Gunnar_Zarncke comments on The Best Popular Books on Every Subject - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 19 May 2015 09:49:14PM 0 points [-]

Popular books? Go to Amazon/Ebay's top 10 sellers or something.

Sure, these are candidates. But are they "best" by LW standards? And to measure that the comparison to at least two others avoids at least blatant popularity traps.

Like GEB?

I'd say borderline. I read it fluently when I was 15 and didn't consider it arduous. But mileage may vary.