The books people recommended

2014-07-12 · 22 points · 28 comments · 29 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.

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The Wheel of Time
Robert Jordan
4 here · 43 all-time · #109 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 45,874 ratings on Amazon
4The Kingkiller Chronicle
The Kingkiller Chronicle
Patrick Rothfuss
4 here · 19 all-time · #339 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 89,463 ratings on Amazon
2
Founders at Work
Jessica Livingston
2 here · 51 all-time · #80 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 689 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
Foundation
Isaac Asimov
1 here · 110 all-time · #20 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 36,591 ratings on Amazon
1
Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
1 here · 81 all-time · #41 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,682 ratings on Amazon
1
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
1 here · 75 all-time · #44 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,443 ratings on Amazon
1
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
1 here · 51 all-time · #82 overall
Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 16,756 ratings on Amazon
1
Mistborn
Brandon Sanderson
1 here · 41 all-time · #119 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 60,557 ratings on Amazon
1
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Walter M. Miller Jr.
1 here · 28 all-time · #205 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,243 ratings on Amazon
1
JavaScript: The Good Parts
Douglas Crockford
1 here · 28 all-time · #206 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 1,478 ratings on Amazon
1Reamde
Reamde
Neal Stephenson
1 here · 26 all-time · #218 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,708 ratings on Amazon
1
Flatland
Edwin A. Abbott
1 here · 23 all-time · #261 overall
Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 5,255 ratings on Amazon
1Dark Tower Series
Dark Tower Series
Stephen King
1 here · 18 all-time · #343 overall
Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 34,581 ratings on Amazon
1Flash Boys
Flash Boys
Michael Lewis
1 here · 17 all-time · #368 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 18,690 ratings on Amazon
1Start Small, Stay Small
Start Small, Stay Small
Rob Walling
1 here · 16 all-time · #390 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 750 ratings on Amazon
1Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition
William Gibson
1 here · 13 all-time · #494 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 3,192 ratings on Amazon
1Our Mathematical Universe
Our Mathematical Universe
Max Tegmark
1 here · 10 all-time · #648 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 2,325 ratings on Amazon
1Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking
Daniel C. Dennett
1 here · 8 all-time · #859 overall
1Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
1 here · 6 all-time · #1073 overall
1Predictable Revenue
Predictable Revenue
Aaron Ross
1 here · 6 all-time · #1094 overall
1Clojure Programming
Clojure Programming
Chas Emerick, Brian Carper, Christophe Grad
1 here · 4 all-time · #1578 overall
1Eloquent Ruby
Eloquent Ruby
Russ Olsen
1 here · 4 all-time · #1646 overall
1The Power of Full Engagement
The Power of Full Engagement
Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz
1 here · 4 all-time · #1701 overall
1Bring Up the Bodies
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
1 here · 4 all-time · #1726 overall
1Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks
Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks
Paul Butcher
1 here · 3 all-time · #2185 overall
1Human Universals
Human Universals
Donald E. Brown
1 here · 3 all-time · #2187 overall
1The (Mis)behavior of Markets
The (Mis)behavior of Markets
Benoit Mandelbrot
1 here · 3 all-time · #2283 overall
1love and math
love and math
Edward Frenkel
1 here · 3 all-time · #2366 overall