Ask HN: What nonfiction books do you keep rereading?

Recommendations from 100 sampled comments out of 179 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

113 books

JackMorgan · May 7, 2024
Let Over Lambda and SICP are what really got me turned into a lifetime lisp lover.
JackMorgan · May 7, 2024
Structure And Interpretation of Computer Programs by Ableson and Sussman. Great book, it's how I learned to love Lisp.
patal · May 7, 2024
"Gödel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hofstaedter.
FL33TW00D · May 7, 2024
How to win friends and influence people - Dale Carnegie.
ldehaan · May 6, 2024
Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel khaneman
yungporko · May 7, 2024
the pragmatic programmer by david thomas & andrew hunt
JackMorgan · May 7, 2024
Designing Data Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann helped me understand intuitively how databases work and how to use eventual consistency to handle workloads
davis · May 8, 2024
Another vote for The Soul of a New Machine. It's one of my favorite books.
themadturk · May 7, 2024
The Soul Of A New Machine, by Tracy Kidder
Froedlich · May 6, 2024
I'm re-reading Tracy Kidder's "The Soul of a New Machine" at the moment.
jasiek-net · May 6, 2024
7 habits of highly effective people - it’s saved my life in high school, I knew some parts of it by heart.