Books Recommended by Donald Knuth
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A Dual Autobiography
Will Durant
Source: "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
1 recommender
Blacklist
Sara Paretsky
Source: "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
1 recommender
Feynman
Jim Ottaviani
Source: "Vivid, witty, hilarious, poignant: I laughed, I cried, I learned; demonstrates the unreasonable effectiveness of a graphic novel." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
America
A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Jon Stewart
Source: "Has graffiti even better than the marginal notes in 'Concrete Mathematics.'" - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
Blasphemy
Wyman Ford, Book 2
Douglas Preston
Source: "The best novel to deal with 'science versus religion' that I've ever encountered." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
Efronia
An Armenian Love Story
Stina Katchadourian
Source: "Diaries and letters of a remarkable Armenian woman." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Tracy Kidder
Source: "About how Paul Farmer's local and global life combines theory and practice." - Donald Knuth
The Travels of Ibn Battutah
Ibn Battutah
Source: "Fascinating and eye-opening journal by a 14th-century Muslim scholar." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
The Hornet's Nest
A Novel of the Revolutionary War
Jimmy Carter
Source: "A revolutionary novel about the Revolutionary War at all levels." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
The Golden Gate
Vikram Seth
Source: "The Great California Novel, entirely in 14-line sonnets." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
Lifeline Rule
Doug Nufer
Source: "The rule: parity to vowel; an awesome conovowel opus." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
Food
An Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World
Waverley Root
Source: "His magnum opus, a wonderful history of everything delicious." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
Death of a Salesperson
And Other Untimely Exits
Robert Barnard
Source: "[The author] is at his best in short stories like these." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
The Age of Faith
A History of Medieval Civilization - Christian, Islamic, and Judaic - From Constantine to Dante
Will Durant
Source: "Volume 4 of his series, covers the years 325--1300." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender- 1 recommender
The Abominable Man
Martin Beck, Book 7
Maj Sjöwall
Source: "One of their brilliantly Swedish detective novels." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
Hackers
Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Steven Levy
Source: "Incredibly well written tale of our times." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
Gaudy Night
Lord Peter Wimsey, Book 12
Dorothy L. Sayers
Source: "Captures Oxford high-table small-talk wonderfully." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
The Man Who Knew Infinity
A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
Robert Kanigel
Source: "Biographies of Ramanujan and Hardy." - Donald Knuth
3 recommenders
Murder In The Museum Of Man
Alfred Alcorn
Source: "Delicious caricature of academic follies." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
Marjorie Morningstar
Herman Wouk
Source: "In-depth characters plus a whole philosophy." - Donald Knuth
1 recommender
On Food and Cooking
The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Harold McGee
Source: "Applied biochemistry in the kitchen." - Donald Knuth
3 recommenders
1 recommender
3 books
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