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2017-03-27 · 375 points · 332 comments · 26 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. 3

    Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Douglas Hofstadter

    3 here · 82 all-time · #1 overall

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

    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie

    3 here · 57 all-time · #4 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 106,505 ratings on Amazon
  3. 3

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert Pirsig

    3 here · 49 all-time · #8 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 13,921 ratings on Amazon
  4. 3Catch-22

    Catch-22

    Joseph Heller

    3 here · 20 all-time · #40 overall

  5. 3Influence

    Influence

    Robert Cialdini

    3 here · 19 all-time · #45 overall

  6. 3The Four Agreements

    The Four Agreements

    Don Miguel Ruiz

    3 here · 4 all-time · #438 overall

  7. 2The Black Swan

    The Black Swan

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    2 here · 24 all-time · #24 overall

  8. 2Fooled by Randomness

    Fooled by Randomness

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    2 here · 23 all-time · #28 overall

  9. 2Stranger in a Strange Land

    Stranger in a Strange Land

    Robert A. Heinlein

    2 here · 11 all-time · #120 overall

  10. 2The Better Angels of Our Nature

    The Better Angels of Our Nature

    Steven Pinker

    2 here · 9 all-time · #153 overall

  11. 2The Fifth Discipline

    The Fifth Discipline

    Peter Senge

    2 here · 6 all-time · #233 overall

  12. 1Dune

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    1 here · 50 all-time · #6 overall

  13. 1The Design of Everyday Things

    The Design of Everyday Things

    Don Norman

    1 here · 38 all-time · #10 overall

  14. 1Antifragile

    Antifragile

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    1 here · 29 all-time · #15 overall

  15. 1The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams

    1 here · 26 all-time · #21 overall

  16. 11984

    1984

    George Orwell

    1 here · 22 all-time · #35 overall

  17. 1The Lord of the Rings

    The Lord of the Rings

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    1 here · 19 all-time · #44 overall

  18. 1The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

    Carl Sagan

    1 here · 18 all-time · #49 overall

  19. 1Man's Search for Meaning

    Man's Search for Meaning

    Viktor Frankl

    1 here · 15 all-time · #66 overall

  20. 1The Soul of a New Machine

    The Soul of a New Machine

    Tracy Kidder

    1 here · 12 all-time · #98 overall

  21. 1Slaughterhouse-Five

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut

    1 here · 12 all-time · #106 overall

  22. 1The Art of War

    The Art of War

    Sun Tzu

    1 here · 11 all-time · #121 overall

  23. 1Progress and Poverty

    Progress and Poverty

    Henry George

    1 here · 5 all-time · #258 overall

  24. 1The Prince

    The Prince

    Niccolò Machiavelli

    1 here · 5 all-time · #259 overall

  25. 1How to Lie with Statistics

    How to Lie with Statistics

    Darrell Huff

    1 here · 3 all-time · #491 overall

  26. 1Tools of Titans

    Tools of Titans

    Tim Ferriss

    1 here · 3 all-time · #492 overall