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Ask HN: What was the best book you read in 2013?
- frostmatthew 13y agoCODE by Charles Petzold
- sivetic 13y agoThe Count of Monte Cristo .. not sure why it took me all these years to read it, but it was one of the best books I've ever read.
- aagha 13y agoI'm reading this right now (in my 30's) and LOVING it! It's a hefty read, but the story--though I've heard the story before, seen movies, etc.--is so great it's fantastic.
- sivetic 13y agoI'm 31, so I'm about the same age .. I've heard of the book before, but didn't know much about it, and haven't read it until this year. It truly blew me away, almost from first page. It will be one of the very few books that I re-read.
- thenerdfiles 13y agoDecoding Reality: The Universe as Quantum Information.
- thenerdfiles 13y agoThere's a great collection of essays in The Philosohy of Law (edited by Richard Dworkin), which gives a characterization of legal philosophy/thought in Western Analytic tradition, and Post-Scarcity Anarchism (Murray Bookchin), a sort of historical analysis on how the post-structuralists' thought played subnarrative to the orthogonal political philosophy of that tradition. I tend to read longform articles. Thanks, news!
- bmelton 13y agoThe Silo Saga, by Hugh Howey. Originally self-published and released as short Kindle "Singles", the first section of the series is collected in "Wool". The Omnibus collects the first five singles, and is $6 on Amazon[1]... but if you want to test it out, the first single he released is still available for free in the Kindle store. It ranks among the best zero dollars I spent all year. Behind that, I really enjoyed "White Noise" by Don Delillo, though I did have some problems with characterization (basically, all the characters were the author), and Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Part-One-Hugh-Howey-ebook/dp/B005FC52L0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386903043&sr=8-1&keywords=Wool+Part+1 http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Part-One-Hugh-Howey-ebook/dp/B005... [2] http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-Silo-Saga-ebook/dp/B0071XO8RA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386903023&sr=8-1&keywords=Wool http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-Silo-Saga-ebook/dp/B0071X...
- ajford 13y agoFor me, it's a tie between Daemon by Daniel Suarez and The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell.
- brotchie 13y agoI make note of the books I read in 1-2 sittings because I can't put them down. This year these were: Five Billion Years of Solitude - Lee Billings Ready Player One - Ernest Cline Grand Ambition: An Extraordinary Yacht, the People Who Built It, and the Millionaire Who Can't Really Afford It - G. Bruce Knecht
- chrisgd 13y agoThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
- contextual 13y agoA book I actually finished? I'd say One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com by Richard Brandt. It's not the whole story though. Bezos is portrayed in a favorable light throughout.
- davidsmith8900 13y ago- The Hero's Journey
- tyrelb 13y agoThink & Grow Rich
- jamesmcintyre 13y agoThinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Abundance by Peter H. Diamandis
- h1ccup 13y agoThis is my list(Most of these books aren't from 2013): 1. The Man Who Invented the Computer: The Biography of John Atanasoff by Jane Smiley 2. Halting State by Charlie Stross 3. Levels of Life by Julian Barnes 4. The Particle At The End Of The Universe by Sean Carrol 5. Churchil Bomb by Graham Farmello 6. The Science Of Memory by Charles Fernyhough 7. The Anatomy of Violence: The biological roots of crime by Adrian Raine 8. The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and our gamble over Earth’s future by Paul Sabin 9. Experiencing Art: In the brain of the beholder by Arthur Shimamura 10. The Spark: A Mother’s Story of Nurturing Genius by Kristine Barnett
- ozh 13y agoEnder's Game, for the 8th time or so, which I wanted to re-read again before watching the movie
- ZofiaKorcz 13y agoDid you like the movie?
- rk0567 13y ago"The power of habit" http://charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit http://charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit
- navyad 13y agoAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 1984 by George Orwell
- cristinaemerson 13y agoThe book Dr.Sleep and the Cuckoo`s calling is best to learn @noizyoyster.com
- jrjarrett 13y ago1. The Ocean at the End Of The Lane - Neil Gaiman 2. Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie 3. The January Dancer/Up Jim River/In The Lion's Mouth/On The Razor's Edge - Michael Flynn 4. Ghost Spin - Chris Moriarity
- adidash 13y agoPower of Habit - Charles Duhigg Lean Analytics - Alistair Croll and Ben Yoskovitz Serve to win - Novak Djokovic Honorable mention: Sell More Software - Patrick Mckenzie
- Nicholas_C 13y agoFor Whom the Bell Tolls I've been on a Hemingway kick ever since.
- khangsile 13y ago100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- dome82 13y agoA Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
- enthdegree 13y agoI had to read Linear Algebra by Hoffman and Kunze for a class. It was really applicable and useful.
- o_nate 13y agoOne of these: Robert Bellah - Religion in Human Evolution Frank Kogan - Real Punks Don't Wear Black Jerry McGill - Dear Marcus Mark Kurlansky - The Big Oyster
- user_235711 13y ago"Quiet" http://www.thepowerofintroverts.com/about-the-book/ http://www.thepowerofintroverts.com/about-the-book/