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Ask HN: What are you reading?
That's right, its the Sixth Edition of the HN Bookclub. Don't you dare upvote or post.
5: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9543693
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- pmtarantino 11y agohttp://www.amazon.com/Gentle-Madness-Bibliophiles-Bibliomanes-Eternal/dp/0805061762 http://www.amazon.com/Gentle-Madness-Bibliophiles-Bibliomane... A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
- kelukelugames 11y agoI feel like we should do this once a month at most instead of every two to three weeks.
- classicsnoot 11y agoI have been doing it every time i finish a book or two, but once a month works too.
- SQL2219 11y agohttp://www.amazon.com/How-Children-Succeed-Curiosity-Character/dp/0544104404/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1433124003&sr=1-1&keywords=how+children+succeed http://www.amazon.com/How-Children-Succeed-Curiosity-Charact...
- mattkrea 11y agohttp://www.amazon.com/The-Third-Chimpanzee-Evolution-Future/dp/0060845503 http://www.amazon.com/The-Third-Chimpanzee-Evolution-Future/...
- ChristianGeek 11y agoThe Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250061350/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_HI9Avb091WCJH https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250061350/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_HI9Avb0... And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307338622/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_BK9Avb1V7BR0V https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307338622/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_BK9Avb1...
- MaysonL 11y agoJo Walton's What Makes This Book So Great along with about half a dozen of the books it mentions (it's a collection of blog posts on books she's rereading) which I hadn't previously read. All of the previously unread ones I've now finally read are good, a couple great, ditto the ones previously read. One was enough of a downer that I didn't finish it (Random Acts of Senseless Violence). Definitely recommended if you enjoy science fiction and/or fantasy.
- rendambathu 11y agoI wanted to read something about logical thinking and cognition. So just started with Godel Escher Bach.
- classicsnoot 11y agoBuckle up, my friend. You are in for a trip and like LSD, there is no guarantee of good or bad. I personally love it.
- fmax30 11y agoThe Grand Design - Stephen Hawking. Should finish it by tonight. After that, it is time for 1984 - George Orwell.
- amarraja 11y agoI'd love to completely wipe 1984 from my head, just for the pleasure of reading it again! You will not look at the world in the same way once finished.
- classicsnoot 11y agoHow do you feel about Aldous Huxley's Brave New World? A juxtaposition between BNW and 1984 is very interesting in terms of what actually happened vs. what the authors portrayed.
- amarraja 11y agoAdded to my reading list, will report back :)
- dredwerker 11y agoYou have to read the island http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_%28Huxley_novel%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_%28Huxley_novel%29 The utopian version.
- classicsnoot 11y agoI think Island is my favorite Huxley book.
- Jacqued 11y agoBNW has always seemed much more alien to me than 1984. When I first read it as a teenager it seemed incomprehensible and somewhat insane. Now as I get older and get to better understand (still very modestly!) people in general and the structures of power, it seems like a much better informed take on our society
- freedevbootcamp 11y agoFor pleasure: Backbone.js Blueprints by Andrew Burgess For work: Stealing The Network, The complete series collectors edition
- faizmokhtar 11y agoWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running - Haruki Murakami
- ice303 11y agoLeviathan Wakes http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8855321-leviathan-wakes http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8855321-leviathan-wakes
- JSeymourATL 11y agoThe Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time by Will Durant... http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78162.The_Greatest_Minds_and_Ideas_of_All_Time http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78162.The_Greatest_Minds_... Durant has a remarkably well thought out list of book recommendations on what makes an educated person-- I thought I was well read; afraid I've barely scratched the list.
- paulornothing 11y agoFor Fun: The Girl on the Train - Just finished it, kept me interested not bad. http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Train-Paula-Hawkins/dp/1594633665/ http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Train-Paula-Hawkins/dp/1594633665... For learning: Automate the Boring Stuff http://www.amazon.com/Automate-Boring-Stuff-Python-Programming/dp/1593275994/ http://www.amazon.com/Automate-Boring-Stuff-Python-Programmi...
