Ask HN: Books that change your way of thinking?
Recommendations from 16 sampled comments out of 16 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
34 books
ZackOfAllTrades · Mar 16, 2011
Regardless, that book will make your brain fold in it's self. Highly recommended.
kgutteridge · Mar 16, 2011
its absolutely brilliant and should appeal to any hacker Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
staunch · Mar 16, 2011
I think it helped me create a much more complete moral framework than anything I'd heard before
shantanubala · Mar 15, 2011
Read Hesse's Siddhartha if you're thinking along the lines of culture/religion/philosophy.
shantanubala · Mar 15, 2011
And read Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! no matter how you think. It's fantastic.
goo · Mar 16, 2011
This book managed to beautifully, clearly, and engagingly account for the major factors of human influence.
andrewce · Mar 16, 2011
"Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn (as well as "My Ishmael") changed how I view the world and how I characterize contemporary issues.