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Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer? ↗

The books people recommended

2019-07-02 · 341 points · 296 comments · 6 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. 1

    Gödel, Escher, Bach

    Douglas Hofstadter

    1 here · 82 all-time · #1 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,713 ratings on Amazon
  2. 1Dune

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    1 here · 50 all-time · #6 overall

  3. 1The Mythical Man-Month

    The Mythical Man-Month

    Frederick Brooks Jr.

    1 here · 26 all-time · #19 overall

  4. 1A Canticle for Leibowitz

    A Canticle for Leibowitz

    Walter M. Miller Jr.

    1 here · 13 all-time · #90 overall

  5. 1The Wheel of Time

    The Wheel of Time

    Robert Jordan

    1 here · 8 all-time · #171 overall

  6. 1Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

    Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

    Christopher de Hamel

    1 here · 3 all-time · #606 overall