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2019-12-21 · 321 points · 46 comments · 12 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

    Calculus

    Spivak

    2 here · 99 all-time · #30 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187 ratings on Amazon
  2. 2Real Analysis

    Real Analysis

    Stein & Shakarchi

    2 here · 16 all-time · #404 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 107 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1

    Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    Harold Abelson

    1 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1Calculus Made Easy

    Calculus Made Easy

    Francis Weston Sears

    1 here · 22 all-time · #271 overall

    Buy on Amazon3.7 out of 5, 191 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1Discrete Mathematics

    Discrete Mathematics

    NL Biggs

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1110 overall

  6. 1Think Complexity

    Think Complexity

    Downey

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1579 overall

  7. 1Think Bayes

    Think Bayes

    Allen B. Downey

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1602 overall

  8. 1Linear Algebra Done Wrong

    Linear Algebra Done Wrong

    Sergei Treil

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1802 overall

  9. 1Think Python

    Think Python

    Allen B. Downey

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1836 overall

  10. 1An Infinitely Large Napkin

    An Infinitely Large Napkin

    Evan Chen

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1873 overall

  11. 1Think Stats

    Think Stats

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2100 overall

  12. 1Generatingfunctionology

    Generatingfunctionology

    Herbert S. Wilf

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2175 overall