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Love those Ask HN lists, btw!!
This book changed my life. It's content is based on an entire life of research. I think I will learn new things every time I read it.
I like this question because I started re-reading a few books already. I find it valuable as I already know they are good and I can extract more from them the second/third/forth time.
Dune 1-6, it's that good. I really need to read it again soon.
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Thinking Fast and Slow This book changed my life. It's content is based on an entire life of research. I think I will learn new things every time I read it. I like this question because I started re-reading a few books already. I find it valuable as I already know they are good and I can extract more from them the second/third/forth time.
Count of Monte Cristo
I'd recommend you read "The Black Count" by Tom Reiss. It's a non-fiction biography of Alexandre Dumas's father, the inspiration for The Count of Monte Cristo. It holds the same luster of the 19th century while giving you a factual recount of some larger than life figures.
Quantum Field Theory by Peskin and Schroeder. There are many things in that book I could make into a standalone project that could occupy years at a time. Some other picks: The Man in The High Castle by Phil K. Dick. The Plague or The Outsider by Albert Camus. City of Thieves by David Benioff.
There are many textbooks outside of my expertise that could be just as interesting as more physics or mathematics, e.g. ship/boat construction.
Edit: For a fiction book I would probably pick Fiasco by Stanislav Lem, it contains some parables and allergories that are interesting to think about.