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2018-01-16 · 11 points · 43 comments · 37 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. 6

    Ready Player One

    Ernest Cline

    6 here · 69 all-time · #52 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 155,485 ratings on Amazon
  2. 2

    The Stormlight Archive

    Brandon Sanderson

    2 here · 55 all-time · #73 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 93,054 ratings on Amazon
  3. 2The 10x Rule

    The 10x Rule

    Grant Cardone

    2 here · 5 all-time · #1405 overall

  4. 2The Asian Saga

    The Asian Saga

    James Clavell

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2470 overall

  5. 2Sell or Be Sold

    Sell or Be Sold

    Grant Cardone

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2635 overall

  6. 1

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert Pirsig

    1 here · 193 all-time · #5 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 13,921 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1

    Code

    Charles Petzold

    1 here · 147 all-time · #12 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,787 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1

    Antifragile

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    1 here · 100 all-time · #29 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 8,430 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1

    Siddhartha

    Hermann Hesse

    1 here · 97 all-time · #31 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 18,150 ratings on Amazon
  10. 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
  11. 1

    Shoe Dog

    Phil Knight

    1 here · 52 all-time · #79 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 63,714 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1

    The Intelligent Investor

    Benjamin Graham

    1 here · 33 all-time · #169 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 52,344 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1

    Seeing Like a State

    James C. Scott

    1 here · 33 all-time · #173 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 846 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1Kafka on the Shore

    Kafka on the Shore

    Haruki Murakami

    1 here · 22 all-time · #270 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 22,113 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    Steppenwolf

    Hermann Hesse

    1 here · 22 all-time · #272 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 1,837 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1Quantum Computing since Democritus

    Quantum Computing since Democritus

    Scott Aaronson

    1 here · 20 all-time · #319 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 287 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1Remembrance of Earth's Past

    Remembrance of Earth's Past

    Liu Cixin

    1 here · 20 all-time · #321 overall

  18. 1The Name of the Rose

    The Name of the Rose

    Umberto Eco

    1 here · 18 all-time · #359 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 6,463 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1Orthodoxy

    Orthodoxy

    G.K. Chesterton

    1 here · 16 all-time · #393 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2,701 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1Evicted

    Evicted

    Matthew Desmond

    1 here · 16 all-time · #402 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 10,921 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1The City & the City

    The City & the City

    China Miéville

    1 here · 11 all-time · #568 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 5,610 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1Artemis

    Artemis

    Andy Weir

    1 here · 11 all-time · #603 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 52,884 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1Red Mars

    Red Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    1 here · 10 all-time · #624 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 7,567 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

    Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

    Andy Hunt

    1 here · 10 all-time · #626 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 506 ratings on Amazon
  25. 12666

    2666

    Roberto Bolaño

    1 here · 10 all-time · #630 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 2,168 ratings on Amazon
  26. 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
  27. 1The Doors of Perception

    The Doors of Perception

    Aldous Huxley

    1 here · 7 all-time · #927 overall

  28. 1Art & Fear

    Art & Fear

    David Bayles

    1 here · 7 all-time · #946 overall

  29. 1The Godfather

    The Godfather

    Mario Puzo

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1061 overall

  30. 1The Secret of Our Success

    The Secret of Our Success

    Joseph Henrich

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1305 overall

  31. 1Of Human Bondage

    Of Human Bondage

    W. Somerset Maugham

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1332 overall

  32. 1Be Obsessed or Be Average

    Be Obsessed or Be Average

    Grant Cardone

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1539 overall

  33. 1Green Mars

    Green Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1674 overall

  34. 1The Color of Law

    The Color of Law

    Richard Rothstein

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1683 overall

  35. 1The Color of Magic

    The Color of Magic

    Terry Pratchett

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2124 overall

  36. 1The Road Not Taken

    The Road Not Taken

    Harry Turtledove

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2222 overall

  37. 1Blue Mars

    Blue Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2229 overall