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2018-08-12 · 348 points · 55 comments · 6 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. 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
  2. 2Biology

    Biology

    Peter Raven

    2 here · 10 all-time · #681 overall

  3. 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
  4. 1Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

    Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

    Eliezer Yudkowsky

    1 here · 101 all-time · #27 overall

    Buy on Amazon
  5. 1

    Mathematics

    Jan Gullberg

    1 here · 37 all-time · #134 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 528 ratings on Amazon
  6. 1Mathematician's Delight

    Mathematician's Delight

    W. W. Sawyer

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1730 overall