Data & Statistics
321 books, ranked by score.
2007–2026The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, David Chandler
Recommended by 263 · mentioned by 666263 recommend · 666 mention263 recommend · 666263 recommend
2007–2026The Elements of Statistical Learning
Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman
Recommended by 144 · mentioned by 227144 recommend · 227 mention144 recommend · 227144 recommend
2018–2026Factfulness
Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund
Recommended by 123 · mentioned by 160123 recommend · 160 mention123 recommend · 160123 recommend
2008–2026Probability Theory
E. T. Jaynes
Recommended by 77 · mentioned by 13877 recommend · 138 mention77 recommend · 13877 recommend
2007–2026The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Edward R. Tufte
Recommended by 100 · mentioned by 138100 recommend · 138 mention100 recommend · 138100 recommend
2007–2026How to Lie with Statistics
Darrell Huff, Irving Geis
Recommended by 63 · mentioned by 12663 recommend · 126 mention63 recommend · 12663 recommend
2018–2026The Book of Why
Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie, Dana Mackenzie Judea Pearl, Mel Foster
Recommended by 59 · mentioned by 10359 recommend · 103 mention59 recommend · 10359 recommend
2014–2026Introduction to Statistical Learning
Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani
Recommended by 85 · mentioned by 10885 recommend · 108 mention85 recommend · 10885 recommend
2016–2026Statistical Rethinking
Richard McElreath
Recommended by 81 · mentioned by 9281 recommend · 92 mention81 recommend · 9281 recommend
2018–2026The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Shoshana Zuboff
Recommended by 47 · mentioned by 8147 recommend · 81 mention47 recommend · 8147 recommend
2012–2026The Signal and the Noise
Nate Silver
Recommended by 47 · mentioned by 7947 recommend · 79 mention47 recommend · 7947 recommend
2015–2026Superforecasting
Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner, Santiago Foz (argentino)
Recommended by 44 · mentioned by 7144 recommend · 71 mention44 recommend · 7144 recommend
2009–2026How to Measure Anything
Douglas W. Hubbard
Recommended by 46 · mentioned by 5846 recommend · 58 mention46 recommend · 5846 recommend
2008–2026All of Statistics
Larry Wasserman
Recommended by 40 · mentioned by 6040 recommend · 60 mention40 recommend · 6040 recommend
2009–2026The Sovereign Individual
James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
Recommended by 23 · mentioned by 4923 recommend · 49 mention23 recommend · 4923 recommend
2009–2026Bayesian data analysis
Andrew Gelman, John B. Carlin, Hal S. Stern, Donald B. Rubin
Recommended by 27 · mentioned by 4927 recommend · 49 mention27 recommend · 4927 recommend
2010–2026The grammar of graphics
Leland Wilkinson, D. Rope
Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 4716 recommend · 47 mention16 recommend · 4716 recommend
2012–2026Think Bayes
Allen B. Downey
Recommended by 37 · mentioned by 4537 recommend · 45 mention37 recommend · 4537 recommend
2016–2024R for Data Science
Hadley Wickham, Garrett Grolemund
Recommended by 40 · mentioned by 4340 recommend · 43 mention40 recommend · 4340 recommend
2011–2026Think Stats
Allen B. Downey
Recommended by 27 · mentioned by 4227 recommend · 42 mention27 recommend · 4227 recommend
2010–2025Probabilistic Graphical Models
Daphne Koller, Nir Friedman
Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 3716 recommend · 37 mention16 recommend · 3716 recommend
2007–2026Against the gods
Peter L. Bernstein
Recommended by 28 · mentioned by 3628 recommend · 36 mention28 recommend · 3628 recommend
2014–2025Dataclysm
Christian Rudder
Recommended by 17 · mentioned by 3517 recommend · 35 mention17 recommend · 3517 recommend
2015–2023Data science from scratch
Joel Grus
Recommended by 22 · mentioned by 3322 recommend · 33 mention22 recommend · 3322 recommend
2013–2026Bayesian methods for hackers
Cameron Davidson-Pilon
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 3524 recommend · 35 mention24 recommend · 3524 recommend
2007–2026Probabilistic robotics
Sebastian Thrun, Dieter Fox, Wolfram Burgard
Recommended by 26 · mentioned by 3426 recommend · 34 mention26 recommend · 3426 recommend
2009–2024Causality
Judea Pearl
Recommended by 17 · mentioned by 3417 recommend · 34 mention17 recommend · 3417 recommend
2009–2026Elements of Information Theory
T. M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas
Recommended by 20 · mentioned by 2820 recommend · 28 mention20 recommend · 2820 recommend
2012–2025Machine learning
Kevin P. Murphy
