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HN: It's ~16.5k books that at least two different HN commenters brought up, from 2007 till now. Each book links back to the comments that mentioned it. Data is downloadable from the about page.

Some of these recommendations frustrate the fuck out of me and indicate just how mind fucked society is that the smarter people in our society would recommend it. Some fun ones I noticed from a brief look:

Das Kapital: recommended for Marx's astute analysis and his philosophy is described positively.

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: Recommended as a true story. It was literally a made up propaganda book written by a socialist that incited government intervention in food leading to Big Ag.

https://zeroaggressionproject.org/uncategorized/upton-sinclairs-the-jungle/

They do have some good recommendations in there though so I don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Just be careful to read why the book is recommended too.

Thanks for the list.

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This is actually a really good list. I know lists like this can feel overwhelming, and I usually prefer focusing discussion on one book (or article, or video) at a time. Still, I pinned it over in the ~Library turf so anyone can just browse through it whenever they feel like finding something new.

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