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Re: Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?

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Post by __alexander »

dyukqu wrote: post #102

# Catch-22 (by Joseph Heller) - had been seeing it mentioned on HN (and other sites) for years, I finally read it and it was one the best novels I've ever read. # The Universe and Dr. Einstein (by Lincoln Barnett) - recommended for anyone who is interested about Einstein's thought process that gave birth to two great theories. # What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (by Haruki Murakami) - it's my first book fro…

Murakami’s fiction novels are extremely different from “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”. If you want to try another non-fiction book of his check-out “Underground : The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche”, I loved it. If you go the fiction route “Kafka on the Shore” and “A Wild Sheep Chase” are a good starting point. Avoid some of his longer works unless you enjoy his style.

Re: Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?

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numbsafari wrote: post #164

This year: - I read the entire “Frog & Toad” collection. Probably about 30 times, some stories more. - “Little Shrew’s Day”… probably 25 times. - Many of the “Construction Site” series books, especially the OG “Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site”. The “Garbage Crew” and “Airport” books featured heavily. - Started to mix in some “Pete the Cat” titles. - “Detective Dog Nell” got a lot of air play. Lots of others,…

Frog & Toad is a grown up book disguised as children’s book. I very much enjoyed reading it to my boys.

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Post by shmoe »

kwar13 wrote: post #208
shmoe wrote: post #98

The 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.

As almost always, the books are definitely better :P

Re: Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?

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Post by shmoe »

criddell wrote: post #153
shmoe wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you read the rest of the 3 body problem books? Some of the best scifi i've read in a looong time for sure.

No, not yet. I only recently found out there was more.

Man, you're in for a treat.. wait'll you find it why it's called the dark forest :P

Re: Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?

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Post by mcswell »

numbsafari wrote: post #164

This year: - I read the entire “Frog & Toad” collection. Probably about 30 times, some stories more. - “Little Shrew’s Day”… probably 25 times. - Many of the “Construction Site” series books, especially the OG “Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site”. The “Garbage Crew” and “Airport” books featured heavily. - Started to mix in some “Pete the Cat” titles. - “Detective Dog Nell” got a lot of air play. Lots of others,…

Back in the day, I read the Berenstein Bears more times than I wished (my wish would have been zero times), to my kids who are probably about the same age as you.

It was such a relief when I could start reading them the Narnia Chronicles, and much later Lord of the Rings.

Re: Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?

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Post by socalgal2 »

j_w wrote: post #219
pavel_lishin wrote: post #199

Sci-fi nerd recommendations follow. I binged the entirety of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. The cover, & the fact that it was on Kindle Unlimited, made me think it was probably cheap crap, but I was impressed with how well-written it was, and how much I empathized with the characters. (I probably should have read it slower; by the last two books, I was just flowing with the text, not paying as much attention to the…

For the Stormlight Archive: You have to world build. The first book definitely felt like a slog for the first half-ish. Not much that feels like major plot events happen yet, but if you look at it with the understanding that it's intended to be 10 books, a lot of exposition is needed. The payoff is worth it, IMO.

If it did it for you that's great. For me, it started interesting but the characters changed too dramatically for me and it just got annoying in book 5. I'm out
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