Ask HN: What are your favorite books of 2010? ↗

The books people recommended

2011-01-10 · 40 points · 28 comments · 32 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.

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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Richard Feynman
2 here · 90 all-time · #35 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 13,344 ratings on Amazon
2Surface Detail
Surface Detail
Iain M. Banks
2 here · 6 all-time · #1199 overall
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
1
A Guide to the Good Life
William B. Irvine
1 here · 53 all-time · #74 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 6,528 ratings on Amazon
1
Founders at Work
Jessica Livingston
1 here · 51 all-time · #80 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 689 ratings on Amazon
1Rework
Rework
Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
1 here · 43 all-time · #106 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,954 ratings on Amazon
1
The Wheel of Time
Robert Jordan
1 here · 43 all-time · #109 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 45,874 ratings on Amazon
1
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin
1 here · 36 all-time · #140 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 15,332 ratings on Amazon
1
Predictably Irrational
Dan Ariely
1 here · 35 all-time · #144 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,450 ratings on Amazon
1
Player of Games
Iain M. Banks
1 here · 28 all-time · #202 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,218 ratings on Amazon
1
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Julian Jaynes
1 here · 25 all-time · #236 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,067 ratings on Amazon
1
Freedom
Daniel Suarez
1 here · 23 all-time · #260 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 5,152 ratings on Amazon
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
1
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
1 here · 20 all-time · #323 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 14,461 ratings on Amazon
1Made to Stick
Made to Stick
Chip and Dan Heath
1 here · 16 all-time · #386 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,888 ratings on Amazon
1Longitude
Longitude
Dava Sobel
1 here · 14 all-time · #474 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 8,359 ratings on Amazon
1Consider Phlebas
Consider Phlebas
Iain M. Banks
1 here · 13 all-time · #477 overall
Buy on Amazon4.1 out of 5, 14,019 ratings on Amazon
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
1Dreaming in Code
Dreaming in Code
Scott Rosenberg
1 here · 11 all-time · #593 overall
Buy on Amazon3.9 out of 5, 226 ratings on Amazon
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Roberto Bolaño
1 here · 10 all-time · #630 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 2,168 ratings on Amazon
1The Linux Programming Interface
The Linux Programming Interface
Michael Kerrisk
1 here · 10 all-time · #639 overall
1Linchpin
Linchpin
Seth Godin
1 here · 8 all-time · #810 overall
1The Rational Optimist
The Rational Optimist
Matt Ridley
1 here · 8 all-time · #828 overall
1Paypal Wars
Paypal Wars
Eric M. Jackson
1 here · 8 all-time · #844 overall
1Bad Science
Bad Science
Ben Goldacre
1 here · 6 all-time · #1107 overall
1Perdido Street Station
Perdido Street Station
China Miéville
1 here · 6 all-time · #1141 overall
1Sum
Sum
David Eagleman
1 here · 5 all-time · #1295 overall
1The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives
Roberto Bolaño
1 here · 4 all-time · #1621 overall
1Singularity Sky
Singularity Sky
Charles Stross
1 here · 4 all-time · #1636 overall
1The Sparrow
The Sparrow
Mary Doria Russell
1 here · 4 all-time · #1641 overall
1Anatomy of an Epidemic
Anatomy of an Epidemic
Robert Whitaker
1 here · 3 all-time · #2258 overall
1The Promise of Sleep
The Promise of Sleep
William C. Dement
1 here · 3 all-time · #2259 overall