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2023-04-12 · 150 points · 102 comments · 37 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

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    2 here · 250 all-time · #3 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 104,032 ratings on Amazon
  2. 2

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu

    2 here · 152 all-time · #11 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 53,978 ratings on Amazon
  3. 2

    Infinite Jest

    David Foster Wallace

    2 here · 75 all-time · #44 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,443 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2

    Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley

    2 here · 67 all-time · #55 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 48,055 ratings on Amazon
  5. 2Into the Wild

    Into the Wild

    Jon Krakauer

    2 here · 7 all-time · #940 overall

  6. 1

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams

    1 here · 101 all-time · #28 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 30,738 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1

    1984

    George Orwell

    1 here · 94 all-time · #34 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 126,118 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1

    Blindsight

    Peter Watts

    1 here · 70 all-time · #48 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 8,527 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1

    Catch-22

    Joseph Heller

    1 here · 46 all-time · #96 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 14,669 ratings on Amazon
  10. 1

    Ishmael

    Daniel Quinn

    1 here · 44 all-time · #104 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 7,045 ratings on Amazon
  11. 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
  12. 1

    Blood Meridian

    Cormac McCarthy

    1 here · 41 all-time · #118 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 21,706 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1

    A Deepness in the Sky

    Vernor Vinge

    1 here · 41 all-time · #121 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,418 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    1 here · 36 all-time · #140 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 15,332 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut

    1 here · 34 all-time · #153 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 40,601 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1

    Accelerando

    Charles Stross

    1 here · 33 all-time · #162 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 1,553 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1

    Gravity's Rainbow

    Thomas Pynchon

    1 here · 25 all-time · #229 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 2,472 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1

    The Road

    Cormac McCarthy

    1 here · 24 all-time · #243 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 39,314 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1The Old Man and the Sea

    The Old Man and the Sea

    Ernest Hemingway

    1 here · 23 all-time · #256 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 42,509 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1

    The Catcher in the Rye

    J.D. Salinger

    1 here · 21 all-time · #290 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 48,047 ratings on Amazon
  21. 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
  22. 1Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick

    1 here · 17 all-time · #367 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 25,618 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1On the Road

    On the Road

    Jack Kerouac

    1 here · 13 all-time · #483 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 12,129 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1The Quantum Thief

    The Quantum Thief

    Hannu Rajaniemi

    1 here · 12 all-time · #530 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 2,607 ratings on Amazon
  25. 1The Body

    The Body

    Bill Bryson

    1 here · 12 all-time · #540 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 21,832 ratings on Amazon
  26. 1The Devil in the White City

    The Devil in the White City

    Erik Larson

    1 here · 10 all-time · #623 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 31,370 ratings on Amazon
  27. 12666

    2666

    Roberto Bolaño

    1 here · 10 all-time · #630 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 2,168 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1The Sun Also Rises

    The Sun Also Rises

    Ernest Hemingway

    1 here · 8 all-time · #815 overall

  29. 1Rainbows End

    Rainbows End

    Vernor Vinge

    1 here · 8 all-time · #866 overall

  30. 1Barbarian Days

    Barbarian Days

    William Finnegan

    1 here · 7 all-time · #955 overall

  31. 1The War of the Worlds

    The War of the Worlds

    H.G. Wells

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1148 overall

  32. 1Emma

    Emma

    Jane Austen

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1599 overall

  33. 1Singularity Sky

    Singularity Sky

    Charles Stross

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1636 overall

  34. 1A Moveable Feast

    A Moveable Feast

    Ernest Hemingway

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1651 overall

  35. 1The Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games

    Suzanne Collins

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1666 overall

  36. 1A Gentleman in Moscow

    A Gentleman in Moscow

    Amor Towles

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1928 overall

  37. 1The World According to Garp

    The World According to Garp

    John Irving

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2280 overall