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2023-05-07 · 243 points · 85 comments · 20 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. 7

    A Fire Upon the Deep

    Vernor Vinge

    7 here · 47 all-time · #93 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,097 ratings on Amazon
  2. 5

    A Deepness in the Sky

    Vernor Vinge

    5 here · 41 all-time · #121 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,418 ratings on Amazon
  3. 2

    Children of Time

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    2 here · 34 all-time · #157 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 51,405 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2Annihilation

    Annihilation

    Jeff VanderMeer

    2 here · 15 all-time · #427 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.0 out of 5, 28,288 ratings on Amazon
  5. 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
  6. 1

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman

    1 here · 178 all-time · #6 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 48,679 ratings on Amazon
  7. 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
  8. 1

    The Art of Computer Programming

    Donald Knuth

    1 here · 127 all-time · #14 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 203 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1

    Ender's Game

    Orson Scott Card

    1 here · 109 all-time · #21 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 45,794 ratings on Amazon
  10. 1

    Algorithms

    Robert Sedgewick

    1 here · 49 all-time · #89 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 876 ratings on Amazon
  11. 1

    Clean Code

    Robert C. Martin

    1 here · 47 all-time · #91 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 6,810 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1

    The Algorithm Design Manual

    Steven S. Skiena

    1 here · 43 all-time · #111 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 597 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1Ancillary Justice

    Ancillary Justice

    Ann Leckie

    1 here · 21 all-time · #301 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 21,235 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1Types and Programming Languages

    Types and Programming Languages

    Benjamin C. Pierce

    1 here · 15 all-time · #422 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 98 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1Introduction to Statistical Learning

    Introduction to Statistical Learning

    Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani

    1 here · 12 all-time · #534 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 1,937 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1The Elegant Universe

    The Elegant Universe

    Brian Greene

    1 here · 9 all-time · #723 overall

  17. 1True Names

    True Names

    Vernor Vinge

    1 here · 9 all-time · #763 overall

  18. 1Darwin's Dangerous Idea

    Darwin's Dangerous Idea

    Daniel Dennett

    1 here · 7 all-time · #909 overall

  19. 1Rainbow's End

    Rainbow's End

    Vernor Vinge

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1600 overall

  20. 1The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    Edward Gibbon

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1772 overall