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2013-12-13 · 29 points · 27 comments · 25 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. 2

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas

    2 here · 70 all-time · #50 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,487 ratings on Amazon
  2. 2

    The Power of Habit

    Charles Duhigg

    2 here · 46 all-time · #97 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 40,333 ratings on Amazon
  3. 1

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman

    1 here · 178 all-time · #6 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 48,679 ratings on Amazon
  4. 1

    Atlas Shrugged

    Ayn Rand

    1 here · 173 all-time · #9 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 22,012 ratings on Amazon
  5. 1

    Code

    Charles Petzold

    1 here · 147 all-time · #12 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,787 ratings on Amazon
  6. 1

    Ender's Game

    Orson Scott Card

    1 here · 109 all-time · #21 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 45,794 ratings on Amazon
  7. 1

    Ready Player One

    Ernest Cline

    1 here · 69 all-time · #52 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 155,485 ratings on Amazon
  8. 1

    Linear Algebra

    Strang

    1 here · 60 all-time · #62 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 48 ratings on Amazon
  9. 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
  10. 1

    Daemon

    Daniel Suarez

    1 here · 52 all-time · #78 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,091 ratings on Amazon
  11. 1

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    George Orwell

    1 here · 43 all-time · #108 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 15,224 ratings on Amazon
  12. 1

    Quiet

    Susan Cain

    1 here · 33 all-time · #165 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 35,789 ratings on Amazon
  13. 1

    One Hundred Years of Solitude

    Gabriel García Márquez

    1 here · 25 all-time · #231 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 9,706 ratings on Amazon
  14. 1

    Wool

    Hugh Howey

    1 here · 23 all-time · #262 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 53,808 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    Think and Grow Rich

    Napoleon Hill

    1 here · 21 all-time · #287 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 75,414 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1Ancillary Justice

    Ancillary Justice

    Ann Leckie

    1 here · 21 all-time · #301 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 21,235 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1Spark

    Spark

    John Ratey

    1 here · 9 all-time · #706 overall

  18. 1Halting State

    Halting State

    Charles Stross

    1 here · 9 all-time · #745 overall

  19. 1White Noise

    White Noise

    Don Delillo

    1 here · 7 all-time · #986 overall

  20. 1For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    Ernest Hemingway

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1087 overall

  21. 1The Ocean at the End of the Lane

    The Ocean at the End of the Lane

    Neil Gaiman

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1220 overall

  22. 1Lost Fleet

    Lost Fleet

    Jack Campbell

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1608 overall

  23. 1The Hero's Journey

    The Hero's Journey

    Joseph Campbell

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1791 overall

  24. 1Abundance

    Abundance

    Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2074 overall

  25. 1Silence of the Lambs

    Silence of the Lambs

    Thomas Harris

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2154 overall