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2026-04-26 · 191 points · 48 comments · 5 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

    Calculus

    Spivak

    2 here · 99 all-time · #30 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187 ratings on Amazon
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 1Calculus Made Easy

    Calculus Made Easy

    Francis Weston Sears

    1 here · 22 all-time · #271 overall

    Buy on Amazon3.7 out of 5, 191 ratings on Amazon