Here you go! https://3e.org/books/ I read ~80-100 books a year, mostly SF/F.
That is an incredible pace of reading
Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?
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#2021. Encyclopedia Autonomica
2. Atmosphæra Incognita - Neal Stephenson
3. Idoru (10x time) - William Gibson.
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#203I started in August, but the two books I read were Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, and East of Eden by Steinbeck.
I tried reading Catch-22, but 50 pages in it just seemed like a bunch of military guys trolling each other by being as autistically literal as possible with absurdist Airplane-style humor. I noped out at the prospect of reading 500 more pages of it. I don’t get why people here recommend it so much.
I recently started reading Moby Dick.
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#204Sven Beckert’s Capitalism: A Global History
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#205It's a pretty old book, but I think my favorite this year was The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer which was great fun for an avid Simpsons fan (of the first 10 seasons at least).
Of course, I'd also be remiss not to mention that I published a book called Rebooting a Nation about how the nation of Estonia modernized post re-independence and became a hub for startups and e-government in a single generation. Foreign Affairs was kind enough to just do a review: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/rebooting-nation-incr...
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#206The Gulag Archipelago is on my shelf, when I rotate back to Russian authors (big fan of Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Bulgakov) I will hopefully get to it. Here's my log for 2025, most recent at the top. Currently I am slogging my way through Heinlein's "The Number of the Beast" which I'm not a fan of. Halfway done with it though! Gabrielle Zevin, "The Hole We're In" (not my usual genre, enjoyed this though) Robert A. Heinlei…
I couldn't get past the awful sex scenes of "Altered Carbon". OK, after having watched the TV series I should have known, but reading it is completely different. Also, the main character is so dislikeable. It has been a while since my last Heinlein, you reminded me I should read more.
I finally read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and it was phenomenal, I'm sure an excellent re-read
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#207Here you go! https://3e.org/books/ I read ~80-100 books a year, mostly SF/F.
What did you like more about the re-write of the Antimemetics book? I strongly preferred a few things about the original, especially what happens to (I think?) Bart Hughes and the germ.
It just felt more coherent and tight to me.
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#208The Silo series by Hugh Howey -- some excellent sci-fi to go along with the show The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown -- lots of sci-fi fun, extremely epic The Dark Tower series by Stephen King -- King's "Lord of the Rings" opus, great writing, ending maybe a little unsatisfying but not abnormal Artemis - Andy Weir's first book -- Fun read about a heist on the moon. Anticipating Project Hail Mary movie early next ye…
I did watch the show (Silo) and didn't find it that interesting. Hoping the books are better.
Re: Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?
#209The Gulag Archipelago is on my shelf, when I rotate back to Russian authors (big fan of Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Bulgakov) I will hopefully get to it. Here's my log for 2025, most recent at the top. Currently I am slogging my way through Heinlein's "The Number of the Beast" which I'm not a fan of. Halfway done with it though! Gabrielle Zevin, "The Hole We're In" (not my usual genre, enjoyed this though) Robert A. Heinlei…
"Time Enough for Love" is the only Heinlein I've felt any inclination to reread in the past few decades that held up at all (and it's still a good read).
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#210I've read 51 books this year (just finished Hyperion) which is 50 more than 2024.
I attribute this increase to a few things,
1. Borrowing from Libby puts a 21 day time limit to finish a book, encouraging me to read it before it's due.
2. Not discriminating from reading on my phone. Kindle app syncs between devices, and makes it easier to read a few pages here and there instead of waiting for uninterrupted sessions with my Kindle.
3. Continually updating a To Read list, mostly by going to Barnes and Noble, taking pictures of featured book tables, then adding the interesting ones to my Libby hold list.
4. Borrowing with Libby makes it easier to bail out of a book that doesn't intrigue me. Instead of forcing myself to finish something I spent $ on, I can just return it and move onto something else, feeling 0 guilt.