Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite books. • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite books.

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Post by zzzmarcus » Mon, Oct 12, 2009, 5:08 AM UTC

The Fabric of the Cosmos - Brian Greene. The mind boggling science of the very big and very small laced with small doses of humor and philosophy.

The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle. I haven't ever read a single other new age book in my life but this one really changed me. I feel consistently happier and more peaceful since reading it more than a year ago. YMMV.

Re: Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite books.

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Post by StevenHodson » Mon, Oct 12, 2009, 5:09 AM UTC

defen wrote: post #82

Tough to pick just two. For now I would say: War And Peace (Pevear & Volokhonsky translation) Dune

Herbert or Heinlein ... a tough pick

Re: Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite books.

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Post by yurylifshits » Mon, Oct 12, 2009, 5:10 AM UTC

ctingom wrote: post #5

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Me too

Re: Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite books.

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Post by jseliger » Mon, Oct 12, 2009, 5:11 AM UTC

I listed six here: http://jseliger.com/top-five-books :

These books are worth reading immediately:

1. Lord of the Rings 2. All the King’s Men 3. High Fidelity 4. Get Shorty 5. Cryptonomicon 6. Almost anything by Robertson Davies, though I recommend starting with The Deptford Trilogy and skipping The Salterton Trilogy