Ask HN: Best non-business books to read on vacation

I'm forcing myself to take a vacation from my startup. Looking for some good stories to get lost in. No business books. Help me Hacker News, you're my only hope.

Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett. I’d start with the DEATH series (Mort is first book in that one) but a lot of folks like the City Watch. (Guards! Guards!). Lighthearted, hilarious, and some real insights into the human condition in a tongue in cheek way.

Can’t go wrong, good vacation reads. M

The trilogy Remembrance of Earth's Past by Cixin Liu:

The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, Death's End.

I really liked this sci-fi trilogy, can't talk more about it without spoiling it. Enjoy your vacation!

If you want non-business non-fiction, I've always enjoyed Robert Greene's books. They're short history snippets first and foremost, with some Aesop-like morals of the story.

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five has also faced censorship for its political message. Published in 1969, Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the most censored books in recent years.

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

The story follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious Overlords, whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.