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2022-10-04 · 31 points · 34 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. 2

    Finite and Infinite Games

    James P. Carse

    2 here · 31 all-time · #183 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 1,993 ratings on Amazon
  2. 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
  3. 2The Courage to Be Disliked

    The Courage to Be Disliked

    Ichiro Kishimi

    2 here · 14 all-time · #456 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 27,543 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert Pirsig

    1 here · 193 all-time · #5 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 13,921 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1

    The Selfish Gene

    Richard Dawkins

    1 here · 178 all-time · #7 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,966 ratings on Amazon
  6. 1

    Man's Search for Meaning

    Viktor Frankl

    1 here · 95 all-time · #32 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 100,360 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1

    Flow

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

    1 here · 33 all-time · #166 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 7,594 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1I Am That

    I Am That

    Nisargadatta Maharaj

    1 here · 18 all-time · #347 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,958 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1The Mind Illuminated

    The Mind Illuminated

    Culadasa

    1 here · 18 all-time · #356 overall

    Buy on Amazon3.5 out of 5, 2 ratings on Amazon
  10. 1Fear

    Fear

    Thich Nhat Hanh

    1 here · 10 all-time · #667 overall

  11. 1Freedom from the Known

    Freedom from the Known

    Jiddu Krishnamurti

    1 here · 8 all-time · #806 overall

  12. 1The Magic of Thinking Big

    The Magic of Thinking Big

    David J. Schwartz

    1 here · 7 all-time · #974 overall

  13. 1Democracy: The God That Failed

    Democracy: The God That Failed

    Hans-Hermann Hoppe

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1149 overall

  14. 1The Art of Living

    The Art of Living

    William Hart

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1303 overall

  15. 1Awareness

    Awareness

    Anthony de Mello

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1432 overall

  16. 1The Midnight Library

    The Midnight Library

    Matt Haig

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2269 overall