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2021-11-22 · 345 points · 151 comments · 16 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. 33

    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir

    33 here · 88 all-time · #38 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 281,070 ratings on Amazon
  2. 10The Code Breaker

    The Code Breaker

    Walter Isaacson

    10 here · 11 all-time · #618 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 13,932 ratings on Amazon
  3. 9

    The Martian

    Andy Weir

    9 here · 103 all-time · #25 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187,449 ratings on Amazon
  4. 6

    On Intelligence

    Jeff Hawkins

    6 here · 36 all-time · #138 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 893 ratings on Amazon
  5. 6Humankind

    Humankind

    Rutger Bregman

    6 here · 12 all-time · #555 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,714 ratings on Amazon
  6. 4The Dawn of Everything

    The Dawn of Everything

    David Graeber and David Wengrow

    4 here · 45 all-time · #102 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 289 ratings on Amazon
  7. 3

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    3 here · 250 all-time · #3 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 104,032 ratings on Amazon
  8. 2A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence

    A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence

    Jeff Hawkins

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2482 overall

  9. 2Hamnet

    Hamnet

    Maggie O’Farrell

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2582 overall

  10. 1

    I Am a Strange Loop

    Douglas Hofstadter

    1 here · 33 all-time · #159 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 1,069 ratings on Amazon
  11. 1Rationality: From AI to Zombies

    Rationality: From AI to Zombies

    Eliezer Yudkowsky

    1 here · 24 all-time · #246 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 242 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    Blake Crouch

    1 here · 14 all-time · #458 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 92,485 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

    Oliver Sacks

    1 here · 9 all-time · #728 overall

  14. 1Klara and the Sun

    Klara and the Sun

    Kazuo Ishiguro

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1150 overall

  15. 1Termination Shock

    Termination Shock

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1448 overall

  16. 1The Mandibles

    The Mandibles

    Lionel Shriver

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2021 overall