Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?

#1

Post by adityar » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 11:44 PM UTC

I read "the intelligent investor" once a year or so to reinforce the value mindset. Are there any other books like that worth reading periodically?

Re: Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?

#2

Post by stanislavb » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 11:48 PM UTC

- Never Split The Difference

- 365 Tao: Daily Meditations

- How to win friends and influence people

Re: Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?

#3

Post by enchiridion » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 11:56 PM UTC

Given my username:

Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

The Enchiridion

Be sure to get modern translations of both. Reading these is not an academic exercise, it is a practical exercise.

Re: Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?

#4

Post by truro » Thu, Oct 21, 2021, 12:44 AM UTC

Deschooling Society - Ivan Illich One-Dimensional Man - Herbert Marcuse Tools for Conviviality - Ivan Illich On Liberty - J. S. Mill The Annals - Tacitus The Histories - Tacitus

Re: Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?

#5

Post by methusala8 » Thu, Oct 21, 2021, 12:47 AM UTC

enchiridion wrote: post #3

Given my username: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Enchiridion Be sure to get modern translations of both. Reading these is not an academic exercise, it is a practical exercise.

Which Modern editions would you suggest?

Re: Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?

#6

Post by enchiridion » Thu, Oct 21, 2021, 3:49 PM UTC

methusala8 wrote: post #5

enchiridion wrote: post #3

Given my username: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Enchiridion Be sure to get modern translations of both. Reading these is not an academic exercise, it is a practical exercise.

Which Modern editions would you suggest?

Gregory Hays’s “Meditations: A New Translation”

“Epictetus: Discourses and Selected Writings” from penguin classics

Re: Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?

#7

Post by ollran » Thu, Oct 21, 2021, 6:39 PM UTC

Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha

Re: Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?

#8

Post by bwh2 » Thu, Oct 21, 2021, 7:45 PM UTC

Peopleware, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Difficult Conversations, On Writing Well

Re: Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?

#9

Post by ultrasounder » Fri, Oct 22, 2021, 1:40 AM UTC

enchiridion wrote: post #6

methusala8 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which Modern editions would you suggest?

Gregory Hays’s “Meditations: A New Translation” “Epictetus: Discourses and Selected Writings” from penguin classics

Thanks for the suggestion. Just ordered along with Psycho Cybernetics which also gets a lot of recommendations

Re: Ask HN: Books Worth Rereading Periodically?

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Post by mariedavid » Fri, Oct 22, 2021, 12:13 PM UTC

Business & work : Deep Work - Cal Newport, Anti fragile - Nassim Taleb CNV : Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. Marshall Rosenberg "spiritual" or wisdom related : Tao Te King, Marcus Aurelius, the Gospel, Meditation on the Tarot classics : Plato, Homer, and Peloponese's war by Thucydides. And I couldn't explain why but I re-read Into thin air by Krakauer every year.