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Feynman
Vivid, witty, hilarious, poignant: I laughed, I cried, I learned; demonstrates the unreasonable effectiveness of a graphic novel. - Donald Knuth
Jim Ottaviani
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Marjorie Morningstar
In-depth characters plus a whole philosophy. - Donald Knuth
Herman Wouk
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Murder In The Museum Of Man
Delicious caricature of academic follies. - Donald Knuth
Alfred Alcorn
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Blasphemy
The best novel to deal with 'science versus religion' that I've ever encountered. - Donald Knuth
Douglas Preston
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Food
His magnum opus, a wonderful history of everything delicious. - Donald Knuth
Waverley Root
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America
Has graffiti even better than the marginal notes in 'Concrete Mathematics.' - Donald Knuth
Jon Stewart
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The Age of Faith
Volume 4 of his series, covers the years 325--1300. - Donald Knuth
Will Durant
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The Abominable Man
One of their brilliantly Swedish detective novels. - Donald Knuth
Maj Sjöwall
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Blacklist
A brilliant characterization of the tragic state of politics and class relations in America that also happens to be an action-packed murder mystery. - Donald Knuth
Sara Paretsky
1
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The Hornet's Nest
A revolutionary novel about the Revolutionary War at all levels. - Donald Knuth
Jimmy Carter
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Lifeline Rule
The rule: parity to vowel; an awesome conovowel opus. - Donald Knuth
Doug Nufer
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Hackers
Incredibly well written tale of our times. - Donald Knuth
Steven Levy
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The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Fascinating and eye-opening journal by a 14th-century Muslim scholar. - Donald Knuth
Ibn Battutah
1
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The Haj
Great to read on a trip to Israel. - Donald Knuth
Leon Uris
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
Biographies of Ramanujan and Hardy. - Donald Knuth
Robert Kanigel
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The Golden Gate
The Great California Novel, entirely in 14-line sonnets. - Donald Knuth
Vikram Seth
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Gaudy Night
Captures Oxford high-table small-talk wonderfully. - Donald Knuth
Dorothy L. Sayers
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
About how Paul Farmer's local and global life combines theory and practice. - Donald Knuth
Tracy Kidder
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An Instance of the Fingerpost
Also Oxford but in the 1660s. - Donald Knuth
Iain Pears
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Death of a Salesperson
[The author] is at his best in short stories like these. - Donald Knuth
Robert Barnard
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A Dual Autobiography
Superbly written, a great story about how a man and woman can work creatively and sustainably together despite the mysteries of the human sex drive. - Donald Knuth
Will Durant
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Life
Perhaps the greatest 20th century novel. - Donald Knuth
Georges Perec
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On Food and Cooking
Applied biochemistry in the kitchen. - Donald Knuth
Harold McGee
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Efronia
Diaries and letters of a remarkable Armenian woman. - Donald Knuth
Stina Katchadourian
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