Ask HN: What are your greatest books?

#1

Post by whyandhow » Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 8:52 AM UTC

any book that changed your lifestyle, career, or financial status quo...

Re: Ask HN: What are your greatest books?

#2

Post by ethn » Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 9:02 AM UTC

"Things hidden since the foundation of the world" by Rene Girard. Changed literally everything.

#3

Post by jjude » Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 9:33 AM UTC

"7 habits" by Steven Covey. Read it 20 years back. Amazed how it is still useful.

#4

Post by Kaibeezy » Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 9:58 AM UTC

"Meditations", Marcus Aurelius - chill, the answer is there

#5

Post by galfarragem » Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 9:58 AM UTC

"The Prince" -- Niccolò Machiavelli

"The little Prince" -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#6

Post by ai_ia » Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 10:33 AM UTC

The Art of Living by William Hart

#7

Post by hex20 » Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 11:10 AM UTC

"Nairn Bus to Baghdad" - J.S. Tullett

#8

Post by TheAlchemist » Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 11:59 AM UTC

"The Alchemist" - Paulo Coelho

#9

Post by bogdansolga » Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 12:57 PM UTC

"Essentialism", by Greg McKeown. Reading it right now, have already learned a lot from it.

#10

Post by mindcrime » Sun, Dec 18, 2016, 1:56 PM UTC

The Four Steps To The Epiphany - Steve Blank

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

The Art Of The Start - Guy Kawasaki

The World Is Flat - Thomas Friedman