The books people recommended

2009-06-18 · 137 points · 43 comments · 9 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.

3
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
3 here · 178 all-time · #7 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,966 ratings on Amazon
2
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson
2 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
2
How to Read a Book
Mortimer J. Adler
2 here · 31 all-time · #182 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 8,081 ratings on Amazon
1
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas Hofstadter
1 here · 347 all-time · #1 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,713 ratings on Amazon
1
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
1 here · 173 all-time · #9 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 22,012 ratings on Amazon
1
Ulysses
James Joyce
1 here · 55 all-time · #71 overall
Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 3,819 ratings on Amazon
1Mindstorms
Mindstorms
Seymour Papert
1 here · 18 all-time · #350 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 146 ratings on Amazon
1The Sleepwalkers
The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark
1 here · 7 all-time · #931 overall
1Lateral Thinking
Lateral Thinking
Edward de Bono
1 here · 6 all-time · #1084 overall