Recommended by 15 · mentioned by 2815 recommend · 28 mention15 recommend · 2815 recommend
2014–2026Doing Bayesian Data Analysis
John K. Kruschke
Recommended by 22 · mentioned by 2522 recommend · 25 mention22 recommend · 2522 recommend
2014–2026Foundations of Data Science
Avrim Blum, John Hopcroft, Ravindran Kannan
Recommended by 7 · mentioned by 247 recommend · 24 mention7 recommend · 247 recommend
2013–2026Data Smart
John W. Foreman
Recommended by 20 · mentioned by 2220 recommend · 22 mention20 recommend · 2220 recommend
2007–2026Super Crunchers
Ian Ayres
Recommended by 9 · mentioned by 219 recommend · 21 mention9 recommend · 219 recommend
2012–2025The Theory That Would Not Die
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 2114 recommend · 21 mention14 recommend · 2114 recommend
2010–2023Statistical inference
George Casella
Recommended by 16 · mentioned by 2116 recommend · 21 mention16 recommend · 2116 recommend
2011–2023Bayesian reasoning and machine learning
David Barber
Recommended by 15 · mentioned by 2015 recommend · 20 mention15 recommend · 2015 recommend
2013–2022Statistics Done Wrong
Alex Reinhart
Recommended by 17 · mentioned by 1917 recommend · 19 mention17 recommend · 1917 recommend
2008–2026The cartoon guide to statistics
Larry Gonick
Recommended by 17 · mentioned by 1717 recommend · 17 mention17 recommend · 1717 recommend
2019–2026Invisible Women
Caroline Criado Perez
Recommended by 13 · mentioned by 1813 recommend · 18 mention13 recommend · 1813 recommend
2007–2026The Dilbert future
Scott Adams
Recommended by 1 · mentioned by 181 recommend · 18 mention1 recommend · 181 recommend
2016–2026Computer Age Statistical Inference
Bradley Efron, Trevor Hastie
Recommended by 14 · mentioned by 1714 recommend · 17 mention14 recommend · 1714 recommend
2014–2024Data Science at the Command Line
Jeroen Janssens
Recommended by 8 · mentioned by 158 recommend · 15 mention8 recommend · 158 recommend
2013–2024The New Digital Age
Eric Schmidt . Jared Cohen
Recommended by 3 · mentioned by 133 recommend · 13 mention3 recommend · 133 recommend
2013–2026Spillover
David Quammen, Cécile Dutheil de La Rochère, Eva Roques, Laurence Decréau
Recommended by 11 · mentioned by 1611 recommend · 16 mention11 recommend · 1611 recommend
2009–2025Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing
Christopher Manning, Hinrich Schütze
Recommended by 15 · mentioned by 1615 recommend · 16 mention15 recommend · 1615 recommend
Everybody Lies
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Recommended by 9 · mentioned by 159 recommend · 15 mention9 recommend · 159 recommend
2019–2026The Model Thinker
Scott E. Page
Recommended by 9 · mentioned by 159 recommend · 15 mention9 recommend · 159 recommend
2011–2022A first course in probability
Sheldon M. Ross
Recommended by 9 · mentioned by 169 recommend · 16 mention9 recommend · 169 recommend
2010–2026Unrestricted warfare
Qiao Liang, Wang Xiangsui
Recommended by 6 · mentioned by 166 recommend · 16 mention6 recommend · 166 recommend
2009–2024Statistics
David Freedman, Robert Pisani, Roger Purves
Recommended by 11 · mentioned by 1511 recommend · 15 mention11 recommend · 1511 recommend
2013–2024An Introduction To Statistical Learning With Applications In R
Gareth James
Recommended by 13 · mentioned by 1513 recommend · 15 mention13 recommend · 1513 recommend
2013–2024Naked Statistics
Charles J. Wheelan
Recommended by 7 · mentioned by 157 recommend · 15 mention7 recommend · 157 recommend
2020–2025Regression and Other Stories
Andrew Gelman, Jennifer Hill, Aki Vehtari
Recommended by 11 · mentioned by 1411 recommend · 14 mention11 recommend · 1411 recommend
2009–2022The Next 100 Years
George Friedman
Recommended by 2 · mentioned by 152 recommend · 15 mention2 recommend · 152 recommend
2012–2026Abundance
Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler
Recommended by 11 · mentioned by 1511 recommend · 15 mention11 recommend · 1511 recommend
2012–2025The fractal geometry of nature
Benoît B. Mandelbrot, Josep Maria Llosa
Recommended by 8 · mentioned by 158 recommend · 15 mention8 recommend · 158 recommend
2010–2024The Lady Tasting Tea
David Salsburg
Recommended by 12 · mentioned by 1512 recommend · 15 mention12 recommend · 1512 recommend
2016–2025The End of Average
Todd Rose
Recommended by 9 · mentioned by 149 recommend · 14 mention9 recommend · 149 recommend
2022–2026What We Owe the Future
William MacAskill
Recommended by 4 · mentioned by 144 recommend · 14 mention4 recommend · 144 recommend
2009–2025Data analysis using regression and multilevel/hierarchical models
Andrew Gelman
Recommended by 10 · mentioned by 1210 recommend · 12 mention10 recommend · 1210 recommend