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2019-11-04 · 233 points · 48 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.

  1. 3

    Ulysses

    James Joyce

    3 here · 55 all-time · #71 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 3,819 ratings on Amazon
  2. 2The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

    Fyodor Dostoevsky

    2 here · 69 all-time · #51 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 3,359 ratings on Amazon
  3. 2

    Crime and Punishment

    Fyodor Dostoevsky

    2 here · 50 all-time · #85 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 5,186 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2Paradise Lost

    Paradise Lost

    John Milton

    2 here · 11 all-time · #584 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 4,872 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1

    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius

    1 here · 165 all-time · #10 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 21,552 ratings on Amazon
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 1

    Foundation

    Isaac Asimov

    1 here · 110 all-time · #20 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 36,591 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams

    1 here · 101 all-time · #28 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 30,738 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

    War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy

    1 here · 41 all-time · #117 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 3,710 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1

    A Song of Ice and Fire

    George R. R. Martin

    1 here · 26 all-time · #219 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 83,380 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1

    Gravity's Rainbow

    Thomas Pynchon

    1 here · 25 all-time · #229 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 2,472 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick

    1 here · 17 all-time · #367 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 25,618 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1Notes from Underground

    Notes from Underground

    Fyodor Dostoevsky

    1 here · 15 all-time · #414 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 5,859 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1The Stranger

    The Stranger

    Albert Camus

    1 here · 15 all-time · #416 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 12,720 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1The Metamorphosis

    The Metamorphosis

    Franz Kafka

    1 here · 13 all-time · #476 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 3,692 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1Childhood's End

    Childhood's End

    Arthur C. Clarke

    1 here · 13 all-time · #480 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 15,230 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1Cannery Row

    Cannery Row

    John Steinbeck

    1 here · 12 all-time · #520 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 9,068 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1What Do You Care What Other People Think?

    What Do You Care What Other People Think?

    Richard Feynman

    1 here · 11 all-time · #575 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,654 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1The True Believer

    The True Believer

    Eric Hoffer

    1 here · 10 all-time · #647 overall

  22. 1Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

    Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

    Douglas Adams

    1 here · 8 all-time · #822 overall

  23. 1Cibola Burn

    Cibola Burn

    James S. A. Corey

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1380 overall

  24. 1Lives

    Lives

    Plutarch

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1690 overall

  25. 1The Tao of Physics

    The Tao of Physics

    Fritjof Capra

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2095 overall