Ask HN: Which books changed your life?

Recommendations from 16 sampled comments out of 16 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

10 books

timonv · Jan 3, 2014
I agree it's great, but the summary serves just as well!
Nicholas_C · Jan 2, 2014
opened my eyes to how I interact with people and made me a lot more self aware
dmak · Jan 2, 2014
I second this book: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
sobbybutter · Jan 2, 2014
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
timonv · Jan 3, 2014
Ishmael - Daniel Quinn (even though in the end, it's just a cute, in essence a softies introduction to anarchist communism)
timonv · Jan 3, 2014
Starting Strength (for making me bad ass strong in the last couple years)
sobbybutter · Jan 2, 2014
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
timonv · Jan 3, 2014
Metamorphosis - Kafka (I don't have a one liner to summarize this. Just read it, it's < 100 pages)
DonGateley · Jan 4, 2014
Be Here Now is as much a work of art as it is a book.
sobbybutter · Jan 2, 2014
Il deserto dei tartari (The Tartar Steppe) by Dino Buzzati
bensw · Jan 2, 2014
For Harmony And Strength by Thomas Rohlen
bensw · Jan 2, 2014
Moral Mazes by Robert Jackall