HACKER Q&A
📣 princeofxanadu

What good books are not bestsellers?


When I pick up a book for a read, it almost always has a bestseller tag on it. This has often left me wondering whether there are any really great books outside the bestseller catalogue.


  👤 f0e4c2f7 Accepted Answer ✓
Game Programming Patterns by Nystrom.

Great book, a lot of the ideas apply outside of games

Use of Weapons by Ian M. Banks.

I was going to suggest the first book in the culture series but when I looked it was claimed to be a "best seller". So I take your point. This one is my favorite out of the series.


👤 gregjor
Pretty much all of them.

👤 blockwriter
Books by William Gaddis.