The Best of the Best Advice Books
I just finished two projects:
- The most frequently cited books on Human Relations from 5+ years of Ask.MetaFilter Q&A
- The most frequently cited books on Work & Money from 5+ years of Ask.MetaFilter Q&A
I counted every amazon.com link in every single question and answer page (12,000+ pages) from the human relations and work & money categories of Ask.MetaFilter. This spans more than five years worth of advice.
Personally, I trust these lists to be the best books on their topics. That's because I believe in the power of hive minds, and I believe that MetaFilter is one of the best hive minds out there. I don't know why MetaFilter is so good. Perhaps it's because it costs $5 to join the community, or that it has a slight bias for librarians. All I know is that some book recommendations on there have changed my life.
And now I have a lot more reading to do.
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