Stats for nerds
1recommend
2mentions
2people
2022–2024years
50% recommend50% neutral
Mentions per year
What Hacker News says
- "Cronopios and Famas", by Julio Cortázar - I read it for the first time when I was about 13 and for many years I reread at least once per year;
"Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" (Robert M. Pirsig)
"The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea" (Yukio Mishima)
"The Yage Letters" (William Burroughs)
"The Old Ways" (Gary Snyder)
"Life and Death (Elementary Go Series #4)", by James Davies. Really - I studied that one very seriously.
Note: I answered just the "What book had a big impact on you as a child or teenager?" part, and I ignored that you are building a library for your children and asking for recommendations...
- Go figure. Guess I'm preaching to the choir!
How long have you lived in this part? I caught in another comment that you're into poetry. Do you frequent The Printed Word here in town? We only moved into Dundas a little over a year ago, and I finally made it into that shop and could easily lose a lot of money there. A recent haul of mine included a first edition of The Old Ways by Gary Snyder—and there are many more gems!
