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- Sep 6, 2018
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Hello everyone! I thought it might be useful for those of us who are up for it to come up with a list of 10 books that left an indelible mark on us during our time here on Earth. You can provide descriptions as to why you love these books, why they should be read, or you can just list them. I'll start.
10. The Once and Future King by T.H. White
A retelling of the Arthurian legend with queer undertones!
9. Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
A mind-bending short story collection by the precursor to magical realism.
8. Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter
A really fun yet dense book on recursion and strange loops.
7. Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou
A graphic novel about the foundational quest in mathematics.
6. The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams
Feminist-vegetarian critical theory. Yummy!
5. Remarks on Color by Ludwig Wittgenstein
The bête noire of philosophy explores the relationship between color and language.
4. Perfect Rigor by Masha Gessen
A biography about Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman, who solved the Poincaré Conjecture.
3. 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
The author's final book before he croaked is a loose collection of stories revolving around Mexico.
2. A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
The title says it all, but wittier.
1. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics edited by Timothy Gowers
Yes, I'm a math nerd.
10. The Once and Future King by T.H. White
A retelling of the Arthurian legend with queer undertones!
9. Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
A mind-bending short story collection by the precursor to magical realism.
8. Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter
A really fun yet dense book on recursion and strange loops.
7. Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou
A graphic novel about the foundational quest in mathematics.
6. The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams
Feminist-vegetarian critical theory. Yummy!
5. Remarks on Color by Ludwig Wittgenstein
The bête noire of philosophy explores the relationship between color and language.
4. Perfect Rigor by Masha Gessen
A biography about Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman, who solved the Poincaré Conjecture.
3. 2666 by Roberto Bolaño
The author's final book before he croaked is a loose collection of stories revolving around Mexico.
2. A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
The title says it all, but wittier.
1. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics edited by Timothy Gowers
Yes, I'm a math nerd.