If you haven't read it yet, read the Culture series by Iain Banks. It's not a "book" but a series of books, but once you start you won't be able to put it down. Just the thing after a long day of manual labor. You'll also understand where Elon Musk gets names for his barges.
Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?
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#72A recent book that I read which really helped my outlook on things business was "Money: The Unauthorized Biography" by Felix Martin. Perhaps my general lack of knowledge in the general area made me feel that the book was profound but it's a good read either way.
If you prefer fiction, I highly recommend "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr. One of my alltime favourite books.
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#74Lots of great mentions here, book-related HN threads are fantastic.
As for my recommendation:
- technical - "Mythical Man-Month", if you haven't read it yet, - "Dune" by Frank Herbert - I just love re-reading it in the summer!
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#75'Licence to be Bad - How Economics Corrupted Us' by Jonathan Alred, a Cambridge economist, engagingly tells how a group of economic theorists changed our world' in terms of how wealth maximization became the new morality. Unputdownable!
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#76It is already 6 years old. I had a great time reading it when a friend recommended it to me about 3 years ago: The Circle by Dave Eggers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circle_(Eggers_novel)
And do yourself a favour, never watch the movie version from 2017. The end has been butchered which ruins the whole message of the story.
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#77If you don't sleep 8+ hours every night: Matthew Walker - Why We Sleep
Hahaha, I know this book will show up soon or later. I haven't finished the book yet. But the book is very informative and easy enough to be read.
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#78Last year a friend showed me trailer of a game called The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, I found its story so fascinating that I ended up reading all of its 8 books in a single month. If you like reading fantasy, do not miss it.
I just recently stumbled across the "The Wichter" series and found it interesting. I haven't read all of them yet though. They sort of remind me of "Wheel of time" but with a sort of different twist.
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#79Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas
https://www.amazon.com/Mindstorms-Children-Computers-Powerfu...
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#80I recently decided to do all my presentations (work related) by drawing/sketching (No slides). People love the clarity and interactions. A really good friend and business partner suggested me Dan Roam and his books. I'm loving it. Check out his books https://www.danroam.com
This sounds really interesting — do you mean on a whiteboard in the meeting room or bringing pre-prepped material?