- benjaminmikiten 11y agoSprinting through Cibola Burn http://www.amazon.com/Cibola-Burn-Expanse-James-Corey/dp/0316334685 http://www.amazon.com/Cibola-Burn-Expanse-James-Corey/dp/031... before Nemesis Games gets here http://www.amazon.com/Nemesis-Games-Expanse-James-Corey/dp/0316217581/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1433257392&sr=1-1&keywords=nemesis+games http://www.amazon.com/Nemesis-Games-Expanse-James-Corey/dp/0... Also working my way through SICP to see if it makes be a better front end dev. Results pending.
- Stoo 11y agoAccelerando by Charles Stross (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando). I'm mostly enjoying his look into humanity's near and not so near future and his views on business, economics and technology. It's interesting and I like his writing style but sometimes it doesn't feel like much is going on story-wise.
- rickhanlonii 11y agoFrom Mathematics to Generic Programming (2015) http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Generic-Programming-Alexander-Stepanov/ http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Generic-Programming-Alexan...
- 0xCMP 11y agoThe Intelligent Investor[1] is my current focus after reading How I Lost a Million Dollars[2] both on Kindle. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Investor-Collins-Business-Essentials-ebook/dp/B000FC12C8/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid= http://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Investor-Collins-Business-... [2] http://www.amazon.com/What-Learned-Losing-Million-Dollars-ebook/dp/B00MNMHBA0/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1433263440&sr=8-1&keywords=how+i+lost+a+million+dollars http://www.amazon.com/What-Learned-Losing-Million-Dollars-eb...
- monroepe 11y agoThe Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie. Book 3 of the First Law trilogy. http://www.amazon.com/Last-Argument-Kings-First-Three-ebook/dp/B00H6T36QI/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid= http://www.amazon.com/Last-Argument-Kings-First-Three-ebook/...
- fuddle 11y agoEinstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson - http://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Life-Universe-Walter-Isaacson/dp/0743264746 http://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Life-Universe-Walter-Isaacson...
- blabla_blublu 11y ago[1] Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely (almost through with this one - highly recommend it) [2] Quantum Enigma by Bruce Rosenblum, et.al
- burger_moon 11y agoI started with the first one but got busy and forgot about it. This will be a good reminder to finish it.
- rdc12 11y agoFiction: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (loved the movie as a kid, but never got round to reading the book), will follow up with the Lost World. Non-Fiction: Chaos by James Gleick. Semester break reading, Real World Ocaml and Modern Compilers in ML (assuming they arrive in time)
- motxilo 11y agoThinking in Systems: A Primer http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Primer-Meadows-Donella-ebook/dp/B005VSRFEA http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Systems-Primer-Meadows-Donell...
- Enzolangellotti 11y agoTo Mock a Mocking Bird by Raymond M. Smullyan. I'm having fun while my brain gets stretched.
- burger_moon 11y agoCurrently reading: Notes from the Underground, Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Usually don't read fiction, but this is good.
- kachhalimbu 11y agoTechnical: Build your own AngularJS http://teropa.info/build-your-own-angular http://teropa.info/build-your-own-angular Non-technical: Traction http://tractionbook.com/ http://tractionbook.com/
- ggordan 11y agoThe Violent Land - Would certainly recommend it for a non-technical read.
- therealdrag0 11y agoI'm taking a trip to UK in the fall, so I'm doing related reading until then. Currently: "A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 BC-AD 1603" by Simon Schama [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/155314.A_History_of_Britain https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/155314.A_History_of_Brit...]
- mindcrime 11y agoNominally, I'm "reading" 23 books that are in my Goodreads "currently reading" shelf. But of the ones that I'm really working on and will finish fairly soon: 1. Secret Societies - John Lawrence Reynolds 2. Black Wings of Cthulhu 3 - S.T. John (ed) 3. Unleash The Warrior Within - Richard Machowicz 4. Data Crush - Christopher Surdak 5. Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman 6. The Glass Cage: Automation and Us - Nicholas Carr 7. Future Shock - Alvin Toffler 8. The Balanced Scorecard - Robert S. Kaplan