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2022-12-04 · 328 points · 249 comments · 58 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. 5

    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir

    5 here · 88 all-time · #38 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 281,070 ratings on Amazon
  2. 4Jude the Obscure

    Jude the Obscure

    Thomas Hardy

    4 here · 7 all-time · #1025 overall

  3. 44000 Weeks

    4000 Weeks

    Oliver Burkeman

    4 here · 5 all-time · #1525 overall

  4. 3The Dawn of Everything

    The Dawn of Everything

    David Graeber and David Wengrow

    3 here · 45 all-time · #102 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 289 ratings on Amazon
  5. 3How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

    How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

    Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

    3 here · 10 all-time · #683 overall

  6. 2

    The Art of Computer Programming

    Donald Knuth

    2 here · 127 all-time · #14 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 203 ratings on Amazon
  7. 2

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams

    2 here · 101 all-time · #28 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 30,738 ratings on Amazon
  8. 2

    Candide

    Voltaire

    2 here · 21 all-time · #297 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 5,755 ratings on Amazon
  9. 2

    Exhalation

    Ted Chiang

    2 here · 21 all-time · #298 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 14,849 ratings on Amazon
  10. 2Heart of Darkness

    Heart of Darkness

    Joseph Conrad

    2 here · 13 all-time · #479 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.0 out of 5, 11,723 ratings on Amazon
  11. 2The Body

    The Body

    Bill Bryson

    2 here · 12 all-time · #540 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 21,832 ratings on Amazon
  12. 2Thinking in Bets

    Thinking in Bets

    Annie Duke

    2 here · 9 all-time · #735 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 5,347 ratings on Amazon
  13. 2The Gods Themselves

    The Gods Themselves

    Isaac Asimov

    2 here · 8 all-time · #817 overall

  14. 2Moneyball

    Moneyball

    Michael Lewis

    2 here · 8 all-time · #872 overall

  15. 2Red Plenty

    Red Plenty

    Francis Spufford

    2 here · 7 all-time · #1003 overall

  16. 2A Prayer for Owen Meany

    A Prayer for Owen Meany

    John Irving

    2 here · 6 all-time · #1109 overall

  17. 2The God of Small Things

    The God of Small Things

    Arundhati Roy

    2 here · 5 all-time · #1389 overall

  18. 2Think Again

    Think Again

    Adam Grant

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1799 overall

  19. 2Say Nothing

    Say Nothing

    Patrick Radden Keefe

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2568 overall

  20. 2Borne

    Borne

    Jeff VanderMeer

    2 here · 3 all-time · #2569 overall

  21. 1

    Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    1 here · 117 all-time · #17 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,213 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1

    Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Jared Diamond

    1 here · 83 all-time · #39 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 14,634 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1

    Ready Player One

    Ernest Cline

    1 here · 69 all-time · #52 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 155,485 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1

    Masters of Doom

    David Kushner

    1 here · 69 all-time · #53 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,851 ratings on Amazon
  25. 1

    The Power Broker

    Robert Caro

    1 here · 50 all-time · #86 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 3,176 ratings on Amazon
  26. 1

    Debt: The First 5000 Years

    David Graeber

    1 here · 41 all-time · #120 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,289 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1

    The Murderbot Diaries

    Martha Wells

    1 here · 29 all-time · #198 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 69,410 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1Bobiverse

    Bobiverse

    Dennis E. Taylor

    1 here · 28 all-time · #207 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 34,413 ratings on Amazon
  29. 1

    So Good They Can't Ignore You

    Cal Newport

    1 here · 23 all-time · #263 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 8,838 ratings on Amazon
  30. 1

    The Way of Kings

    Brandon Sanderson

    1 here · 21 all-time · #305 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 89,508 ratings on Amazon
  31. 1

    The Stars My Destination

    Alfred Bester

    1 here · 20 all-time · #317 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 4,493 ratings on Amazon
  32. 1Chip War

    Chip War

    Chris Miller

    1 here · 17 all-time · #382 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 9,953 ratings on Amazon
  33. 1Longitude

    Longitude

    Dava Sobel

    1 here · 14 all-time · #474 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 8,359 ratings on Amazon
  34. 1The Fifth Season

    The Fifth Season

    N. K. Jemisin

    1 here · 11 all-time · #589 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 42,847 ratings on Amazon
  35. 1The Coddling of the American Mind

    The Coddling of the American Mind

    Greg Lukianoff

    1 here · 11 all-time · #607 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 10,083 ratings on Amazon
  36. 1Essentialism

    Essentialism

    Greg McKeown

    1 here · 10 all-time · #620 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 21,193 ratings on Amazon
  37. 1Ministry for the Future

    Ministry for the Future

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    1 here · 9 all-time · #714 overall

  38. 1The Invisible Man

    The Invisible Man

    H.G. Wells

    1 here · 9 all-time · #732 overall

  39. 1The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    Shoshana Zuboff

    1 here · 9 all-time · #769 overall

  40. 1The Last Samurai

    The Last Samurai

    Helen DeWitt

    1 here · 7 all-time · #1004 overall

  41. 1Mars trilogy

    Mars trilogy

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1128 overall

  42. 1Brain Rules for Baby

    Brain Rules for Baby

    John Medina

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1135 overall

  43. 1Klara and the Sun

    Klara and the Sun

    Kazuo Ishiguro

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1150 overall

  44. 1Sum

    Sum

    David Eagleman

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1295 overall

  45. 1My Antonia

    My Antonia

    Willa Cather

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1306 overall

  46. 1Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

    Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

    Simon Sebag Montefiore

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1344 overall

  47. 1Termination Shock

    Termination Shock

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1448 overall

  48. 1Secondhand Time

    Secondhand Time

    Svetlana Alexievich

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1474 overall

  49. 1The End of Eternity

    The End of Eternity

    Isaac Asimov

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1545 overall

  50. 1The Bone Clocks

    The Bone Clocks

    David Mitchell

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1583 overall

  51. 1The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read

    The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read

    Philippa Perry

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1610 overall

  52. 1The Strangest Man

    The Strangest Man

    Graham Farmelo

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1776 overall

  53. 1Touching the Void

    Touching the Void

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1970 overall

  54. 1Winter is Coming

    Winter is Coming

    Garry Kasparov

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2019 overall

  55. 1How to Be Perfect

    How to Be Perfect

    Michael Schur

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2081 overall

  56. 1Lenin

    Lenin

    Victor Sebestyen

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2242 overall

  57. 1Babel

    Babel

    R. F. Kuang

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2333 overall

  58. 1The Immortality Key

    The Immortality Key

    Brian Muraresku

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2400 overall