Ask HN: Book Recommendations?

Godel Escher, Bach - (Recursion, but not from a software perspective. Its a glorious book that will change the way you think about recursion.)

How to win friends and influence people -Dale Carnegie (The definitive guide to helping you work better with people, truly great book, should be required reading)

Then I read it the second time. And the "chautauqua" (what the author calls the philosophical discussions) blew my mind! I have read the book 3x so far, and the insights keep deepening.

I really enjoyed the parts of that book that were actually about the motorcycle trip. Pirsig's thoughts on quality didn't resonate with me, at all.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is always a good read.

Snow Crash is surprisingly more history then SF now...

Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon

Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)

Code Complete

The Design of Everyday Things. Probably the quintessential book on design, the basic premise is that if you can't figure out how a thing works, it's not your fault.

here's two of my favourites (one technical, one business): "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software", by Charles Petzold

I'd also recommend "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software"

Hitch Hiker's guide to the galaxy, - Douglas Adams (Glorious book that is a fun read, when you need a break pick this up and laugh hard)

That is one awesome book.

I have barely finished chapter one of this 1981 book but I think it offers insight into the past

The Bible