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2014-07-30 · 47 points · 86 comments · 62 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. 6In Search of Lost Time

    In Search of Lost Time

    Marcel Proust

    6 here · 18 all-time · #353 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 2,507 ratings on Amazon
  2. 5

    Zero to One

    Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

    5 here · 89 all-time · #37 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 40,093 ratings on Amazon
  3. 2

    Code

    Charles Petzold

    2 here · 147 all-time · #12 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,787 ratings on Amazon
  4. 2

    1984

    George Orwell

    2 here · 94 all-time · #34 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 126,118 ratings on Amazon
  5. 2

    Moby Dick

    Herman Melville

    2 here · 51 all-time · #82 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 16,756 ratings on Amazon
  6. 2

    Influence

    Robert Cialdini

    2 here · 50 all-time · #84 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 13,065 ratings on Amazon
  7. 2Joy of Clojure

    Joy of Clojure

    Michael Fogus

    2 here · 13 all-time · #493 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 44 ratings on Amazon
  8. 2The Shape of Space

    The Shape of Space

    Jeffrey R. Weeks

    2 here · 5 all-time · #1504 overall

  9. 2Good Math

    Good Math

    Mark Chu-Carroll

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1806 overall

  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 1

    Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    1 here · 117 all-time · #17 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,213 ratings on Amazon
  14. 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
  15. 1

    Code Complete

    Steve McConnell

    1 here · 108 all-time · #22 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 1,353 ratings on Amazon
  16. 1

    The Fountainhead

    Ayn Rand

    1 here · 90 all-time · #36 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,667 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. 1

    The Hard Thing About Hard Things

    Ben Horowitz

    1 here · 56 all-time · #67 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 15,933 ratings on Amazon
  19. 1

    The Power of Habit

    Charles Duhigg

    1 here · 46 all-time · #97 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 40,333 ratings on Amazon
  20. 1

    Creativity Inc.

    Ed Catmull

    1 here · 43 all-time · #107 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 10,683 ratings on Amazon
  21. 1

    On Intelligence

    Jeff Hawkins

    1 here · 36 all-time · #138 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 893 ratings on Amazon
  22. 1Bhagavad Gita

    Bhagavad Gita

    C Radhakrishnan

    1 here · 33 all-time · #168 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 63 ratings on Amazon
  23. 1Solaris

    Solaris

    Stanisław Lem

    1 here · 29 all-time · #197 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.1 out of 5, 6,713 ratings on Amazon
  24. 1

    Player of Games

    Iain M. Banks

    1 here · 28 all-time · #202 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 11,218 ratings on Amazon
  25. 1The Annotated Turing

    The Annotated Turing

    Charles Petzold

    1 here · 25 all-time · #235 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 399 ratings on Amazon
  26. 1

    Wool

    Hugh Howey

    1 here · 23 all-time · #262 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 53,808 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1

    The Personal MBA

    Josh Kaufman

    1 here · 23 all-time · #264 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 5,404 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1Old Man's War

    Old Man's War

    John Scalzi

    1 here · 21 all-time · #295 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 32,356 ratings on Amazon
  29. 1

    Letters from a Stoic

    Seneca

    1 here · 20 all-time · #311 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 4,127 ratings on Amazon
  30. 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
  31. 1The Obstacle Is the Way

    The Obstacle Is the Way

    Ryan Holiday

    1 here · 17 all-time · #371 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 24,886 ratings on Amazon
  32. 1The Signal and the Noise

    The Signal and the Noise

    Nate Silver

    1 here · 17 all-time · #372 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 3,922 ratings on Amazon
  33. 1Excession

    Excession

    Iain M. Banks

    1 here · 16 all-time · #394 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 6,008 ratings on Amazon
  34. 1Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

    Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

    Martin Fowler

    1 here · 15 all-time · #417 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 890 ratings on Amazon
  35. 1The Mote in God's Eye

    The Mote in God's Eye

    Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

    1 here · 13 all-time · #496 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.1 out of 5, 22 ratings on Amazon
  36. 1The Timeless Way of Building

    The Timeless Way of Building

    Christopher Alexander

    1 here · 11 all-time · #596 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 331 ratings on Amazon
  37. 1Essentialism

    Essentialism

    Greg McKeown

    1 here · 10 all-time · #620 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 21,193 ratings on Amazon
  38. 1Replay

    Replay

    Ken Grimwood

    1 here · 10 all-time · #632 overall

  39. 1The Everything Store

    The Everything Store

    Brad Stone

    1 here · 9 all-time · #709 overall

  40. 1The Passionate Programmer

    The Passionate Programmer

    Chad Fowler

    1 here · 9 all-time · #717 overall

  41. 1Count Zero

    Count Zero

    William Gibson

    1 here · 7 all-time · #963 overall

  42. 1Consciousness Explained

    Consciousness Explained

    Daniel Dennett

    1 here · 7 all-time · #997 overall

  43. 1Mona Lisa Overdrive

    Mona Lisa Overdrive

    William Gibson

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1098 overall

  44. 1The World Until Yesterday

    The World Until Yesterday

    Jared Diamond

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1132 overall

  45. 1Brain Rules

    Brain Rules

    John Medina

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1188 overall

  46. 1Dark Pools

    Dark Pools

    Scott Patterson

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1333 overall

  47. 1Cibola Burn

    Cibola Burn

    James S. A. Corey

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1380 overall

  48. 1Idea Man

    Idea Man

    Paul Allen

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1424 overall

  49. 1A Time of Gifts

    A Time of Gifts

    Patrick Leigh Fermor

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1429 overall

  50. 1Long Walk to Freedom

    Long Walk to Freedom

    Nelson Mandela

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1549 overall

  51. 1The Drunkard's Walk

    The Drunkard's Walk

    Leonard Mlodinow

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1684 overall

  52. 1Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

    Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

    R. Buckminster Fuller

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1697 overall

  53. 1A Briefer History of Time

    A Briefer History of Time

    Stephen Hawking

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1707 overall

  54. 1Seven Databases in Seven Weeks

    Seven Databases in Seven Weeks

    Eric Redmond

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1762 overall

  55. 1Vanished Kingdoms

    Vanished Kingdoms

    Norman Davies

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2089 overall

  56. 1Topics in Algebra

    Topics in Algebra

    I. N. Herstein

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2194 overall

  57. 1The Rhesus Chart

    The Rhesus Chart

    Charles Stross

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2263 overall

  58. 1Vorkosigan Saga

    Vorkosigan Saga

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2289 overall

  59. 1Rifters

    Rifters

    Peter Watts

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2295 overall

  60. 1The Fault in Our Stars

    The Fault in Our Stars

    John Green

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2335 overall

  61. 1Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Python

    Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Python

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2501 overall

  62. 1Diary of a Nobody

    Diary of a Nobody

    George and Weedon GrossSmith

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2513 overall