Ask HN: What books do you recommend reading once a year? ↗

The books people recommended

2018-08-21 · 36 points · 32 comments · 25 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.

3
The Art of Computer Programming
Donald Knuth
3 here · 127 all-time · #14 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 203 ratings on Amazon
3
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
3 here · 100 all-time · #29 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 8,430 ratings on Amazon
3Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Steven Levy
3 here · 39 all-time · #123 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 836 ratings on Amazon
3
The Four Steps to the Epiphany
Steve Blank
3 here · 36 all-time · #137 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 673 ratings on Amazon
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
Neuromancer
William Gibson
2 here · 117 all-time · #17 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,213 ratings on Amazon
2
The Soul of a New Machine
Tracy Kidder
2 here · 76 all-time · #43 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,741 ratings on Amazon
2
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss
2 here · 62 all-time · #60 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 51,660 ratings on Amazon
2The Obstacle Is the Way
The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
2 here · 17 all-time · #371 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 24,886 ratings on Amazon
2The Courage to Be Disliked
The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi
2 here · 14 all-time · #456 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 27,543 ratings on Amazon
2Joel on Software
Joel on Software
Joel Spolsky
2 here · 6 all-time · #1100 overall
1
Dune
Frank Herbert
1 here · 250 all-time · #3 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 104,032 ratings on Amazon
1
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
1 here · 165 all-time · #10 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 21,552 ratings on Amazon
1
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
1 here · 119 all-time · #16 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,720 ratings on Amazon
1
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
1 here · 90 all-time · #36 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,667 ratings on Amazon
1
Deep Work
Cal Newport
1 here · 72 all-time · #46 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,713 ratings on Amazon
1
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
1 here · 56 all-time · #68 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 17,985 ratings on Amazon
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
1
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
Scott Adams
1 here · 36 all-time · #143 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 7,596 ratings on Amazon
1
Crucial Conversations
Kerry Patterson
1 here · 27 all-time · #215 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,373 ratings on Amazon
1Poor Charlie's Almanack
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Charlie Munger
1 here · 25 all-time · #230 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,930 ratings on Amazon
1The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne
1 here · 13 all-time · #495 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 932 ratings on Amazon
1The Anatomy of Peace
The Anatomy of Peace
The Arbinger Institute
1 here · 8 all-time · #791 overall
1Leadership and Self Deception
Leadership and Self Deception
The Arbinger Institute
1 here · 4 all-time · #1715 overall
1False Memory
False Memory
Dean Koontz
1 here · 3 all-time · #2053 overall