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2022-07-22 · 28 points · 88 comments · 48 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. 6

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

    Robert Pirsig

    6 here · 49 all-time · #8 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 13,921 ratings on Amazon
  2. 5The Phoenix Project

    The Phoenix Project

    Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

    5 here · 18 all-time · #51 overall

  3. 3Foundation

    Foundation

    Isaac Asimov

    3 here · 22 all-time · #34 overall

  4. 2

    Code

    Charles Petzold

    2 here · 27 all-time · #17 overall

  5. 2Snow Crash

    Snow Crash

    Neal Stephenson

    2 here · 27 all-time · #18 overall

  6. 2The First Law

    The First Law

    Joe Abercrombie

    2 here · 5 all-time · #306 overall

  7. 2Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Walter Isaacson

    2 here · 4 all-time · #405 overall

  8. 1

    Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

    Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman

    1 here · 49 all-time · #7 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 742 ratings on Amazon
  9. 1The Black Swan

    The Black Swan

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    1 here · 24 all-time · #24 overall

  10. 1Project Hail Mary

    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir

    1 here · 19 all-time · #47 overall

  11. 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

  12. 1The Martian

    The Martian

    Andy Weir

    1 here · 15 all-time · #68 overall

  13. 1House of Leaves

    House of Leaves

    Mark Z. Danielewski

    1 here · 14 all-time · #76 overall

  14. 1Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    Herman Melville

    1 here · 14 all-time · #78 overall

  15. 1The Left Hand of Darkness

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    1 here · 12 all-time · #94 overall

  16. 1Seveneves

    Seveneves

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 11 all-time · #114 overall

  17. 1The Innovator's Dilemma

    The Innovator's Dilemma

    Clayton Christensen

    1 here · 10 all-time · #127 overall

  18. 1Children of Time

    Children of Time

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    1 here · 10 all-time · #137 overall

  19. 1Rationality: From AI to Zombies

    Rationality: From AI to Zombies

    Eliezer Yudkowsky

    1 here · 9 all-time · #145 overall

  20. 1The Hobbit

    The Hobbit

    J.R.R. Tolkien

    1 here · 7 all-time · #187 overall

  21. 1Crafting Interpreters

    Crafting Interpreters

    Robert Nystrom

    1 here · 7 all-time · #189 overall

  22. 1The Catcher in the Rye

    The Catcher in the Rye

    J.D. Salinger

    1 here · 7 all-time · #197 overall

  23. 1Deep Learning

    Deep Learning

    Ian Goodfellow

    1 here · 7 all-time · #205 overall

  24. 1The Psychology of Money

    The Psychology of Money

    Morgan Housel

    1 here · 6 all-time · #221 overall

  25. 1The Old Man and the Sea

    The Old Man and the Sea

    Ernest Hemingway

    1 here · 6 all-time · #230 overall

  26. 1Mere Christianity

    Mere Christianity

    C.S. Lewis

    1 here · 6 all-time · #241 overall

  27. 1Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    Robert Louis Stevenson

    1 here · 5 all-time · #261 overall

  28. 1Immune

    Immune

    Philipp Dettmer

    1 here · 5 all-time · #324 overall

  29. 1The Malazan Book of the Fallen

    The Malazan Book of the Fallen

    Steven Erikson

    1 here · 4 all-time · #349 overall

  30. 1Long Way to a Small Angry Planet

    Long Way to a Small Angry Planet

    Becky Chambers

    1 here · 4 all-time · #354 overall

  31. 1The Dark Tower

    The Dark Tower

    Stephen King

    1 here · 4 all-time · #372 overall

  32. 1Bad Science

    Bad Science

    Ben Goldacre

    1 here · 4 all-time · #383 overall

  33. 1

    The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

    William Shirer

    1 here · 4 all-time · #410 overall

  34. 1Small Gods

    Small Gods

    Terry Pratchett

    1 here · 4 all-time · #422 overall

  35. 1The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    1 here · 4 all-time · #431 overall

  36. 1Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    Blake Crouch

    1 here · 3 all-time · #465 overall

  37. 1Wool

    Wool

    Hugh Howey

    1 here · 3 all-time · #474 overall

  38. 1Bobiverse

    Bobiverse

    Dennis E. Taylor

    1 here · 3 all-time · #482 overall

  39. 1Pattern Recognition

    Pattern Recognition

    William Gibson

    1 here · 3 all-time · #506 overall

  40. 1The Overstory

    The Overstory

    Richard Powers

    1 here · 3 all-time · #529 overall

  41. 1Flash Boys

    Flash Boys

    Michael Lewis

    1 here · 3 all-time · #538 overall

  42. 1The Moral Animal

    The Moral Animal

    Robert Wright

    1 here · 3 all-time · #546 overall

  43. 1Robots

    Robots

    Isaac Asimov

    1 here · 3 all-time · #554 overall

  44. 1Ministry for the Future

    Ministry for the Future

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    1 here · 3 all-time · #557 overall

  45. 1Babel 17

    Babel 17

    Samuel R. Delany

    1 here · 3 all-time · #558 overall

  46. 1The Infinite Game

    The Infinite Game

    Simon Sinek

    1 here · 3 all-time · #607 overall

  47. 1The Blacktongue Thief

    The Blacktongue Thief

    Christopher Buehlman

    1 here · 3 all-time · #632 overall

  48. 1Hands-on Rust

    Hands-on Rust

    Herbert Wolverson

    1 here · 3 all-time · #642 overall