Ask HN: What books have you read that have changed your life? ↗

The books people recommended

2022-02-07 · 24 points · 27 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.

2
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
2 here · 178 all-time · #7 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,966 ratings on Amazon
2
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
2 here · 175 all-time · #8 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 106,505 ratings on Amazon
2On The Nature of Things
On The Nature of Things
Lucretius
2 here · 3 all-time · #2627 overall
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
1
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
1 here · 165 all-time · #10 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 21,552 ratings on Amazon
1
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Richard Feynman
1 here · 90 all-time · #35 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 13,344 ratings on Amazon
1
Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1 here · 81 all-time · #41 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,682 ratings on Amazon
1
Deep Work
Cal Newport
1 here · 72 all-time · #46 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,713 ratings on Amazon
1
Getting Things Done
David Allen
1 here · 62 all-time · #61 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 10,742 ratings on Amazon
1
A Guide to the Good Life
William B. Irvine
1 here · 53 all-time · #74 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 6,528 ratings on Amazon
1
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1 here · 50 all-time · #85 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 5,186 ratings on Amazon
1
The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
1 here · 46 all-time · #97 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 40,333 ratings on Amazon
1
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
1 here · 43 all-time · #108 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 15,224 ratings on Amazon
1
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin
1 here · 42 all-time · #113 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 9,037 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 Four Steps to the Epiphany
Steve Blank
1 here · 36 all-time · #137 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 673 ratings on Amazon
1
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert Kiyosaki
1 here · 35 all-time · #148 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 108,495 ratings on Amazon
1The Power of Now
The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle
1 here · 34 all-time · #155 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 54,841 ratings on Amazon
1
Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis
1 here · 19 all-time · #332 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 14,091 ratings on Amazon
1Watchmen
Watchmen
Alan Moore
1 here · 10 all-time · #631 overall
1Aubrey-Maturin series
Aubrey-Maturin series
Patrick O'Brian
1 here · 10 all-time · #670 overall
1The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
1 here · 8 all-time · #793 overall
1The Millionaire Fastlane
The Millionaire Fastlane
MJ DeMarco
1 here · 8 all-time · #794 overall
1The Swerve
The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt
1 here · 7 all-time · #934 overall
1The Invention of Nature
The Invention of Nature
Andrea Wulf
1 here · 7 all-time · #945 overall
1The Happiness Advantage
The Happiness Advantage
Shawn Achor
1 here · 3 all-time · #2365 overall
1Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire
1 here · 3 all-time · #2484 overall