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

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Post by Cub3 »

mindcrime wrote: post #37

My goal for the year was 15 books. I've finished 14 so far and should finish #15 in the next couple of days if all goes well. Here's what I've read (it's a mix of fiction and non-fiction) in reverse order by completion date: Nash Falls - David Baldacci Exit Strategy - Lee Child & Andrew Child Perceptrons: An Introduction to Computational Geometry - Marvin Minsky & Seymour Papert We are Legion (We are Bob) - Dennis Ta…

The bobiverse books are fantastic, would suggest continuing the series as it gets even better

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Post by GrahamL »

primaprashant wrote: post #26

Started making side projects as a developer this year and hope to start working on my own products full-time from next year. Two books I found useful for positioning the product: - Obviously Awesome by April Dunford ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45166937-obviously-aweso... ) - Building a StoryBrand by Donald Miller ( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210137279-building-a-sto... )

This is so funny. I've read both these books and absolutely loved Obviously Awesome and could not stand StoryBrand.

Wrote reviews on both Obviously Awesome[0] and StoryBrand[1] for anyone interested.

[0] https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5369411790 [1] https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5686301930

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

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Post by jebarker »

My top reads this year:

- How to Tame a Fox - great popsci history of a genetics experiment

- "The Sixth Extinction" and "Not the end of the world" - compelling but contrasting takes on climate change

- Through Two Doors at Once - posci history of the double slit experiment

- Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist - Luis Alvarez should get just as much attention as Feynman does IMO!

- A Matter of Death and Life - the last book I read this year that was touching and made me remember what’s really important in life

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Post by jayflaherty »

fogus wrote: post #41

Technical followed by non-technical. I read more than these, but these are the highlights. Mouse, a Language for Microcomputers by Peter Grogono - Mouse is basically an esolang with barely any abstraction facilities, but the book was well-written and the language compelling enough to explore further. Notes on Distance Dialing (pdf) by AT&T - Described the telephone systems of the USA and Canada in the mid-1950s. The…

Check out:

Introduction to Telephones and Telephone Systems (3rd Ed.) by A. Michael Noll: A great system-level overview covering instruments, transmission media, switching, and signaling.

Understanding Telephone Electronics by Carr, Winder, & Bigelow: Focuses on the electronic components and workings of telephone systems.

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

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Post by Pooge »

"Endure" which I highly recommend to anyone ever slightly interested in human performance.

"The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson. Beautiful world-building as always.

And some others that I can't remember but those two were the highlights of the year.

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Post by code-blooded »

My favorite reads of the year:

- Futu.re by Dmitry Glukhovsky (author of Metro 2033 series). Interesting take of how life would look like if humans became immortal.

- Blackout by Marc Elsberg. A semi-realistic depiction of a 2-week long blackout in Europe caused by a terrorist attack.

- Millenium trilogy by Stieg Larson. Murder mystery in Sweden. Really enjoyed the setting.

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Post by jppope »

Ted Chang, Bunch Books on Roman Architecture, "You, me, and Ulysses S. Grant", Raving Fans (for work), 3 body Problem, Not the end of the world, Anti-fragile (3rd time), Transformed (for work, it was trash), Harry Potter (in Spanish), and some other things I can't think of off the top of my head.
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