Rising

2025–2026

Careless People

Sarah Wynn-Williams

Recommended by 60 · mentioned by 11660 recommend · 116 mention60 recommend · 11660 recommend

2022–2026

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Matt Dinniman

Recommended by 43 · mentioned by 7243 recommend · 72 mention43 recommend · 7243 recommend

2025–2026

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nathaniel Soares

Recommended by 6 · mentioned by 356 recommend · 35 mention6 recommend · 356 recommend

2007–2026

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

Recommended by 154 · mentioned by 245154 recommend · 245 mention154 recommend · 245154 recommend

Empire of AI

Karen Hao

Recommended by 13 · mentioned by 3213 recommend · 32 mention13 recommend · 3213 recommend

2009–2026

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown

Recommended by 13 · mentioned by 3513 recommend · 35 mention13 recommend · 3513 recommend

2025–2026

Apple in China

Patrick McGee

Recommended by 15 · mentioned by 3815 recommend · 38 mention15 recommend · 3815 recommend

2007–2026

The Dilbert Principle

Scott Adams

Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 3112 recommend · 31 mention12 recommend · 3112 recommend

2009–2026

Kitchen Confidential

Anthony Bourdain

Recommended by 47 · mentioned by 8447 recommend · 84 mention47 recommend · 8447 recommend

2008–2026

Hyperion Cantos

Dan Simmons

Recommended by 53 · mentioned by 7553 recommend · 75 mention53 recommend · 7553 recommend

2008–2026

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

Recommended by 9 · mentioned by 409 recommend · 40 mention9 recommend · 409 recommend

The Nerd Reich

Gil Durán

Recommended by 3 · mentioned by 93 recommend · 9 mention3 recommend · 93 recommend

Camp of the Saints

Jean Raspail, Norman R. Shapiro

Recommended by 2 · mentioned by 262 recommend · 26 mention2 recommend · 262 recommend

Shroud

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Recommended by 8 · mentioned by 108 recommend · 10 mention8 recommend · 108 recommend

2010–2026

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

Eliezer Yudkowsky

Recommended by 170 · mentioned by 301170 recommend · 301 mention170 recommend · 301170 recommend

2007–2026

Crime and punishment

Recommended by 113 · mentioned by 276113 recommend · 276 mention113 recommend · 276113 recommend

Chariots of the gods?

Erich von Däniken

Recommended by 3 · mentioned by 293 recommend · 29 mention3 recommend · 293 recommend

2008–2026

Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain, John D. Seelye

Recommended by 17 · mentioned by 8417 recommend · 84 mention17 recommend · 8417 recommend

Breakneck

Dan Wang

Recommended by 8 · mentioned by 118 recommend · 11 mention8 recommend · 118 recommend

2007–2026

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Recommended by 58 · mentioned by 23858 recommend · 238 mention58 recommend · 23858 recommend

The Master and Margarita

Edward Kemp

Recommended by 74 · mentioned by 11174 recommend · 111 mention74 recommend · 11174 recommend

2009–2026

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Recommended by 63 · mentioned by 26563 recommend · 265 mention63 recommend · 26563 recommend

2009–2026

Lonesome Dove

Larry McMurtry

Recommended by 36 · mentioned by 4836 recommend · 48 mention36 recommend · 4836 recommend

2007–2026

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Recommended by 11 · mentioned by 4811 recommend · 48 mention11 recommend · 4811 recommend

2007–2026

House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

Recommended by 59 · mentioned by 13959 recommend · 139 mention59 recommend · 13959 recommend

2007–2026

Compilers, principles, techniques, and tools

Alfred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman

Recommended by 195 · mentioned by 659195 recommend · 659 mention195 recommend · 659195 recommend

2007–2026

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

Recommended by 18 · mentioned by 4718 recommend · 47 mention18 recommend · 4718 recommend

2010–2026

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Katherine Kellgren

0 recommend · 18 mentioned0 recommend · 18 mention0 recommend · 180 recommend

2017–2026

There Is No Antimemetics Division

qntm

Recommended by 64 · mentioned by 8964 recommend · 89 mention64 recommend · 8964 recommend

2008–2026

Working effectively with legacy code

Michael C. Feathers

Recommended by 186 · mentioned by 234186 recommend · 234 mention186 recommend · 234186 recommend

