What is the book that has completely changed your way of thinking?

Recommendations from 33 sampled comments out of 33 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

56 books

mycroftiv · Jan 27, 2011
It taught me a lot about thinking about not just patterns, but metapatterns and metametapatterns.
pasbesoin · Jan 27, 2011
Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance": For letting me know I was/am not alone (even in my alone-ness).
pkamb · Jan 27, 2011
when you encounter something that's hard to use, it's not your fault for not knowing how to use it. It's the thing's fault for being badly designed. Read this book.
snikolov · Jan 27, 2011
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman.
JacobAldridge · Jan 27, 2011
I've never been able to get more than 1/3 of the way through, but its 'Circle of Control' framework made me a much happier and more content person.