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2013-09-19 · 10 points · 30 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.

  1. 3

    The Alchemist

    Paulo Coelho

    3 here · 52 all-time · #77 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 184,313 ratings on Amazon
  2. 2

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert Pirsig

    2 here · 193 all-time · #5 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 13,921 ratings on Amazon
  3. 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
  4. 2The 4-Hour Workweek

    The 4-Hour Workweek

    Timothy Ferriss

    2 here · 38 all-time · #130 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 29,714 ratings on Amazon
  5. 2Seven Pillars of Wisdom

    Seven Pillars of Wisdom

    T. E. Lawrence

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1826 overall

  6. 1

    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius

    1 here · 165 all-time · #10 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 21,552 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1

    The Art of Computer Programming

    Donald Knuth

    1 here · 127 all-time · #14 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 203 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1

    Black Swan

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    1 here · 110 all-time · #19 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 8,277 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1

    Siddhartha

    Hermann Hesse

    1 here · 97 all-time · #31 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 18,150 ratings on Amazon
  10. 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
  11. 1

    The Lean Startup

    Eric Ries

    1 here · 56 all-time · #68 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 17,985 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1

    A Guide to the Good Life

    William B. Irvine

    1 here · 53 all-time · #74 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 6,528 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1

    Principles

    Ray Dalio

    1 here · 49 all-time · #88 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 19,363 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1

    Catch-22

    Joseph Heller

    1 here · 46 all-time · #96 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 14,669 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1The Art of War

    The Art of War

    Sun Tzu

    1 here · 43 all-time · #110 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 9,633 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1

    The Prince

    Niccolò Machiavelli

    1 here · 34 all-time · #152 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 8,164 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1

    The Catcher in the Rye

    J.D. Salinger

    1 here · 21 all-time · #290 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 48,047 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1

    Letters from a Stoic

    Seneca

    1 here · 20 all-time · #311 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 4,127 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1Understanding Power

    Understanding Power

    Noam Chomsky

    1 here · 18 all-time · #365 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 729 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

    The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

    Patrick Lencioni

    1 here · 17 all-time · #377 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 15,010 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1Titan

    Titan

    Ron Chernow

    1 here · 12 all-time · #536 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,201 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1Homage to Catalonia

    Homage to Catalonia

    George Orwell

    1 here · 10 all-time · #657 overall

  23. 1The Histories

    The Histories

    Tacitus

    1 here · 9 all-time · #707 overall

  24. 1Untethered Soul

    Untethered Soul

    Michael A. Singer

    1 here · 8 all-time · #816 overall

  25. 1Mother Night

    Mother Night

    Kurt Vonnegut

    1 here · 8 all-time · #873 overall

  26. 1Imagined Communities

    Imagined Communities

    Benedict Anderson

    1 here · 8 all-time · #887 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,038 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1Good Calories, Bad Calories

    Good Calories, Bad Calories

    Gary Taubes

    1 here · 7 all-time · #978 overall

  28. 1The Giver

    The Giver

    Lois Lowry

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1324 overall

  29. 1The Teachings of Don Juan

    The Teachings of Don Juan

    Carlos Castaneda

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1375 overall

  30. 1The Fish That Ate the Whale

    The Fish That Ate the Whale

    Rich Cohen

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1535 overall

  31. 1Timequake

    Timequake

    Kurt Vonnegut

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1685 overall

  32. 1Redwall

    Redwall

    Brian Jacques

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1751 overall

  33. 1White Teeth

    White Teeth

    Zadie Smith

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2251 overall

  34. 1Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

    Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates

    Tom Robbins

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2524 overall