The books people recommended

2022-02-09 · 435 points · 87 comments · 8 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.

3Abstract Algebra
Abstract Algebra
Dummit and Foote
3 here · 13 all-time · #498 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 258 ratings on Amazon
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
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson
1 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
1Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Eliezer Yudkowsky
1 here · 101 all-time · #27 overall
Buy on Amazon
1
Linear Algebra
Strang
1 here · 60 all-time · #62 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 48 ratings on Amazon
1Algebra
Algebra
Israel Gelfand
1 here · 20 all-time · #322 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 94 ratings on Amazon
1Topology
Topology
Munkres
1 here · 7 all-time · #1024 overall
1Analysis
Analysis
H.L. Royden
1 here · 5 all-time · #1336 overall