War and Peace from Leo Tolstoij is a book that you will have to read once in your lifetime.
Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
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Re: Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
#222Or play clash Royale - it’s a lot of fun. Especially if you have a teenager and you can play in 2v2 mode ;-)
Re: Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
#223Patrick Collison, co-founder of Stripe, keeps a cool reading list with tons of books, color coded by the impact they had on him. He's clearly a voracious reader on a wide range of topics. I happened to find it yesterday and found tons of books and authors to add to my Amazon wishlists: https://patrickcollison.com/bookshelf If you're interested in games / startup stories, I have to recommend Masters of Doom, about the…
Masters of Doom had a much bigger impact on me then I thought it would. Can really recommend it!
I read that a year or two ago and find myself quite often thinking about it. It really is very good
Re: Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
#224I've really enjoyed Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila by Robert M. Pirsig. EDIT: Also, The Phoenix Project is very very good if you are into IT management: funny, and although a novel then the content will make you want to fix your company and perhaps even think bigger about your carrer. But this one won't last you a summer since if you read it that slow you'll forget what was going on. :)
After reading recommendations everywhere I read Motorcycle Maintenance but I just didn’t get what all the fuss was about. I was completely bored all the way through and still have no idea what it is people see in it.
Re: Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
#225Patrick Collison, co-founder of Stripe, keeps a cool reading list with tons of books, color coded by the impact they had on him. He's clearly a voracious reader on a wide range of topics. I happened to find it yesterday and found tons of books and authors to add to my Amazon wishlists: https://patrickcollison.com/bookshelf If you're interested in games / startup stories, I have to recommend Masters of Doom, about the…
Keep in mind, he claims to have read about half the books on the list and it's not clear which half...
Re: Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
#226Killer of Men - The best historical fiction I've read, you will love it :)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GVFY6BM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...
Re: Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
#227saw numerous pop psychology book recommendations and this one should be read first
how emotions are made
it is the new new thing, really thought-provoking, a lot of ideas are speculation, but if it true(I believe most are)
we are seeing a new system to explain our current problems and create a new path to future
believing is seeing
also the audio book is fun, the voice lady seems capable of triggering a lot people.
Re: Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
#228In the wake of China's expansion into Africa, I'd recommend "Confessions of an economic hitman" by John Perkins.
I read this long time ago, it was unbelievable and crazy to my naive brain. I don't know how much of it is true and how much of it is made up, it is definitely worth a read. I remember reading it in one sitting, shaking my head along the way multiple times
Me too! The most memorable ones are the Iran CIA coup of 1953 which is pretty much considered the truth. Torrijos "murder" remains a mistery imho. I'm willing to believe the book...
I also love the way the book is written, like an adventure, very immersive.
Re: Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
#229The "Master & Commander" Series by Patrick O'Brian has been a great companion to me over the years and over many re-reads.
For me it's not about the sea battles -which I don't find particularly interesting- but rather about the writing style, the character development, and the fun of ambling through life with Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin.
Re: Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
#230Random book with no justification:
Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization, Volume 1
by Will Durant
It's in the Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.61276/page/n15
The Story of Civilization is an 11-volume set of books[1], by the way.