Ask HN: What are the best books you've ever read?

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (Hofstadter)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Pirsig)

Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman

Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman

Cypronomicon is a pretty fun read

Cryptonomicon, another very entertaining read that every geek loves.

I remember reading The Selfish Gene as a teenager and being struck by how it made evolution seem almost obvious.

The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins

The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins

the lovely BBC radio dramatization of it

they’re probably my favorite books of all time

The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings both stand alone as unparalleled fantasy novels.

Highly recommend this series :)

Count has gained popularity recently and I’m glad it has. Quite possibly the best fiction piece ever written.

The Count of Monte Christo is a wild read!

The Count of Monte Cristo. I rarely get this absorbed by a book. It was a very satisfying read.

Can second this! Read Monte Cristo last year and still think about it.

”The Count of Monte Cristo”, one of my favorites.

The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Permutation city, Greg Egan

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

A Deepness in the Sky, hands down.