Ask HN: What was a book that changed your life?

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter. Brilliant synthesis of thoughts on logic, reasoning, programming, artificial intelligence

„How to win friends and influence people“ ranks pretty high.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig. The only book I've read twice

Same :)

Herbert's Dune

The first Dune book.

I would especially recommend it for young people.

"Thinking fast and Slow". It took around four and a half months to read it.

Code Complete is a similar very good one

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman! I first read it as a college student and have read it many times since.

Neuromancer

the Bible

The Bible

The Lord of the Rings

Lord of the Rings

a great introduction to the Discworld

The Alchemist