Ask HN: Which books have made you introspect?

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance as well as Godel, Escher, Bach. Helped me see the limitations of rationality, rigor, and measurement.

you can feel the love in it and it's so personal while also being so astonishingly wide-ranging… it's like taking your brain on a world tour to see things it never imagined were possible.

I’m half way through Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and it’s either way over my head or overrated.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance as well as Godel, Escher, Bach. Helped me see the limitations of rationality, rigor, and measurement.

That and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.

Here are some suggestion, but if anyone else has others, please chime in: https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Thrift-Editions-Marcus-Au...

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

'Sapiens' and 'Homo Deus' really changed the way I look at things.

I second Siddhartha, I think it's the closest I have come to understanding "enlightenment"

I am certainly pro-Bible, but in the terms you're putting it here it doesn't seem especially compelling.

Poetic, deep, useful, and entertaining. Fantastic. A pleasure to read and listen to in audio while driving/traveling.

Guns Germs and Steal.

tbh i'd read man's search for meaning again, haven't found anything similar.

I recommend Infinite Jest.

For self improvement books you can’t go wrong with 7 Habits of a highly effective people. It’s short and to the point and very practical.

Harry Potter series also teach us a lot, especially about Courage and Conviction.