Ask HN: Book Recommendations? ↗
The books people recommended
2016-03-05 · 98 points · 81 comments · 64 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.
- 6Getting Things Done
- 4
- 3The Power of Habit
- 2
- 2The Goal
- 2The Righteous Mind
- 2Zero to One
- 2The Hard Thing About Hard Things
- 2High Output Management
- 2The Soul of a New Machine
- 2So Good They Can't Ignore You
- 1
- 1
- 1The Design of Everyday Things
- 1Meditations
- 1Antifragile
- 1Snow Crash
- 1The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- 1Cryptonomicon
- 1The Art of Computer Programming
- 1Foundation
- 1Guns, Germs, and Steel
- 1Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman
- 1Catch-22
- 1Influence
- 1Introduction to Algorithms
Introduction to Algorithms
Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
1 here · 18 all-time · #52 overall
- 1Concrete Mathematics
Concrete Mathematics
Ronald L. Graham, Donald E. Knuth, Oren Patashnik
1 here · 14 all-time · #80 overall
- 1The Lean Startup
- 1Code Complete
- 1The Power Broker
- 1Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
- 1Principles
- 1Traction
- 1The Innovator's Dilemma
- 1Creativity Inc.
- 1Design Patterns
Design Patterns
Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
1 here · 10 all-time · #131 overall
- 1The Republic
- 1A Guide to the Good Life
- 1Stoner
- 1The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- 1Poor Charlie's Almanack
- 1Lila
- 1Inspired
- 1Impro
- 1Feynman Lectures on Physics
- 1The Art of Learning
- 1The Road Less Traveled
- 1Bhagavad Gita
- 1Elon Musk
- 1Remote: Office Not Required
- 1Turn the Ship Around
- 1The Quran
The Quran
1 here · 4 all-time · #376 overall
- 1Rework
- 1I Am That
- 1On the Shortness of Life
- 1The Box
- 1Mind for Numbers
- 1Domain-Driven Design
- 1The Inner Game of Tennis
- 1The Shadow of the Wind
- 1Blink
- 1When Breath Becomes Air
- 1The Reality Dysfunction
- 1The Obstacle Is the Way