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Ask HN: What books did you enjoy reading recently?

6 points by JeanMeche 3mo ago

chistev 3mo ago
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl I made a submission recently about the book - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48685215 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48685215 Also, a little over a month ago (if that counts as recently) I finished my re-read of The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins. I made a submission about it too - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326741 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326741 I read a lot of books and you can find some of them on my blog. Link in bio.
theMezz 3mo ago
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dinkleberg 3mo ago
If you want a fun read and you like sci-fi, check out Ed by qntm (https://qntm.org/ed https://qntm.org/ed). It is a short read, like 130 pages or so.
aynyc 3mo ago
I've been reading Alastair Reynolds's books. They are pretty good.
toomuchtodo 3mo ago
https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/07/09/mailman-my-wild-ride-delivering-the-mail-in-appalachia-and-finally-finding-home-stephen-starring-grant-review/ https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/07/09/mailman-my-wild... https://press.stripe.com/maintenance-part-one https://press.stripe.com/maintenance-part-one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine https://www.wiley.com/en-us/shop/general-introductory-computer-science/social-engineering-the-science-of-human-hacking-2nd-edition-p-9781119433750 https://www.wiley.com/en-us/shop/general-introductory-comput... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WEIRDest_People_in_the_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WEIRDest_People_in_the_Wor... https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250251091/howtohideanempire/ https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250251091/howtohideanempi... https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502/the-almighty-dollar-by-brendan-greeley/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502/the-almighty... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assholes:_A_Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assholes:_A_Theory

6 points by JeanMeche 3mo ago

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl I made a submission recently about the book - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48685215 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48685215 Also, a little over a month ago (if that counts as recently) I finished my re-read of The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins. I made a submission about it too - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326741 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326741 I read a lot of books and you can find some of them on my blog. Link in bio.

theMezz 3mo ago

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dinkleberg 3mo ago

If you want a fun read and you like sci-fi, check out Ed by qntm (https://qntm.org/ed https://qntm.org/ed). It is a short read, like 130 pages or so.

aynyc 3mo ago

I've been reading Alastair Reynolds's books. They are pretty good.

toomuchtodo 3mo ago

https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/07/09/mailman-my-wild-ride-delivering-the-mail-in-appalachia-and-finally-finding-home-stephen-starring-grant-review/ https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/07/09/mailman-my-wild... https://press.stripe.com/maintenance-part-one https://press.stripe.com/maintenance-part-one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine https://www.wiley.com/en-us/shop/general-introductory-computer-science/social-engineering-the-science-of-human-hacking-2nd-edition-p-9781119433750 https://www.wiley.com/en-us/shop/general-introductory-comput... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WEIRDest_People_in_the_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WEIRDest_People_in_the_Wor... https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250251091/howtohideanempire/ https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250251091/howtohideanempi... https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502/the-almighty-dollar-by-brendan-greeley/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502/the-almighty... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assholes:_A_Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assholes:_A_Theory