Seven books I keep close because I love them ↗

The books people recommended

2026-08-14 · 386 points · 188 comments · 18 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.

11Roget's Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus
11 here · 11 all-time · #619 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 869 ratings on Amazon
9The Decameron
The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
9 here · 11 all-time · #617 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 865 ratings on Amazon
5King James Version
King James Version
5 here · 5 all-time · #1533 overall
4Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney
4 here · 6 all-time · #1233 overall
2Redwall
Redwall
Brian Jacques
2 here · 4 all-time · #1751 overall
2The Travels of Ibn Battutah
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
2 here · 2 all-time · #2649 overall
2Pseudodoxia Epidemica
Pseudodoxia Epidemica
Richard Baxter
2 here · 2 all-time · #2650 overall
2Orbis Pictus
Orbis Pictus
Comenius
2 here · 2 all-time · #2651 overall
2Settlers
Settlers
2 here · 2 all-time · #2652 overall
2Legacy Standard Bible
Legacy Standard Bible
2 here · 2 all-time · #2653 overall
2NIV
NIV
2 here · 2 all-time · #2654 overall
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The Diamond Age
Neal Stephenson
1 here · 64 all-time · #58 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,358 ratings on Amazon
1A Thousand Plateaus
A Thousand Plateaus
Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari
1 here · 15 all-time · #444 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 367 ratings on Amazon
1The Way Things Work
The Way Things Work
David Macaulay
1 here · 12 all-time · #551 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 2,811 ratings on Amazon
1Higher Order Perl
Higher Order Perl
Mark Jason Dominus
1 here · 5 all-time · #1283 overall
1The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
1 here · 5 all-time · #1307 overall
1Underground
Underground
Haruki Murakami
1 here · 5 all-time · #1404 overall
1The Castle
The Castle
Franz Kafka
1 here · 4 all-time · #1626 overall