Ask HN: What book that you read in 2015 significantly affected how you think?

Recommendations from 35 sampled comments out of 35 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

44 books

trishume · Dec 20, 2015
gave me a great model of how to plan and think about difficult issues. Excellent (and very long, each one is the length of 5+ books) primers on rationality.
jrumbut · Dec 20, 2015
It is an unbelievably rich experience now, filled with all the wonder, terror, joy, and boredom that comes from trying to find your own meaning.
krp · Dec 20, 2015
Rework, Getting Real, and the recent Reconsider post - DHH & Jason Fried:
3solarmasses · Dec 20, 2015
I agree with you about Shogun. I think the transformative properties of that book relate to the Samurai mindset.
lamby · Dec 20, 2015
James Clavell's «Shogun» (but I wouldn't really be able to explain how or why)
twunde · Dec 20, 2015
The goal. I was really surprised by the number of new insights I had
trishume · Dec 20, 2015
gave me a great model of how to plan and think about difficult issues. Excellent (and very long, each one is the length of 5+ books) primers on rationality.