Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite books.
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kirpekar · Oct 12, 2009Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid; Douglas Hofstadter.
KC8ZKF · Oct 12, 2009_Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid_ --Douglas Hofstadter
Radix · Oct 13, 2009I read half of it sitting in a library when I didn't really have time to read it
miked · Oct 12, 2009Pirsig's genius was to get us to identify with its hero Phaedrus
cesare · Oct 12, 2009Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
ComputerGuru · Oct 12, 20091. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
admp · Oct 12, 2009Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.
benl · Oct 12, 2009Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
Avenger42 · Oct 12, 2009Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
sidmitra · Oct 12, 2009Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy
theblackbox · Oct 12, 2009not got round to a thorough read of Siddhartha yet
Avenger42 · Oct 12, 2009Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
joubert · Oct 12, 2009The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins
timwiseman · Oct 12, 2009I think Surely your joking, Mr. Feynman! is probably the top.
electromagnetic · Oct 12, 2009It made me realize that even the most highly qualified people are still just people and can just as easily be wrong as anyone else
ctingom · Oct 12, 2009Founders at Work