The books people recommended

2026-09-05 · 7 points · 11 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.

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Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
1 here · 173 all-time · #9 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 22,012 ratings on Amazon
1
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
1 here · 95 all-time · #32 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 100,360 ratings on Amazon
1
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
1 here · 51 all-time · #82 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 16,756 ratings on Amazon
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Animal Farm
George Orwell
1 here · 48 all-time · #90 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 94,716 ratings on Amazon
1
The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
1 here · 38 all-time · #128 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2,382 ratings on Amazon
1
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
1 here · 30 all-time · #187 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 19,783 ratings on Amazon
1
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
1 here · 24 all-time · #243 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 39,314 ratings on Amazon
1Old Man's War
Old Man's War
John Scalzi
1 here · 21 all-time · #295 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 32,356 ratings on Amazon
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Cosmos
Carl Sagan
1 here · 20 all-time · #309 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 8,712 ratings on Amazon
1Metamagical Themas
Metamagical Themas
Douglas Hofstadter
1 here · 12 all-time · #518 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 119 ratings on Amazon
1Treasure Island
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
1 here · 11 all-time · #560 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 19,136 ratings on Amazon
1The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander
1 here · 11 all-time · #564 overall
Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 16,634 ratings on Amazon
1All Systems Red
All Systems Red
Martha Wells
1 here · 11 all-time · #609 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 69,410 ratings on Amazon
1Night
Night
Elie Wiesel
1 here · 10 all-time · #643 overall
1Untethered Soul
Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer
1 here · 8 all-time · #816 overall
1Lying
Lying
Sam Harris
1 here · 6 all-time · #1131 overall
1Scale
Scale
Geoffrey West
1 here · 6 all-time · #1160 overall
1The Greatest Show On Earth
The Greatest Show On Earth
Richard Dawkins
1 here · 4 all-time · #1613 overall
1Mortality
Mortality
Christopher Hitchens
1 here · 3 all-time · #2367 overall
1The End of Faith
The End of Faith
Sam Harris
1 here · 3 all-time · #2406 overall