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2011-06-03 · 28 points · 53 comments · 39 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

    Atlas Shrugged

    Ayn Rand

    3 here · 173 all-time · #9 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 22,012 ratings on Amazon
  2. 3

    On Intelligence

    Jeff Hawkins

    3 here · 36 all-time · #138 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 893 ratings on Amazon
  3. 2

    A Game of Thrones

    George R.R. Martin

    2 here · 22 all-time · #274 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 83,380 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2In the Plex

    In the Plex

    Steven Levy

    2 here · 8 all-time · #820 overall

  5. 2A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    Mark Twain

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2545 overall

  6. 1

    Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Douglas Hofstadter

    1 here · 347 all-time · #1 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,713 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1

    1984

    George Orwell

    1 here · 94 all-time · #34 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 126,118 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1

    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Jared Diamond

    1 here · 83 all-time · #39 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 14,634 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1

    Infinite Jest

    David Foster Wallace

    1 here · 75 all-time · #44 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,443 ratings on Amazon
  10. 1

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas

    1 here · 70 all-time · #50 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,487 ratings on Amazon
  11. 1

    Founders at Work

    Jessica Livingston

    1 here · 51 all-time · #80 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 689 ratings on Amazon
  12. 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
  13. 1

    Mistborn

    Brandon Sanderson

    1 here · 41 all-time · #119 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 60,557 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut

    1 here · 34 all-time · #153 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 40,601 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    The Baroque Cycle

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 32 all-time · #176 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 2,191 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1Harry Potter

    Harry Potter

    J.K. Rowling

    1 here · 30 all-time · #188 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 160,126 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1

    Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury

    1 here · 28 all-time · #199 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 61,227 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1

    House of Leaves

    Mark Z. Danielewski

    1 here · 28 all-time · #203 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 14,466 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1

    Thus Spoke Zarathustra

    Friedrich Nietzsche

    1 here · 24 all-time · #249 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,956 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1

    Liar's Poker

    Michael Lewis

    1 here · 23 all-time · #258 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 10,163 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    1 here · 17 all-time · #366 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 11,110 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1Starting Strength

    Starting Strength

    Mark Rippetoe

    1 here · 12 all-time · #558 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 6,629 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1Little Brother

    Little Brother

    Cory Doctorow

    1 here · 11 all-time · #590 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 2,324 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1Vagabonding

    Vagabonding

    Rolf Potts

    1 here · 10 all-time · #636 overall

  25. 1The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

    Alexandre Dumas

    1 here · 10 all-time · #645 overall

  26. 1The Law

    The Law

    Frédéric Bastiat

    1 here · 8 all-time · #787 overall

  27. 1Linchpin

    Linchpin

    Seth Godin

    1 here · 8 all-time · #810 overall

  28. 1Dubliners

    Dubliners

    James Joyce

    1 here · 8 all-time · #833 overall

  29. 1Lateral Thinking

    Lateral Thinking

    Edward de Bono

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1084 overall

  30. 1Light

    Light

    M. John Harrison

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1441 overall

  31. 1The Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games

    Suzanne Collins

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1666 overall

  32. 1The Power of Full Engagement

    The Power of Full Engagement

    Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1701 overall

  33. 1A Briefer History of Time

    A Briefer History of Time

    Stephen Hawking

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1707 overall

  34. 1High Fidelity

    High Fidelity

    Nick Hornby

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1847 overall

  35. 1Nothing to Envy

    Nothing to Envy

    Barbara Demick

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1958 overall

  36. 1For the Love of Physics

    For the Love of Physics

    Walter Lewin

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1975 overall

  37. 1Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Lewis Carroll

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2220 overall

  38. 1The Gambler

    The Gambler

    Fyodor Dostoevsky

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2298 overall

  39. 1Hound of the Baskervilles

    Hound of the Baskervilles

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2299 overall