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Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?

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Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?

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bobbykrk wrote: post #74

The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch and The Three-Body Problem Trilogy by Liu Cixin. I especially recommend reading this combination. Both books fill up with optimism about humanity. First one by providing framework for infinite progress of humankind. (written by acknowledged quantum physics professor). Second one by by outlining how we can overcome difficulties on the way (written by talented Chinese science…

Interestingly enough, Liu Cixin's books got me thinking in more pessimistic ways, and maybe even more realistic - how we are still just a bunch of brutal animals, MAD being the only thing that's keeping us from destroying each other. His "Wandering Earth" is also a very good read.

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?

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Post by hnews_account_1 »

myth_drannon wrote: post #117

Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun series. As someone who read a lot of sci-fi, I'm surprised I've discovered it only now. It's considered the Dostoevsky of scifi, very different from golden age hard scifi. Already started books of the Long Sun. Disappointment of the year - The three body problem. Feels like buying on amazon a product with thousand of rave reviews only to realize its all fake Chinese reviews.

I disagree on Three Body Problem. Especially the second book which I thought was even better than the first. The third was pretty meh and I didn't entirely like the resolution. But the first book is really great imo.

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?

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Post by jwsteigerwalt »

Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

Ignition breaks down the fallacy that huge innovations come from large professional teams. It demonstrates that getting the right mix of risk tolerance in your team is a large part of innovation. Too little risk tolerance and you never create anything amazing; too much and you can blow it all up (either literally or go bankrupt).

https://www.bookslegit.com/books/ignition-by-john-clark/revi...

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?

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Post by plants »

jdshaffer wrote: post #132

I've read over fifty books this year (I read a lot). The ones I've enjoyed the most are: * The MurderBot Series (Wells) - So good I read them all twice through * The Interdependency Series (Scalzi) - Creative and fun, but I didn't like the wrap-up and ending. * Project Hail Mary - Surprising fun! jazz hands * Old Man's War series (Scalzi) - First three were great, last three were so-so * Anne of Green Gables - My dau…

Awesome list, thank you for sharing! Curious, though - how do you structure your weeks so that you can consume 50 books a year? That would take me a while!

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?

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Post by _iyhy »

Feeling Great The New Mood Therapy. Fantastic book for therapy. It has helped me significantly. Even though the situations, and dialogues described by the author might come as edgy sometimes but they are helpful nonetheless. I haven’t finished reading the book but I am looking forward to what else the book provides.

The concept of distortions is bang on.

Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?

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Post by emj »

* Dead Souls by Gogol

I read it to try to understand why Russia sees it self as a super power. It is an amazing book, it does not bring enlightenment but made me see the war propaganda in another light. There was a recent thread with Russsian literature: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33032708 where the short stories by Gogol were recommended, I agree.

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