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Ask HN: What are the best books you've read in the past year?
- Chos89 10y agoA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- relaunched 10y agoProgramming Pearls - Jon Bentley Iron Druid Chronicles (series) - Kevin Hearne Monster Hunters Inc (series) - Larry Correia
- sundarurfriend 10y agoNon-fiction: * 'Better' by Atul Gawande (also his 'Complications' and of course 'The Checklist Manifesto') * 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Bryson. Fiction: * 'Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders' by Neil Gaiman * 'The Name of the Wind' by Patrick Rothfuss Graphic novels ("comics"): * 'Watchmen' by Alan Moore * 'Promethea' by Alan Moore (actually I'm halfway through this, and loving every bit of it) Special mentions: * 'How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big' by Scott Adams - I only gave this a 4-star rating on Goodreads when I finished it, but I'm finding that I'm usefully applying more and more of the things I learnt from this book as the months go by. * 'Yoga Benefits Are in Breathing Less' by Artour Rakhimov - to be considered more of an article, taught me useful stuff about O2/CO2 balance in the body, their respective effects, and hence ultimately the effects of different rates of breathing.
- tmaly 10y agoI second Scott Adam's book. I am listening to the audio version now.
- mrfusion 10y agoWhat are you finding useful from the Scott Adams book?
- chris_va 10y ago+10 to Name of the Wind. But don't read it if you aren't willing to wait 5 years for him to finish his trilogy. The Martian was probably the best fiction in the last year for me.
- japhyr 10y agoThe Wild Trees by Richard Preston. The tallest redwood trees were only discovered ten years ago, by a small group of people who just love trees. It's a pretty fascinating and inspiring story.
- JSeymourATL 10y ago- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead > http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13588356-daring-greatly http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13588356-daring-greatly - Paid to Think: A Leader's Toolkit for Redefining Your Future >http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13236274-paid-to-think?ac=1&from_search=true http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13236274-paid-to-think?ac...
- chatmasta 10y agoThe Power of Habit Ego is the Enemy The Seventh Sense
- drakenot 10y ago'Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind' by Yuval Noah Harari
- siquick 10y agoAmazing book
- fazkan 10y agoelon musk biography, Getting things done, daily rituals, THE BOOKS THAT CHANGED ME: Rich dad poor dad, Deep work, 40 rules of love INCOMPLETE BOOKS: bird by bird, Bold, Smarter, faster better, charles duhig, One thing : will power, Crowdsouring, seven eves(fiction), I tend to read multiple books at a time...