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2020-12-31 · 129 points · 115 comments · 50 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. 11

    The Expanse

    James S. A. Corey

    11 here · 43 all-time · #112 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 38,667 ratings on Amazon
  2. 5

    Mistborn

    Brandon Sanderson

    5 here · 41 all-time · #119 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 60,557 ratings on Amazon
  3. 5

    The Way of Kings

    Brandon Sanderson

    5 here · 21 all-time · #305 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 89,508 ratings on Amazon
  4. 5The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    Shoshana Zuboff

    5 here · 9 all-time · #769 overall

  5. 4

    The Stormlight Archive

    Brandon Sanderson

    4 here · 55 all-time · #73 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 93,054 ratings on Amazon
  6. 4Bobiverse

    Bobiverse

    Dennis E. Taylor

    4 here · 28 all-time · #207 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 34,413 ratings on Amazon
  7. 3The English Patient

    The English Patient

    Michael Ondaatje

    3 here · 4 all-time · #1902 overall

  8. 2

    The Wheel of Time

    Robert Jordan

    2 here · 43 all-time · #109 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 45,874 ratings on Amazon
  9. 2

    The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

    Edward Tufte

    2 here · 24 all-time · #253 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 996 ratings on Amazon
  10. 2The Kingkiller Chronicle

    The Kingkiller Chronicle

    Patrick Rothfuss

    2 here · 19 all-time · #339 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 89,463 ratings on Amazon
  11. 2The First Law

    The First Law

    Joe Abercrombie

    2 here · 18 all-time · #349 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 29,733 ratings on Amazon
  12. 2Norwegian Wood

    Norwegian Wood

    Haruki Murakami

    2 here · 16 all-time · #396 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 23,666 ratings on Amazon
  13. 2The Goldfinch

    The Goldfinch

    Donna Tartt

    2 here · 7 all-time · #1017 overall

  14. 2Carrying the Fire

    Carrying the Fire

    Michael Collins

    2 here · 5 all-time · #1483 overall

  15. 2Bernie Gunther series

    Bernie Gunther series

    Philip Kerr

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1745 overall

  16. 1

    Sapiens

    Yuval Noah Harari

    1 here · 197 all-time · #4 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 133,705 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu

    1 here · 152 all-time · #11 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 53,978 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1

    Foundation

    Isaac Asimov

    1 here · 110 all-time · #20 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 36,591 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1

    The Design of Everyday Things

    Don Norman

    1 here · 95 all-time · #33 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,629 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1

    Mathematics

    Jan Gullberg

    1 here · 37 all-time · #134 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 528 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1

    East of Eden

    John Steinbeck

    1 here · 36 all-time · #141 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 23,886 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1

    Children of Time

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    1 here · 34 all-time · #157 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 51,405 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1

    Grapes of Wrath

    John Steinbeck

    1 here · 22 all-time · #269 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 25,575 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1

    A Game of Thrones

    George R.R. Martin

    1 here · 22 all-time · #274 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 83,380 ratings on Amazon
  25. 1

    Lolita

    Vladimir Nabokov

    1 here · 20 all-time · #323 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 14,461 ratings on Amazon
  26. 1Piranesi

    Piranesi

    Susanna Clarke

    1 here · 16 all-time · #406 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 48,471 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

    Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

    Haruki Murakami

    1 here · 15 all-time · #418 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,333 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1Permanent Record

    Permanent Record

    Edward Snowden

    1 here · 13 all-time · #508 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 17,278 ratings on Amazon
  29. 1Lonesome Dove

    Lonesome Dove

    Larry McMurtry

    1 here · 12 all-time · #528 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 31,757 ratings on Amazon
  30. 1Altered Carbon

    Altered Carbon

    Richard K. Morgan

    1 here · 10 all-time · #628 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 15,405 ratings on Amazon
  31. 1Night

    Night

    Elie Wiesel

    1 here · 10 all-time · #643 overall

  32. 1All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Erich Maria Remarque

    1 here · 10 all-time · #646 overall

  33. 1The Histories

    The Histories

    Tacitus

    1 here · 9 all-time · #707 overall

  34. 1Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Susanna Clarke

    1 here · 9 all-time · #726 overall

  35. 1The Unicorn Project

    The Unicorn Project

    Gene Kim

    1 here · 9 all-time · #749 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 4,826 ratings on Amazon
  36. 1A Memory Called Empire

    A Memory Called Empire

    Arkady Martine

    1 here · 8 all-time · #860 overall

  37. 1The Dog Stars

    The Dog Stars

    Peter Heller

    1 here · 7 all-time · #920 overall

  38. 1Maus

    Maus

    Art Spiegelman

    1 here · 7 all-time · #957 overall

  39. 1Rapid Development

    Rapid Development

    Steve McConnell

    1 here · 7 all-time · #958 overall

  40. 1West with the Night

    West with the Night

    Beryl Markham

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1122 overall

  41. 1The Dresden Files

    The Dresden Files

    Jim Butcher

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1133 overall

  42. 1The Algebraist

    The Algebraist

    Iain M. Banks

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1261 overall

  43. 1Wind, Sand and Stars

    Wind, Sand and Stars

    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1282 overall

  44. 1Fates and Furies

    Fates and Furies

    Lauren Groff

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1401 overall

  45. 1South of the Border, West of the Sun

    South of the Border, West of the Sun

    Haruki Murakami

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2013 overall

  46. 1Murderbot

    Murderbot

    Martha Wells

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2060 overall

  47. 1The Tripod Trilogy

    The Tripod Trilogy

    John Christopher

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2061 overall

  48. 1Steelheart

    Steelheart

    Brandon Sanderson

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2091 overall

  49. 1Edgedancer

    Edgedancer

    Brandon Sanderson

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2092 overall

  50. 1Thinking About Mathematics

    Thinking About Mathematics

    Stewart Shapiro

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2093 overall