Ask HN: What book changed your life?

Recommendations from 100 sampled comments out of 518 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

124 books

irchans · Mar 20, 2022
How to win friends and influence people - Carnegie
lovingCranberry · Mar 19, 2022
A classic: How to Win Friends & Influence People - D Carnegie
deepspace · Mar 20, 2022
I really liked ZAMM the first few times I read it, when I was very young
Eddy_Viscosity2 · Mar 19, 2022
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
sn9 · Mar 20, 2022
Frank Herbert only wrote six books. You only have to read them in order of publication.
bloopernova · Mar 19, 2022
Dune. Specifically the parts about how a human can choose their reaction to an external event. And the ability to overcome fear.
teekert · Mar 19, 2022
some people say it is the opposite of Atlas Shrugged, but I disagree strongly. I like both books
funstuff007 · Mar 19, 2022
reading Atlas Shrugged helped me regain my bearings.
jwood27 · Mar 19, 2022
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
azhenley · Mar 20, 2022
The Design of Everyday Things.
jwood27 · Mar 19, 2022
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
neilpanchal · Mar 19, 2022
Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.