345 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 41,148 ratings on Amazon
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 1American Gods

    American Gods

    Neil Gaiman

    1 here · 15 all-time · #415 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 58,725 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1The Magic Mountain

    The Magic Mountain

    Thomas Mann

    1 here · 15 all-time · #426 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 1,367 ratings on Amazon
  24. 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
  25. 1Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    Blake Crouch

    1 here · 14 all-time · #458 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 92,485 ratings on Amazon
  26. 1Book of Proof

    Book of Proof

    Richard Hammack

    1 here · 12 all-time · #529 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 478 ratings on Amazon
  27. 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
  28. 1Hillbilly Elegy

    Hillbilly Elegy

    JD Vance

    1 here · 10 all-time · #658 overall

  29. 1Tools of Titans

    Tools of Titans

    Tim Ferriss

    1 here · 9 all-time · #724 overall

  30. 1A Man for All Markets

    A Man for All Markets

    Edward O. Thorp

    1 here · 9 all-time · #733 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2,788 ratings on Amazon
  31. 1A Wild Sheep Chase

    A Wild Sheep Chase

    Haruki Murakami

    1 here · 9 all-time · #738 overall

  32. 1The Anatomy of Peace

    The Anatomy of Peace

    The Arbinger Institute

    1 here · 8 all-time · #791 overall

  33. 1Einstein

    Einstein

    Walter Isaacson

    1 here · 8 all-time · #819 overall

  34. 1Wolf Hall

    Wolf Hall

    Hilary Mantel

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1073 overall

  35. 1The 10x Rule

    The 10x Rule

    Grant Cardone

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1405 overall

  36. 1How to Win at the Sport of Business

    How to Win at the Sport of Business

    Mark Cuban

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1457 overall

  37. 1Be Obsessed or Be Average

    Be Obsessed or Be Average

    Grant Cardone

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1539 overall

  38. 1Rosie Effect

    Rosie Effect

    Graeme Simsion

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1574 overall

  39. 1Golden Son

    Golden Son

    Pierce Brown

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1691 overall

  40. 1Bring Up the Bodies

    Bring Up the Bodies

    Hilary Mantel

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1726 overall

  41. 1Columbus Day

    Columbus Day

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1937 overall

  42. 1The Engines of Creation

    The Engines of Creation

    Eric Drexler

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2397 overall

  43. 1Sell or Be Sold

    Sell or Be Sold

    Grant Cardone

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2635 overall