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Ask HN: What book should I read next?
I'm looking for a new book to read. Any genre is OK, but above all I want to read something that will give me a new perspective on an old problem.
- brudgers 14y agoJames Joyce, Ulysses.
- IgorP 14y agohttp://www.amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Lao-Tzu/dp/1613822421/?_encoding=UTF8&keywords=Tao%20Te%20Ching&tag=produc05-20&linkCode=ur2&qid=1357172353&camp=1789&sr=8-1&creative=9325 http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Lao-Tzu/dp/1613822421/?_e...
- yolesaber 14y agoI would heartily recommend "The Mezzanine" by Nicholson Baker. It is an excellent written account of an unnamed mid-level corporate employee riding the escalator to his office after getting some lunch. The large majority of the novel is set inside his thoughts as his ruminates over the minutiae of everyday life. What makes the book so brilliant is that Baker has an incredibly inquisitive mind. Ordinary things like straws or shoelaces become the subject of several pages worth of digression on manufacturing processes, design decisions, economics, human relationships, and so on and so forth. He is really able to look at devices that we take for granted and explore the history behind them and what makes them so interesting yet so forgettable despite being ubiquitous. It is a beautiful book and splendidly written. I read it in one sitting I was so captivated by it.
- Mz 14y agoSeeing like a state http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0300078153 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0300078153 Riches for the poor: The Clemente course in humanities http://books.google.com/books/about/Riches_for_the_Poor.html?id=ltZXCvg4ubAC http://books.google.com/books/about/Riches_for_the_Poor.html...
- tokenadult 14y agoThe Checklist Manifesto, recommended by multiple HN participants. I read it and learned a lot, and it's an enjoyable read besides giving you new perspectives on old problems. http://www.amazon.com/Checklist-Manifesto-How-Things-Right/dp/0312430000 http://www.amazon.com/Checklist-Manifesto-How-Things-Right/d...
- australis 14y agoGuns, Germs and Steel http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/0393317552 http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Steel-Fates-Societies/dp/03... Life of Pi http://www.amazon.com/Life-Pi-Yann-Martel/dp/0156027321 http://www.amazon.com/Life-Pi-Yann-Martel/dp/0156027321 Billions and Billions http://www.amazon.com/Billions-Thoughts-Death-Brink-Millennium/dp/0345379187 http://www.amazon.com/Billions-Thoughts-Death-Brink-Millenni... The Ancestor's Tale http://www.amazon.com/Ancestors-Tale-Pilgrimage-Dawn-Evolution/dp/061861916X http://www.amazon.com/Ancestors-Tale-Pilgrimage-Dawn-Evoluti... Sorry for suggesting so many, I couldn't help myself