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Re:Ask HN: What are some good books? by brudgers on Saturday May 11, 2013 @02:40PM (#5691600)
Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy.

Philosphical Investigations, Ludwig Witgenstein.

The Analects.

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, Ableson and Sussman.

The Hamet and The Town and The Mansion, William Faulkner.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some good books? by youngbenny on Saturday May 11, 2013 @02:53PM (#5691669)
Wittgenstein is tough reading. Amazing that he conceived of Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in the trenches of WW1 (literally).
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Re:Ask HN: What are some good books? by brudgers on Saturday May 11, 2013 @03:25PM (#5691797)
He wrote a significant portion while a POW.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some good books? by IanChiles on Saturday May 11, 2013 @04:01PM (#5691908)
I'd also add Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury - it's excellent, despite being a bit tough to understand
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