Mathematics
878 books, ranked by score.
2007–2026Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Recommended by 505 · mentioned by 1,055505 recommend · 1,055 mention505 recommend · 1,055505 recommend
2007–2026Concrete mathematics
Ronald L. Graham, Donald Knuth, Oren Patashnik
Recommended by 140 · mentioned by 215140 recommend · 215 mention140 recommend · 215140 recommend
2008–2026Elements
Euclid
Recommended by 60 · mentioned by 22560 recommend · 225 mention60 recommend · 22560 recommend
2007–2026How to solve it
George Pólya
Recommended by 161 · mentioned by 206161 recommend · 206 mention161 recommend · 206161 recommend
2007–2026I Am a Strange Loop
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Recommended by 101 · mentioned by 204101 recommend · 204 mention101 recommend · 204101 recommend
2008–2026Linear Algebra Done Right
Sheldon Jay Axler
Recommended by 130 · mentioned by 179130 recommend · 179 mention130 recommend · 179130 recommend
2007–2026Principia mathematica
Alfred North Whitehead, Bertrand Russell
Recommended by 9 · mentioned by 1619 recommend · 161 mention9 recommend · 1619 recommend
2008–2026Mindstorms
Seymour Papert
Recommended by 89 · mentioned by 12489 recommend · 124 mention89 recommend · 12489 recommend
2008–2026Calculus Made Easy
Silvanus Phillips Thompson
Recommended by 81 · mentioned by 13581 recommend · 135 mention81 recommend · 13581 recommend
2008–2026Calculus
Michael Spivak
Recommended by 88 · mentioned by 13088 recommend · 130 mention88 recommend · 13088 recommend
2007–2026The Road to Reality
Roger Penrose
Recommended by 67 · mentioned by 12867 recommend · 128 mention67 recommend · 12867 recommend
2007–2026How to prove it
Daniel J. Velleman
Recommended by 78 · mentioned by 10478 recommend · 104 mention78 recommend · 10478 recommend
2009–2026The mathematical theory of communication
Claude Elwood Shannon
Recommended by 47 · mentioned by 10347 recommend · 103 mention47 recommend · 10347 recommend
2008–2026Principles of Mathematical Analysis
Walter Rudin
Recommended by 52 · mentioned by 8852 recommend · 88 mention52 recommend · 8852 recommend
2008–2026Introduction to the theory of computation
Michael Sipser
Recommended by 66 · mentioned by 8966 recommend · 89 mention66 recommend · 8966 recommend
2009–2025The Princeton Companion to Mathematics
Timothy Gowers
Recommended by 62 · mentioned by 8362 recommend · 83 mention62 recommend · 8362 recommend
2007–2026Metamagical Themas
Douglas R. Hofstadter
Recommended by 45 · mentioned by 8445 recommend · 84 mention45 recommend · 8445 recommend
2015–2026Category Theory for Programmers
Bortosz Milewski, Bartosz Milewski
Recommended by 51 · mentioned by 7851 recommend · 78 mention51 recommend · 7851 recommend
2008–2026A Mathematician's Lament
Paul Lockhart
Recommended by 47 · mentioned by 7147 recommend · 71 mention47 recommend · 7147 recommend
Book of Proof
Richard Hammack
Recommended by 54 · mentioned by 6654 recommend · 66 mention54 recommend · 6654 recommend
2009–2025Mathematics for Computer Science
Eric Lehman, F Thomson Leighton, Albert R Meyer
Recommended by 37 · mentioned by 6537 recommend · 65 mention37 recommend · 6537 recommend
Software Foundations
Benjamin C. Pierce
Recommended by 58 · mentioned by 6058 recommend · 60 mention58 recommend · 6058 recommend
2008–2026A mathematician's apology
G. H. Hardy, Iñaki Iñurrieta Labaien, John von Neumann, Pedro Pacheco González
Recommended by 30 · mentioned by 6230 recommend · 62 mention30 recommend · 6230 recommend
2009–2026Convex optimization
Stephen P. Boyd
Recommended by 40 · mentioned by 5740 recommend · 57 mention40 recommend · 5740 recommend
2009–2025Real and complex analysis
Walter Rudin
Recommended by 25 · mentioned by 4025 recommend · 40 mention25 recommend · 4025 recommend
2007–2026Introduction to linear algebra
Gilbert Strang
Recommended by 37 · mentioned by 5837 recommend · 58 mention37 recommend · 5837 recommend
2008–2026Flatland
Edwin Abbott Abbott
Recommended by 25 · mentioned by 5325 recommend · 53 mention25 recommend · 5325 recommend
2008–2025What is mathematics?
Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins
Recommended by 45 · mentioned by 5145 recommend · 51 mention45 recommend · 5145 recommend
2008–2026Visual complex analysis
Tristan Needham
Recommended by 38 · mentioned by 5038 recommend · 50 mention38 recommend · 5038 recommend
2007–2024The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
Paul Hoffman
Recommended by 35 · mentioned by 5235 recommend · 52 mention35 recommend · 5235 recommend
2007–2026Calculus on manifolds
Michael Spivak
Recommended by 22 · mentioned by 4822 recommend · 48 mention22 recommend · 4822 recommend
2009–2026Finite-dimensional vector spaces
Paul R. Halmos
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 3824 recommend · 38 mention24 recommend · 3824 recommend
2014–2024Our Mathematical Universe
Max Tegmark
Recommended by 32 · mentioned by 4732 recommend · 47 mention32 recommend · 4732 recommend
2010–2026Proofs from the book
Martin Aigner
Recommended by 28 · mentioned by 4528 recommend · 45 mention28 recommend · 4528 recommend
2009–2026Conceptual Mathematics
F. William Lawvere, Stephen Hoel Schanuel
Recommended by 36 · mentioned by 4436 recommend · 44 mention36 recommend · 4436 recommend
2008–2026Proofs and refutations
Imre Lakatos, John Worrall, Elie Zahar
Recommended by 34 · mentioned by 4534 recommend · 45 mention34 recommend · 4534 recommend
2009–2024The Art of Problem Solving
Richard Rusczyk, Sandor Lehoczky
Recommended by 32 · mentioned by 3832 recommend · 38 mention32 recommend · 3832 recommend
2013–2026Coding the Matrix
Philip N. Klein
Recommended by 31 · mentioned by 4131 recommend · 41 mention31 recommend · 4131 recommend
2009–2026Surreal numbers
Donald Knuth
Recommended by 27 · mentioned by 4127 recommend · 41 mention27 recommend · 4127 recommend
2008–2025The Drunkard's Walk
Leonard Mlodinow
Recommended by 27 · mentioned by 3927 recommend · 39 mention27 recommend · 3927 recommend
2007–2026The evolution of cooperation
Robert M. Axelrod
Recommended by 21 · mentioned by 3521 recommend · 35 mention21 recommend · 3521 recommend
No bullshit guide to math and physics
Ivan Savov
Recommended by 21 · mentioned by 2221 recommend · 22 mention21 recommend · 2221 recommend
2008–2026Gödel's proof
Ernest Nagel, James Roy Newman
Recommended by 30 · mentioned by 3930 recommend · 39 mention30 recommend · 3930 recommend
2010–2026Understanding Analysis
Stephen Abbott
Recommended by 31 · mentioned by 3831 recommend · 38 mention31 recommend · 3831 recommend
2010–2026Street-fighting mathematics
Sanjoy Mahajan
Recommended by 25 · mentioned by 3825 recommend · 38 mention25 recommend · 3825 recommend
2008–2026Everything and more
David Foster Wallace
Recommended by 30 · mentioned by 3530 recommend · 35 mention30 recommend · 3530 recommend
2009–2025Naive Set Theory
Paul R. Halmos
Recommended by 29 · mentioned by 3529 recommend · 35 mention29 recommend · 3529 recommend
2016–2026A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics
Jeremy Kun
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 3124 recommend · 31 mention24 recommend · 3124 recommend
2008–2025Introduction to automata theory, languages, and computation
John E. Hopcroft, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Rajeev Motwani
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 3324 recommend · 33 mention24 recommend · 3324 recommend
2010–2026NUMERICAL RECIPES IN C
William H. Press, Brian P. Flannery, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling
Recommended by 9 · mentioned by 319 recommend · 31 mention9 recommend · 319 recommend
Mathematics
A. D Aleksandrov
Recommended by 26 · mentioned by 3026 recommend · 30 mention26 recommend · 3026 recommend
2010–2026Numerical linear algebra
Lloyd N. Trefethen
Recommended by 26 · mentioned by 2926 recommend · 29 mention26 recommend · 2926 recommend
2007–2026Turtle geometry
Harold Abelson, Andrea diSessa
Recommended by 15 · mentioned by 2715 recommend · 27 mention15 recommend · 2715 recommend
2012–2025Measurement
Paul Lockhart
Recommended by 23 · mentioned by 3023 recommend · 30 mention23 recommend · 3023 recommend
2008–2025The Mathematical Experience
Philip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh, Elena Anne Marchisotto
Recommended by 20 · mentioned by 2820 recommend · 28 mention20 recommend · 2820 recommend
2008–2026Linear algebra and its applications
David C. Lay, Lay, Davic C. Lay, Steven R. Lay
Recommended by 22 · mentioned by 3022 recommend · 30 mention22 recommend · 3022 recommend
2017–2025Surfing uncertainty
Clark, Andy
Recommended by 19 · mentioned by 3019 recommend · 30 mention19 recommend · 3019 recommend
2009–2026Basic Mathematics
Serge Lang
Recommended by 22 · mentioned by 2722 recommend · 27 mention22 recommend · 2722 recommend
2008–2026Nonlinear dynamics and Chaos
Steven H. Strogatz, Steven Strogatz
Recommended by 24 · mentioned by 2924 recommend · 29 mention24 recommend · 2924 recommend
A Book of Abstract Algebra
Charles C. Pinter
Recommended by 25 · mentioned by 2725 recommend · 27 mention25 recommend · 2725 recommend