What book has inspired you the most?
Recommendations from 27 sampled comments out of 27 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
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angersock · Dec 17, 2013
In high-school, Atlas Shrugged gave me a clear vision of how important it was to create things with the skills I'd learned, and how naked self-interest could shape a society.
staunch · Dec 17, 2013
The way such a powerful man struggled so much to exert control over his own mind really blew me away.
brickcap · Dec 17, 2013
Count of monte cristo. I know it's fictional but reading about a fellow put wrongly in prison at a young age, who manages to escape and achieve great fame never fails to pump me up.
angersock · Dec 17, 2013
In middle-school, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Starship Troopers started a fairly strong libertarian bend as well as a somewhat antiauthortarian