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2014-06-30 · 52 points · 80 comments · 79 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. 5

    The Martian

    Andy Weir

    5 here · 103 all-time · #25 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187,449 ratings on Amazon
  2. 4

    Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Douglas Hofstadter

    4 here · 347 all-time · #1 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,713 ratings on Amazon
  3. 3

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    3 here · 250 all-time · #3 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 104,032 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2

    Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

    Richard Feynman

    2 here · 90 all-time · #35 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 13,344 ratings on Amazon
  5. 2

    Zero to One

    Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

    2 here · 89 all-time · #37 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 40,093 ratings on Amazon
  6. 2

    No More Mr. Nice Guy

    Robert Glover

    2 here · 23 all-time · #265 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 17,153 ratings on Amazon
  7. 2

    A Confederacy of Dunces

    John Kennedy Toole

    2 here · 22 all-time · #276 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 16,890 ratings on Amazon
  8. 2The Signal and the Noise

    The Signal and the Noise

    Nate Silver

    2 here · 17 all-time · #372 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 3,922 ratings on Amazon
  9. 2The Magic Mountain

    The Magic Mountain

    Thomas Mann

    2 here · 15 all-time · #426 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 1,367 ratings on Amazon
  10. 2Confessions of an Economic Hitman

    Confessions of an Economic Hitman

    John Perkins

    2 here · 8 all-time · #877 overall

  11. 2Qur'an

    Qur'an

    Abdel Haleem

    2 here · 5 all-time · #1400 overall

  12. 2No Place to Hide

    No Place to Hide

    Glenn Greenwald

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1852 overall

  13. 2Innumeracy

    Innumeracy

    John Allen Paulos

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1876 overall

  14. 1

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert Pirsig

    1 here · 193 all-time · #5 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 13,921 ratings on Amazon
  15. 1

    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie

    1 here · 175 all-time · #8 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 106,505 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1

    The Mythical Man-Month

    Frederick Brooks Jr.

    1 here · 137 all-time · #13 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 1,811 ratings on Amazon
  17. 1

    Blindsight

    Peter Watts

    1 here · 70 all-time · #48 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 8,527 ratings on Amazon
  18. 1The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

    Fyodor Dostoevsky

    1 here · 69 all-time · #51 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 3,359 ratings on Amazon
  19. 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
  20. 1

    Founders at Work

    Jessica Livingston

    1 here · 51 all-time · #80 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 689 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1

    Moby Dick

    Herman Melville

    1 here · 51 all-time · #82 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 16,756 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1

    Algorithms

    Robert Sedgewick

    1 here · 49 all-time · #89 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 876 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1

    Creativity Inc.

    Ed Catmull

    1 here · 43 all-time · #107 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 10,683 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1

    The Wheel of Time

    Robert Jordan

    1 here · 43 all-time · #109 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 45,874 ratings on Amazon
  25. 1The 4-Hour Workweek

    The 4-Hour Workweek

    Timothy Ferriss

    1 here · 38 all-time · #130 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 29,714 ratings on Amazon
  26. 1

    The 48 Laws of Power

    Robert Greene

    1 here · 36 all-time · #136 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 90,218 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1

    The Four Steps to the Epiphany

    Steve Blank

    1 here · 36 all-time · #137 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 673 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1

    Rich Dad Poor Dad

    Robert Kiyosaki

    1 here · 35 all-time · #148 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 108,495 ratings on Amazon
  29. 1

    The Better Angels of Our Nature

    Steven Pinker

    1 here · 32 all-time · #177 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 3,858 ratings on Amazon
  30. 1

    Chaos

    James Gleick

    1 here · 31 all-time · #181 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 3,339 ratings on Amazon
  31. 1

    A Short History of Nearly Everything

    Bill Bryson

    1 here · 30 all-time · #187 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 19,783 ratings on Amazon
  32. 1

    House of Leaves

    Mark Z. Danielewski

    1 here · 28 all-time · #203 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 14,466 ratings on Amazon
  33. 1

    A Song of Ice and Fire

    George R. R. Martin

    1 here · 26 all-time · #219 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 83,380 ratings on Amazon
  34. 1

    Mastery

    Robert Greene

    1 here · 22 all-time · #268 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 11,553 ratings on Amazon
  35. 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
  36. 1

    Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

    Shunryu Suzuki

    1 here · 22 all-time · #278 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 3,757 ratings on Amazon
  37. 1The Kingkiller Chronicle

    The Kingkiller Chronicle

    Patrick Rothfuss

    1 here · 19 all-time · #339 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 89,463 ratings on Amazon
  38. 1Mindstorms

    Mindstorms

    Seymour Papert

    1 here · 18 all-time · #350 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 146 ratings on Amazon
  39. 1Moonwalking with Einstein

