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Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
I'm currently reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, and I'm enjoying it so far.
40 pages left.
- clyfe 8mo agoCees de Groot's The Genius Of Lisp https://berksoft.ca/gol/ https://berksoft.ca/gol/
- abmmgb 8mo agoOpen by Andre Agassi. Intriguing to read on the struggles of a tennis legend which were concealed at the time. He provides great detail and insights. It is a great follow up from 'The inner game of tennis', speaking of how athletes, and anyone else really, can find punching themselves down through negative mindset which if overcome can unlock your true potential.
- lnwlebjel 8mo agoI'm not much of a tennis fan but I really enjoyed this book. The evolution of training and strategy during his era which is a subtext throughout is really interesting.
- ofalkaed 8mo agoI finally started reading The Book of Disquiet, which I have had sitting about for years. Quite surprised by it, has a far greater range than people make it out to have and some amazing humor. It is turning out to be one of the most fascinating books I have read.
- downbad_ 8mo agoThe Road is a great book. One of the greatest books ever. "Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget."
- PennyTee 8mo agoFlowers for Algernon
- chistev 8mo agoGreat book. I read it first in 2022, then re-read it last year and it still held up! Wrote about it on my blog (don't open until you're done with it!" https://www.rxjourney.net/list-of-books-i-finished-reading-in-2025 https://www.rxjourney.net/list-of-books-i-finished-reading-i...
- lyfeninja 8mo agoA brief history of intelligence by Max Bennett..I like it so far, I've learned a lot about the brain
- diehunde 8mo agoI started reading the second edition of Designing data-intensive applications. I believe only the digital edition is out right now.
- yodsanklai 8mo agooh cool, i didn't know there was a second edition!
- habitmaxer 8mo agoLiked the first edition, but there’s a lot of fluff. These days I have Claude remove the useless passages from stuff I want to read fast. Helps to make flash cards to drill for system design rounds.
- h4ch1 8mo agoCatastrophe 1914 - Max Hastings : Great book about what triggered WW1, the state of the world at that time. Just a great read in general. The Seven Military Classics Of Ancient China : Sun Tzu isn't the only military strategist on the block. Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: I make sure to study at least one university/high school textbook on any subject that I find interesting. Also, not reading but watching Professor Jiang Xueqin's lectures [0] has been pivotal towards helping me find new avenues to research and understand geopolitics . [0] https://www.youtube.com/@PredictiveHistory https://www.youtube.com/@PredictiveHistory
- nicbou 8mo agoYou might enjoy Dr Sarah Payne's lectures on YouTube.
- habitmaxer 8mo agoI use Claude Opus to rip thru books. It points out the fluff paragraphs so I skip them. Finished stuff I prob never would've touched: Slaughterhouse Five, The Three-Body Problem. I make quick Anki cards from the Opus reading sessions so I don't forget plot bits. I try to get Opus to quiz me on the sections it told me to focus on reading.
- nodra 8mo agoReading Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic by Ilan Pappe. Learning quite a bit on a subject I didn’t know much about.
- masterj122517 8mo agoI’ve been reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy lately. It’s a brilliant read—pure fuel for my sci-fi-loving brain.
- b00kw05m 8mo agoI put on a list for similar reading experiences. For lighthearted, non-hard sify, i would try Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem. https://whatto.space/fiction/42/ https://whatto.space/fiction/42/
- chistev 8mo agoJust finished The Road, would definitely recommend.
- nicbou 8mo agoInvisible Women If you liked Freakonomics, you will like this. It's not a rant, just one example after another of how we fail to account for half of the population. I just finished The God of Small Things. The writing is phenomenal, but it was not quite my kind of book, so it took me a bit of effort to finish.
- maxalbarello 8mo agoGiulio Cesare by Alberto Angela. Unfortunately, I didn't pay much attention to my history classes in high school. Want to catch up
- devrundown 8mo agoJust finished up the first two Game of Thrones book. Before continuing wanted to check out a couple of other books. Read Shadow Divers which was really good. Saw it suggested a lot and it did not disappoint. Now reading The Pearl by Steinbeck and Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor.
- chistev 8mo agoThe game of thrones books are great. I know this is cliche to say, but the books are better than the show. The third book is so amazing. I read the books after seeing the show, and maybe that helped me form a mental model of the world and the characters. Such a shame GRRM likely won't complete it.
- dmcc7897 8mo agoI’ve been re-reading a couple of Daniel Suarez’s books (Daemon & Freedom) and enjoying them immensely.
- swah 8mo agoI have read very few SciFi books but Daemon was such a fun read for me. If you have more suggestions on this space, let me know. I don't remember if I read Freedom tbh.. My memory is so bad I could actually just re-read Daemon.