The books people recommended

2013-07-21 · 172 points · 36 comments · 34 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.

3The Box
The Box
Marc Levinson
3 here · 21 all-time · #300 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,199 ratings on Amazon
2
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
2 here · 119 all-time · #16 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,720 ratings on Amazon
2
A Fire Upon the Deep
Vernor Vinge
2 here · 47 all-time · #93 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,097 ratings on Amazon
2The Code Book
The Code Book
Simon Singh
2 here · 28 all-time · #204 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,217 ratings on Amazon
2The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
2 here · 26 all-time · #221 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 11,999 ratings on Amazon
2Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami
2 here · 16 all-time · #396 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 23,666 ratings on Amazon
2The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
2 here · 15 all-time · #433 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 6,523 ratings on Amazon
2Summa Technologiae
Summa Technologiae
Stanisław Lem
2 here · 6 all-time · #1106 overall
2Who Owns The Future
Who Owns The Future
Jaron Lanier
2 here · 6 all-time · #1182 overall
2South of the Border
South of the Border
Haruki Murakami
2 here · 4 all-time · #1770 overall
1
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
1 here · 75 all-time · #44 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,443 ratings on Amazon
1
Blindsight
Peter Watts
1 here · 70 all-time · #48 overall
Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 8,527 ratings on Amazon
1
The Diamond Age
Neal Stephenson
1 here · 64 all-time · #58 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,358 ratings on Amazon
1
Daemon
Daniel Suarez
1 here · 52 all-time · #78 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,091 ratings on Amazon
1
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1 here · 50 all-time · #85 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 5,186 ratings on Amazon
1
A Deepness in the Sky
Vernor Vinge
1 here · 41 all-time · #121 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,418 ratings on Amazon
1
On Intelligence
Jeff Hawkins
1 here · 36 all-time · #138 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 893 ratings on Amazon
1
Roadside Picnic
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
1 here · 25 all-time · #237 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 4,708 ratings on Amazon
1Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
1 here · 22 all-time · #270 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 22,113 ratings on Amazon
1Shantaram
Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts
1 here · 18 all-time · #345 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 41,148 ratings on Amazon
1Born to Run
Born to Run
Christopher McDougall
1 here · 17 all-time · #369 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 26,656 ratings on Amazon
1Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
John Milton
1 here · 11 all-time · #584 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 4,872 ratings on Amazon
1The New New Thing
The New New Thing
Michael Lewis
1 here · 8 all-time · #803 overall
1Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
Daniel C. Dennett
1 here · 8 all-time · #859 overall
1Surfaces and Essences
Surfaces and Essences
Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander
1 here · 6 all-time · #1074 overall
1Burning Chrome
Burning Chrome
William Gibson
1 here · 6 all-time · #1129 overall
1Babel-17
Babel-17
Samuel R. Delany
1 here · 5 all-time · #1277 overall
1Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
1 here · 5 all-time · #1278 overall
1How to Create a Mind
How to Create a Mind
Ray Kurzweil
1 here · 5 all-time · #1396 overall
1Rainbow's End
Rainbow's End
Vernor Vinge
1 here · 4 all-time · #1600 overall
1Abundance
Abundance
Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
1 here · 3 all-time · #2074 overall
1How Children Fail
How Children Fail
John Holt
1 here · 3 all-time · #2075 overall
1Eat & Run
Eat & Run
Scott Jurek
1 here · 3 all-time · #2076 overall
1The Secret Race
The Secret Race
Tyler Hamilton
1 here · 3 all-time · #2077 overall