Here are some books that I constantly find myself recommending to others or alluding to. This amounts to a list of the books that have influenced me the most profoundly. They are listed roughly in order of how much they influenced me. These books made me who I am. My worldview is summed up between them. This list could also be used in a collaborative filtering style: if you've loved two or more books on this list, you may want to try the others, too. -morgan morgan@westegg.com --------------------------------------------------------- The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jane Jacobs Class Paul Fussell Conjectures and Refutations Karl Popper The Fatal Conceit The Road to Serfdom The Constitution of Liberty F.A. Hayek The Timeless Way of Building A Pattern Language Notes on the Synthesis of Form Chris Alexander Essays, Journalism and Letters George Orwell The Image The Americans Daniel Boorstin Simplicity and Complexity in Games of the Intellect Lawrence Slobodkin Smoking is Sublime Richard Klein Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman Richard Feynman How Buildings Learn Stewart Brand Language in Thought and Action S.I. Hayakawa Atlas Shrugged The Fountainhead Ayn Rand
