The books people recommended

2014-04-06 · 201 points · 59 comments · 10 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.

2
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas Hofstadter
2 here · 347 all-time · #1 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,713 ratings on Amazon
2
How to Solve It
George Polya
2 here · 42 all-time · #115 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,615 ratings on Amazon
2The Inner Game of Tennis
The Inner Game of Tennis
W. Timothy Gallwey
2 here · 26 all-time · #226 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 10,399 ratings on Amazon
1
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson
1 here · 316 all-time · #2 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
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
1
Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
1 here · 33 all-time · #166 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 7,594 ratings on Amazon
1
How to Read a Book
Mortimer J. Adler
1 here · 31 all-time · #182 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 8,081 ratings on Amazon
1Molecular Biology of the Cell
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Bruce Alberts
1 here · 6 all-time · #1104 overall
1Ascent of Man
Ascent of Man
Jacob Bronowski
1 here · 5 all-time · #1387 overall
1Human Universals
Human Universals
Donald E. Brown
1 here · 3 all-time · #2187 overall