2009–2026

IBM and the Holocaust

Edwin Black

Recommended by 37 · mentioned by 19137 recommend · 191 mention37 recommend · 19137 recommend

2010–2026

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Recommended by 15 · mentioned by 2715 recommend · 27 mention15 recommend · 2715 recommend

2013–2026

Ur-Fascism

Umberto Eco

Recommended by 17 · mentioned by 4817 recommend · 48 mention17 recommend · 4817 recommend

2012–2026

Endymion

Dan Simmons

Recommended by 10 · mentioned by 3010 recommend · 30 mention10 recommend · 3010 recommend

2007–2026

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Recommended by 105 · mentioned by 407105 recommend · 407 mention105 recommend · 407105 recommend

2008–2026

The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss, Marc Simonetti

Recommended by 60 · mentioned by 9960 recommend · 99 mention60 recommend · 9960 recommend

The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI

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Recommended by 1 · mentioned by 71 recommend · 7 mention1 recommend · 71 recommend

2009–2026

The Way Things Work

David Macaulay

Recommended by 33 · mentioned by 4833 recommend · 48 mention33 recommend · 4833 recommend

2008–2026

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Recommended by 36 · mentioned by 11536 recommend · 115 mention36 recommend · 11536 recommend

2008–2026

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

Recommended by 174 · mentioned by 306174 recommend · 306 mention174 recommend · 306174 recommend

2010–2026

The Call of the Wild

Jack London

Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 3814 recommend · 38 mention14 recommend · 3814 recommend

2008–2026

Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies

Douglas R. Hofstadter, Fluid Analogies Research Group

Recommended by 17 · mentioned by 3117 recommend · 31 mention17 recommend · 3117 recommend

2015–2026

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

Recommended by 10 · mentioned by 1710 recommend · 17 mention10 recommend · 1710 recommend

2009–2026

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

Recommended by 27 · mentioned by 4527 recommend · 45 mention27 recommend · 4527 recommend

2013–2026

Plato's The republic

C. H. Patterson

Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 2312 recommend · 23 mention12 recommend · 2312 recommend

2009–2026

Communicating sequential processes

C. A. R. Hoare

Recommended by 25 · mentioned by 6325 recommend · 63 mention25 recommend · 6325 recommend

2007–2026

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

Recommended by 58 · mentioned by 13558 recommend · 135 mention58 recommend · 13558 recommend

2009–2026

Cadillac desert

Marc Reisner

Recommended by 80 · mentioned by 10780 recommend · 107 mention80 recommend · 10780 recommend

2023–2026

The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

Recommended by 27 · mentioned by 6827 recommend · 68 mention27 recommend · 6827 recommend

2018–2026

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Shoshana Zuboff

Recommended by 47 · mentioned by 8147 recommend · 81 mention47 recommend · 8147 recommend

2008–2026

The Happiness Hypothesis

Jonathan Haidt

Recommended by 40 · mentioned by 5140 recommend · 51 mention40 recommend · 5140 recommend

2015–2026

Dark Forest

Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen

Recommended by 36 · mentioned by 9536 recommend · 95 mention36 recommend · 9536 recommend

The Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann

Recommended by 20 · mentioned by 3720 recommend · 37 mention20 recommend · 3720 recommend

2009–2026

Great Books of the Western World

Blaise Pascal, Mortimer J. Adler

Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 2612 recommend · 26 mention12 recommend · 2612 recommend

2011–2026

Pushing Ice

Alastair Reynolds

Recommended by 18 · mentioned by 2518 recommend · 25 mention18 recommend · 2518 recommend

2008–2026

Flowers for Algernon

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Recommended by 63 · mentioned by 12063 recommend · 120 mention63 recommend · 12063 recommend

2010–2026

Exit, voice, and loyalty

Albert Otto Hirschman

Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 4816 recommend · 48 mention16 recommend · 4816 recommend

2012–2026

Dead Souls

Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ

Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 2714 recommend · 27 mention14 recommend · 2714 recommend

Myth of Sisyphus

Albert Camus, Daniel Ortega

Recommended by 36 · mentioned by 7036 recommend · 70 mention36 recommend · 7036 recommend

2007–2026

War and Peace

Lev Tolstoi

Recommended by 78 · mentioned by 37078 recommend · 370 mention78 recommend · 37078 recommend