Ask HN: Which books do you wish you'd read earlier in life?
Recommendations from 100 sampled comments out of 136 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
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fdw · Feb 4, 2018
the important point of the book is that Carnegie succinctly collects a small number of behaviors that will improve your social life if you apply them.
WheelsAtLarge · Feb 3, 2018
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie - You need people to succeed. Making enemies or just treating people indifferently is a bad move.
oceanghost · Feb 3, 2018
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It appeals to a certain type of thinker.
WheelsAtLarge · Feb 3, 2018
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius- this is a lifelong guide. Read it until the pages fall apart and then get another and do the same.
jonathansorum · Feb 3, 2018
Couldn't agree more. This book truly deserves the "timeless" epithet. A book to revisit every few years at minimum.
ternaryoperator · Feb 3, 2018
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. It's astonishing to get useful, relevant advice on how to conduct yourself across two millenia. I recommend the translation by Gregory Hays
jrs95 · Feb 3, 2018
+1 for The Selfish Gene, one of the best books I've read. If you have any interest in the process of evolution/natural selection, I highly recommend it.
karlbooklover · Feb 13, 2018
The 7 habits of highly effective people excellent books to learn how to help other people through win-win situations.
WheelsAtLarge · Feb 3, 2018
7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen R. Covey. People put it down because the advice seems to be common sense but it's only common sense if you know it but not everyone knows it.