    Moonwalking with Einstein

    Joshua Foer

    1 here · 18 all-time · #357 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 10,911 ratings on Amazon
  40. 1Remote

    Remote

    Jason Fried

    1 here · 18 all-time · #360 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 3,635 ratings on Amazon
  41. 1American Gods

    American Gods

    Neil Gaiman

    1 here · 15 all-time · #415 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 58,725 ratings on Amazon
  42. 1Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    Thomas Piketty

    1 here · 15 all-time · #442 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 5,772 ratings on Amazon
  43. 1Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    1 here · 14 all-time · #447 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 39,261 ratings on Amazon
  44. 1Inspired

    Inspired

    Marty Cagan

    1 here · 13 all-time · #478 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 6,322 ratings on Amazon
  45. 1Glasshouse

    Glasshouse

    Charles Stross

    1 here · 12 all-time · #517 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 875 ratings on Amazon
  46. 1Off to Be the Wizard

    Off to Be the Wizard

    Scott Meyer

    1 here · 12 all-time · #519 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 8,733 ratings on Amazon
  47. 1The Origin of Wealth

    The Origin of Wealth

    Eric Beinhocker

    1 here · 11 all-time · #565 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 135 ratings on Amazon
  48. 1A Wizard of Earthsea

    A Wizard of Earthsea

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    1 here · 11 all-time · #567 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 16,402 ratings on Amazon
  49. 1Calculus on Manifolds

    Calculus on Manifolds

    Michael Spivak

    1 here · 11 all-time · #571 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 144 ratings on Amazon
  50. 1Autobiography of a Yogi

    Autobiography of a Yogi

    Paramahansa Yogananda

    1 here · 10 all-time · #655 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 9,606 ratings on Amazon
  51. 1The Art of Thinking Clearly

    The Art of Thinking Clearly

    Rolf Dobelli

    1 here · 9 all-time · #694 overall

  52. 1Pitch Anything

    Pitch Anything

    Oren Klaff

    1 here · 9 all-time · #708 overall

  53. 1How Will You Measure Your Life

    How Will You Measure Your Life

    Clayton Christensen

    1 here · 8 all-time · #786 overall

  54. 1Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!

    Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!

    Miran Lipovaca

    1 here · 8 all-time · #835 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 358 ratings on Amazon
  55. 1Paypal Wars

    Paypal Wars

    Eric M. Jackson

    1 here · 8 all-time · #844 overall

  56. 1Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe

    Daniel Defoe

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1072 overall

  57. 1For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    Ernest Hemingway

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1087 overall

  58. 1Mahabharata

    Mahabharata

    Ramesh Menon

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1162 overall

  59. 1Contagious

    Contagious

    Jonah Berger

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1165 overall

  60. 1Warbreaker

    Warbreaker

    Brandon Sanderson

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1271 overall

  61. 1The Talent Code

    The Talent Code

    Daniel Coyle

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1302 overall

  62. 1The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    Stieg Larsson

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1309 overall

  63. 1Cibola Burn

    Cibola Burn

    James S. A. Corey

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1380 overall

  64. 1An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

    An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

    Chris Hadfield

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1604 overall

  65. 1Words of Radiance

    Words of Radiance

    Brandon Sanderson

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1696 overall

  66. 1I, Claudius

    I, Claudius

    Robert Graves

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1716 overall

  67. 1The Paradox of Choice

    The Paradox of Choice

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1877 overall

  68. 1The Second Machine Age

    The Second Machine Age

    Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1880 overall

  69. 1The Atrocity Archives

    The Atrocity Archives

    Charles Stross

    1 here · 3 all-time · #1999 overall

  70. 1Infidel

    Infidel

    Ayaan Hirsi Ali

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2025 overall

  71. 1Engineering a Safer World

    Engineering a Safer World

    Nancy Leveson

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2140 overall

  72. 1The Rhesus Chart

    The Rhesus Chart

    Charles Stross

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2263 overall

  73. 1Eugene Onegin

    Eugene Onegin

    Pushkin

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2284 overall

  74. 1The Most Human Human

    The Most Human Human

    Brian Christian

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2351 overall

  75. 1Simpsons and their mathematical secrets

    Simpsons and their mathematical secrets

    Simon Singh

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2356 overall

  76. 1Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

    Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

    Mason Currey

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2368 overall

  77. 1The Great Transformation

    The Great Transformation

    Karl Polanyi

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2395 overall

  78. 1Computer Organization and Architecture

    Computer Organization and Architecture

    John L. Hennessy; David A. Patterson

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2418 overall

  79. 1Body by Science

    Body by Science

    John Little, Doug McGuff

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2541 overall