Ask HN: What book are you currently reading?

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Post by sujayk_33 » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 12:31 PM UTC

I recently started reading "A Woman in Black" by Susan Hill.

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Post by soycello » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 12:36 PM UTC

the deutscher stalin bio and misc fiction

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Post by nephihaha » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 12:43 PM UTC

The Hobbit in Gaelic and a whole series of Jon Ronson books I was given for Christmas.

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Post by montgomery_r » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 12:48 PM UTC

Just finished ‘On the law of speaking freely’ Adam Tomkins - an excellent survey covering the US, UK and EU. In the middle of: Adventurers, David Howarth, an account of the beginnings of the East India Company, and Witch Wood, a delightful historical novel by John Buchan set in c16th Scotland. Just started: The House of War, the struggle between Christendom and the Caliphate, Simon Mayall. All good so far!

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Post by rvz » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 12:57 PM UTC

Why Nations Fail, by Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson

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Post by christophilus » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 1:03 PM UTC

The complete works of Washington Irving.

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Post by wrxd » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 1:10 PM UTC

Sarah Wynn-Williams - Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

I'm not a Facebook fan but the more I read the book the more I dislike them. The author seems well-intentioned but I the overall feeling is that she was part of the system. I know it's difficult but she followed along enabling what the Facebook leadership wanted to do.

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Post by cheshire137 » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 1:26 PM UTC

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells, and I’m listening to the audio book The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 2:08 PM UTC

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Post by JohnFen » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 2:34 PM UTC

wrxd wrote: post #7

Sarah Wynn-Williams - Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism I'm not a Facebook fan but the more I read the book the more I dislike them. The author seems well-intentioned but I the overall feeling is that she was part of the system. I know it's difficult but she followed along enabling what the Facebook leadership wanted to do.

I found that book very interesting. The author doesn't come out of it looking well. That made the book feel more credible to me, although considering that it's by and about a group of people that isn't at all trustworthy, I still take the details with a large grain of salt.