Ask HN: Which books you have read till now that were worth investing time in?

I've read it after 5 years of professional experience and it was a very good read.

The book I most recommend for any software professional.

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter

The last one is especially good if you're looking for improve your relations with people.

Dune (first book)

Atlas shrugged: too long winded, but popped my progressive reality buble.

"Thinking fast and slow" is like this

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman: this book opened up my eyes to a host of mental biases.

This book scientifically digests human biases and errors and how they influence our every day lives and decision making.

Meditations - Marcus Aurelius

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

The Pragmatic Programmer (Andrew Hunt, Dave Thomas),

This is such a book.

Reading DDIA right now and I second this - the best technical book I've read, still holds up well after five years.

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is an obvious recommendation.

This book is a bit like Guns, Germs and Steel or Sapiens. Very popular, very quotable, but tends to give the false impression that the theory contained within is uncontroversially correct.

Sapiens by Harari -Interesting, I remember it was a great read and fun read. Connecting a lot of dots :)

Ender's Game - I don't think there is an explanation needed. It is a total classic.

The Selfish Gene is great.