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The Three-Body Problem

Sci-Fi

A Chinese astrophysicist makes contact with an alien civilization living near an unstable three-star system. The first non-English novel to win a Hugo Award, and the gateway drug to the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy.

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Mark Zuckerberg

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Twentieth A Year of Books pick, announced October 21, 2015.
Tobi Lütke

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“Loved the series.”

Tobi Lütke recommended the book in a tweet.
Naval Ravikant

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“Great series.”

The page cites a Naval tweet calling it a great series.
Max Levchin

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Listed on his 2016 reading list on LinkedIn.
Yuval Noah Harari

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“If you think atom bombs are scary, wait till you read what a two-dimensional bomb does to our solar system.”

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Andrej Karpathy

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Listed on Karpathy's personal science-fiction page as part of the Three-Body trilogy.