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Hacker News stories which contains plenty of book recommendations (sorted by points, labeled by topic):

Developing mental models and increasing cognition: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3277457

Quant finance: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3177815

General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=663662

General (non software): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1226736

Math: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=665029

General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=875686

Entrepreneur: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2928211

Statistics: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=902074

Philosophy: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1503137

General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1865350

Math for beginners: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=755043

Military strategy: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=456275

General: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=797070

Investing: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=248469

"I want to start a web company": http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1567456

Thanks for puling this list together...I added it to the bottom of my post so more people can see what you helped assemble. Thanks!

This is great compilation of links. Thank you.

here is a question i started for sci-fi books which got some decent recommendations http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3781486

thank you

I just added these books to my "To Get" list.. Which is already large.

As a broke fresh college graduate, one of the most widely talked about books (and one I actually bought myself) was Eric Ries' The Lean Startup. It really helped me feel like I had a sense of direction instead of "thinking I knew" something,

The public library is your friend, especially if you live in the right area. For example, many California libraries are in a program called Link+ that allows you to borrow books from other libraries, including college libraries.

Even if a book you want isn't in the library's catalog, go talk to a librarian. They can work some magic.

Also check out public libraries with Overdrive (eBooks).

Another thing to do is see if your college will let you keep online or other library access for a nominal fee. I remember (ab)using MIT libraries for a while after leaving.

Founders at work by Jessica Livingston, Rework by Jason Fried and DHH, The Startup Owners Manual by Steve Blank...

here's mine: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4018867