Ask HN: What are your favorite books or essays written at least 100 years ago?
Recommendations from 100 sampled comments out of 237 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
lbj · Sep 9, 2019Atlas Shrugged had the most profound impact on me.
TheGallopedHigh · Sep 9, 2019To follow up your recommendation: he was more than a Roman emperor
m_t · Sep 9, 2019Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius
tonyedgecombe · Sep 9, 2019one was fairly easy to digest (Hayes), the other was terrible.
senjindarashiva · Sep 9, 2019It's been mentioned before but meditations is great
rammy1234 · Sep 9, 2019Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
bmmayer1 · Sep 9, 2019Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
steerpike · Sep 9, 2019Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a pretty obvious one for this demographic.
eitland · Sep 9, 2019I think a number of people here could find parts of it interesting
iBelieve · Sep 9, 2019The Bible.
idoubtit · Sep 9, 2019Monte Cristo is also my favorite novel by Alexandre Dumas
ComputerGuru · Sep 9, 2019you owe it to yourself to read the real deal
ComputerGuru · Sep 9, 2019a lesson TCMC does not skimp on
RobertKerans · Sep 9, 2019Candide and The Count of Monte Cristo are possibly my two favourite books.
ainiriand · Sep 9, 2019A masterpiece to live through the ages. The first time I read it I was impressed that I could read something as long in such a short time.
henrikeh · Sep 9, 2019I recently began reading it and is really enjoying it. Thanks for the recommendation!
v-erne · Sep 9, 2019I second that.
ComputerGuru · Sep 9, 2019The Count of Monte Cristo, hands down. Published 1844 by Alexandre Dumas, one of the greatest writers to have ever lived.
bmmayer1 · Sep 9, 2019The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
iBelieve · Sep 9, 2019The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) by Alexandre Dumas.
momentmaker · Sep 9, 2019Tao Te Ching
michael-ax · Sep 9, 2019Witter Bynner's Translation is truly the one.
jesterson · Sep 9, 2019Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu. Short, concise and applicable to modern world.
rammy1234 · Sep 9, 2019Art of war
cbanek · Sep 9, 2019The Art of War by Sun Tzu, 5th century BC
rsync · Sep 9, 2019I second the votes for War and Peace, Anna Karenina and Brothers Karamazov
hristov · Sep 9, 2019Brothers Karamazov - Dostoyevsky
033803throwaway · Sep 9, 2019The Brothers Karamazov (1880) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
mtts · Sep 9, 2019A solid contender for the title "best book of the 19th century".
rsync · Sep 9, 2019I second the votes for War and Peace, Anna Karenina and Brothers Karamazov
lukewrites · Sep 9, 2019Anna Karenina
rsync · Sep 9, 2019I second the votes for War and Peace
cbanek · Sep 9, 2019The Prince by Machiavelli, 1532
lbj · Sep 9, 2019Ishmael was a funny, short and enlightening read.