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2021-03-17 · 17 points · 25 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.

  1. 1

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    1 here · 250 all-time · #3 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 104,032 ratings on Amazon
  2. 1

    Siddhartha

    Hermann Hesse

    1 here · 97 all-time · #31 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 18,150 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1

    Nexus

    Ramez Naam

    1 here · 21 all-time · #288 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 3,715 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1Shantaram

    Shantaram

    Gregory David Roberts

    1 here · 18 all-time · #345 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 41,148 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1Born to Run

    Born to Run

    Christopher McDougall

    1 here · 17 all-time · #369 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 26,656 ratings on Amazon
  6. 1The Art of Learning

    The Art of Learning

    Josh Waitzkin

    1 here · 14 all-time · #453 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,454 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1Born a Crime

    Born a Crime

    Trevor Noah

    1 here · 12 all-time · #521 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 113,678 ratings on Amazon
  8. 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
  9. 1All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Erich Maria Remarque

    1 here · 10 all-time · #646 overall

  10. 1Ministry for the Future

    Ministry for the Future

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    1 here · 9 all-time · #714 overall

  11. 1The Body Keeps the Score

    The Body Keeps the Score

    Bessel van der Kolk

    1 here · 9 all-time · #719 overall

  12. 1How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

    How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

    Bill Gates

    1 here · 9 all-time · #760 overall

  13. 1The DevOps Handbook

    The DevOps Handbook

    Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois

    1 here · 7 all-time · #956 overall

  14. 1The Master and His Emissary

    The Master and His Emissary

    Iain McGilchrist

    1 here · 7 all-time · #959 overall

  15. 1Understanding Media

    Understanding Media

    Marshall McLuhan

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1078 overall

  16. 1The Hot Zone

    The Hot Zone

    Richard Preston

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1547 overall

  17. 1Mythos

    Mythos

    Stephen Fry

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1595 overall

  18. 1Bring Up the Bodies

    Bring Up the Bodies

    Hilary Mantel

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1726 overall

  19. 1Slouching Towards Bethlehem

    Slouching Towards Bethlehem

    Joan Didion

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1735 overall

  20. 1Small Unit Leadership

    Small Unit Leadership

    Col. Dandridge M. Malone

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1851 overall

  21. 1White Teeth

    White Teeth

    Zadie Smith

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2251 overall