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Ask HN: What books have most shaped your perspective?

3 pointsby samcgrawover 7 years ago

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Pamarover 7 years ago
In chronological order:<p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;52084.Programming_Pearls" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;52084.Programming_Pearls</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;89200.Pragmatics_of_Human_Communication" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;89200.Pragmatics_of_Huma...</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;4099.The_Pragmatic_Programmer" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;4099.The_Pragmatic_Progr...</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;5617966-a-guide-to-the-good-life" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;5617966-a-guide-to-the-g...</a><p>- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;31573708-a-philosophy-of-loneliness" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;show&#x2F;31573708-a-philosophy-of...</a>
mindcrimeover 7 years ago
<i>The Mysterious Island</i> - Jules Verne<p><i>Fahrenheit 451</i> - Ray Bradbury<p><i>Nineteen Eighty-Four</i> - George Orwell<p><i>The Fountainhead</i> - Ayn Rand<p><i>Atlas Shrugged</i> - Ayn Rand<p><i>Basic Economics</i> - Thomas Sowell<p><i>The World Is Flat</i> - Thomas Friedman<p><i>The Four Steps To The Epiphany</i> - Steve Blank<p><i>The Game</i> - Neil Strauss<p><i>The Selfish Gene</i> - Richard Dawkins<p><i>Ultra Marathon Man</i> - Dean Karnazes