Ask HN: What is the most mind expanding book(s) you have read till date? ↗
The books people recommended
2022-12-31 · 75 points · 85 comments · 38 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.
- 4The Illuminatus Trilogy
- 3
- 3The Dawn of Everything
- 2
- 2
- 2The Beginning of Infinity
- 2The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
- 2A Brief History of Time
- 2Around the World in Eighty Days
- 2The Mind Illuminated
- 1
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, Julie Sussman
1 here · 49 all-time · #7 overall
- 1
- 1The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- 1Permutation City
- 1The Righteous Mind
- 1Foundation
- 11984
- 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
- 1Blindsight
- 1Crime and Punishment
- 1Infinite Jest
- 1The Soul of a New Machine
- 1The Diamond Age
- 1Outliers
- 1Design Patterns
Design Patterns
Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
1 here · 10 all-time · #131 overall
- 1The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- 1Metamagical Themas
- 1Feynman Lectures on Physics
- 1The Challenger Sale
- 1Prometheus Rising
- 1The Undercover Economist
- 1Player of Games
- 1The Remains of the Day
- 1The Book of Mormon
- 1The Fabric of the Cosmos
- 1Shantaram
- 1Leaves of Grass
- 1The Power of Now