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2019-11-29 · 358 points · 150 comments · 21 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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Creativity Inc.
Ed Catmull
2 here · 43 all-time · #107 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 10,683 ratings on Amazon
2
Turn the Ship Around
L. David Marquet
2 here · 22 all-time · #280 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,318 ratings on Amazon
2What You Do Is Who You Are
What You Do Is Who You Are
Ben Horowitz
2 here · 3 all-time · #2519 overall
1
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
1 here · 178 all-time · #6 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 48,679 ratings on Amazon
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Peopleware
Tom DeMarco
1 here · 62 all-time · #59 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,189 ratings on Amazon
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz
1 here · 56 all-time · #67 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 15,933 ratings on Amazon
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes
1 here · 42 all-time · #114 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,174 ratings on Amazon
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High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
1 here · 39 all-time · #125 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 5,879 ratings on Amazon
1The Culture
The Culture
Iain M. Banks
1 here · 37 all-time · #133 overall
Buy on Amazon3.8 out of 5, 182 ratings on Amazon
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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
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Skunk Works
Ben Rich
1 here · 21 all-time · #302 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 5,053 ratings on Amazon
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An Elegant Puzzle
Will Larson
1 here · 20 all-time · #325 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,414 ratings on Amazon
1Radical Candor
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
1 here · 16 all-time · #392 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 10,178 ratings on Amazon
1About Face
About Face
Alan Cooper
1 here · 13 all-time · #509 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 485 ratings on Amazon
1Out of the Crisis
Out of the Crisis
W. Edwards Deming
1 here · 10 all-time · #629 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 549 ratings on Amazon
1The Score Takes Care of Itself
The Score Takes Care of Itself
Bill Walsh
1 here · 6 all-time · #1123 overall
1Maverick
Maverick
Ricardo Semler
1 here · 5 all-time · #1334 overall
1Only the Paranoid Survive
Only the Paranoid Survive
Andrew Grove
1 here · 4 all-time · #1709 overall
1The Culture Code
The Culture Code
Daniel Coyle
1 here · 4 all-time · #1857 overall
1A New Economics
A New Economics
W. Edwards Deming
1 here · 3 all-time · #2088 overall
1To Pixar and Beyond
To Pixar and Beyond
Lawrence Levy
1 here · 3 all-time · #2374 overall