Ask HN: If I am 16 what should I learn? Which books should read? ↗

The books people recommended

2026-08-27 · 8 points · 21 comments · 12 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.

2
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
2 here · 175 all-time · #8 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 106,505 ratings on Amazon
2Infinity Within
Infinity Within
Reggie Hilliard
2 here · 2 all-time · #2644 overall
1
Code
Charles Petzold
1 here · 147 all-time · #12 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,787 ratings on Amazon
1
Never Split the Difference
Chris Voss
1 here · 62 all-time · #60 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 51,660 ratings on Amazon
1
How to Read a Book
Mortimer J. Adler
1 here · 31 all-time · #182 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 8,081 ratings on Amazon
1Faust
Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1 here · 10 all-time · #665 overall
1How the World Really Works
How the World Really Works
Vaclav Smil
1 here · 9 all-time · #730 overall
1Watership Down
Watership Down
Richard Adams
1 here · 8 all-time · #784 overall
1Incerto
Incerto
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1 here · 8 all-time · #845 overall
11632
1632
Eric Flint
1 here · 6 all-time · #1089 overall
111/22/63
11/22/63
Stephen King
1 here · 5 all-time · #1246 overall
1A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway
1 here · 4 all-time · #1651 overall