Ask HN: Book under 100 pages that changed your life the most? ↗

The books people recommended

2021-06-16 · 30 points · 38 comments · 27 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.

4Fear
Fear
Thich Nhat Hanh
4 here · 10 all-time · #667 overall
2
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu
2 here · 53 all-time · #76 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,771 ratings on Amazon
2The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
2 here · 23 all-time · #256 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 42,509 ratings on Amazon
2
On the Shortness of Life
Seneca
2 here · 22 all-time · #273 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 3,385 ratings on Amazon
2Who Moved My Cheese
Who Moved My Cheese
Spencer Johnson
2 here · 11 all-time · #608 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 29,959 ratings on Amazon
2Freedom from the Known
Freedom from the Known
Jiddu Krishnamurti
2 here · 8 all-time · #806 overall
2Letters to a Young Poet
Letters to a Young Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke
2 here · 5 all-time · #1410 overall
2How to Win at the Sport of Business
How to Win at the Sport of Business
Mark Cuban
2 here · 5 all-time · #1457 overall
2Bed of Procrustes
Bed of Procrustes
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
2 here · 4 all-time · #1854 overall
1
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
1 here · 165 all-time · #10 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 21,552 ratings on Amazon
1The Goal
The Goal
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
1 here · 70 all-time · #49 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,661 ratings on Amazon
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
1
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1 here · 29 all-time · #194 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 13,029 ratings on Amazon
1
Mastery
Robert Greene
1 here · 22 all-time · #268 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 11,553 ratings on Amazon
1Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach
1 here · 20 all-time · #316 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 16,386 ratings on Amazon
1The Stranger
The Stranger
Albert Camus
1 here · 15 all-time · #416 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 12,720 ratings on Amazon
1This is Water
This is Water
David Foster Wallace
1 here · 15 all-time · #431 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,652 ratings on Amazon
1Illusions
Illusions
Richard Bach
1 here · 14 all-time · #468 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 7,139 ratings on Amazon
1The Richest Man in Babylon
The Richest Man in Babylon
George S. Clason
1 here · 11 all-time · #582 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 13,219 ratings on Amazon
1The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
1 here · 11 all-time · #594 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 13,429 ratings on Amazon
1The Easy Way to Stop Smoking
The Easy Way to Stop Smoking
Allen Carr
1 here · 9 all-time · #771 overall
1Computer Lib/Dream Machines
Computer Lib/Dream Machines
Ted Nelson
1 here · 6 all-time · #1082 overall
1The Lessons of History
The Lessons of History
Will Durant, Ariel Durant
1 here · 6 all-time · #1134 overall
1The Brain That Changes Itself
The Brain That Changes Itself
Norman Doidge
1 here · 6 all-time · #1191 overall
1The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy
1 here · 5 all-time · #1451 overall
1The Art of Money Getting
The Art of Money Getting
P. T. Barnum
1 here · 3 all-time · #2310 overall
1Enchiridion of Epictetus
Enchiridion of Epictetus
Epictetus
1 here · 3 all-time · #2344 overall