wankel

This reader’s recommendations and supporting excerpts from the sampled discussions.

← All readers HN profile ↗

Shelf

Topic

Niche

Author

Reading goal

Sort

7 books

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas Hofstadter
133 readers · Mathematics, Philosophy, Science

wankel · Apr 9, 2015

Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter

Ask HN: What are the books that changed the perspective of your life?Original comment ↗

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius
76 readers · Philosophy, History, Psychology

wankel · Apr 9, 2015

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Ask HN: What are the books that changed the perspective of your life?Original comment ↗

Walden

Henry David Thoreau
20 readers · Nature, Philosophy, Biography

wankel · Apr 9, 2015

Walden by Thoreau

Ask HN: What are the books that changed the perspective of your life?Original comment ↗

Orthodoxy

G. K. Chesterton
6 readers · Philosophy, Biography, Society

wankel · Apr 9, 2015

Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton

Ask HN: What are the books that changed the perspective of your life?Original comment ↗

The Bible

Unknown
5 readers · History, Philosophy

wankel · Apr 9, 2015

including Ecclesiastes and 1 Corinthians 13

Ask HN: What are the books that changed the perspective of your life?Original comment ↗

The Abolition of Man

C. S. Lewis
5 readers · Philosophy, Society

wankel · Apr 9, 2015

The Abolition of Man by CS Lewis

Ask HN: What are the books that changed the perspective of your life?Original comment ↗

Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1 reader · Philosophy, Writing

wankel · Apr 9, 2015

Ralph Waldo Emerson's classic essays, including Self-Reliance and Experience

Ask HN: What are the books that changed the perspective of your life?Original comment ↗