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2024-05-21 · 46 points · 83 comments · 15 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.

6Discworld
Discworld
Terry Pratchett
6 here · 15 all-time · #71 overall
5The Power Broker
The Power Broker
Robert Caro
5 here · 12 all-time · #109 overall
3Years of Lyndon Johnson
Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert Caro
3 here · 5 all-time · #333 overall
2
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas Hofstadter
2 here · 82 all-time · #1 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,713 ratings on Amazon
2The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin
2 here · 36 all-time · #11 overall
2Influence
Influence
Robert Cialdini
2 here · 19 all-time · #45 overall
2The Martian
The Martian
Andy Weir
2 here · 15 all-time · #68 overall
2Pragmatics of Human Communication
Pragmatics of Human Communication
Paul Watzlawick, Janet Beavin Bavelas, Donald D. Jackson
2 here · 3 all-time · #584 overall
1Why We Sleep
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
1 here · 20 all-time · #41 overall
1Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
Becky Chambers
1 here · 4 all-time · #354 overall
1I Am That
I Am That
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
1 here · 4 all-time · #382 overall
1Old Man's War
Old Man's War
John Scalzi
1 here · 3 all-time · #518 overall
1Death's End
Death's End
Liu Cixin
1 here · 3 all-time · #543 overall
1There Is No Antimemetics Division
There Is No Antimemetics Division
qntm
1 here · 3 all-time · #559 overall
1The City & The City
The City & The City
China Miéville
1 here · 3 all-time · #617 overall