Tolkien's:
- Lord of the Rings
- The Hobbit
Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?
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Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?
#132I realize this is probably not what you meant when asking for book suggestions on HN, but since you didn't specify: If you're into 2D action / sci-fi / dystopian fiction (or to be honest, if you're into fantasy/sci-fi at all) check out the Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown.
I went in expecting nothing and almost abandoned half way through the first book as it seemed like a Hunger Games / Divergent rip off (and I didn't even like either of those particularly), but holy crap after about half way into the first book I was hooked. I powered through all three in a week and a half. The books are pure fun. Didn't make me think too much, and had plenty of action, politics, twists, broken friendships, violence, sex, rape, torture, etc. Not exactly YA I would say, but then again the material isn't exactly complicated either.
All in all, if you need a break from serious reads and enjoy sci-fi / fantasy, check this out. The books were absolutely written to be made into a movie trilogy at some point and I can't wait for it.
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?
#133I would recommend most of the books I read this year: * Born a Crime by Noah Trevor * Half of a Yellow Sun by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi * Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Alexievich, Svetlana * Ex-Formation by Hara, Kenya (best book I read this year) * A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bryson, Bill * Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian (applying algorithm…
So do you recommend secondhand time? Thinking of getting it as a Christmas present for my Dad. Or is it completely depressing?
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?
#134I adored Between the World and Me by Ta-Nahisi Coates and Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant.
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?
#135I realize this is probably not what you meant when asking for book suggestions on HN, but since you didn't specify: If you're into 2D action / sci-fi / dystopian fiction (or to be honest, if you're into fantasy/sci-fi at all) check out the Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown. I went in expecting nothing and almost abandoned half way through the first book as it seemed like a Hunger Games / Divergent rip off (and I did…
I second this my goodman. Fantastic "story" books, not really literature. But amazing books nonetheless.
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?
#136After reading through what people have posted so far, I wonder if we should do a "Recommend one, and only one, book that you read this year".
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?
#137- Introductory Statistics with R by Dalgaard, Peter. A solid introduction to stats, don't be scared by R bit in the title - it contains plenty of maths/theory so that knowledge is widely applicable. Brilliant introductory for everyone who wants to do something stats related. It's amazing how much can be done with no fancy deep learning algorithms, just plain simple stats. - Statistics Done Wrong by Alex Reinhart. Ple…
The Black Swan seems really good, would you say it's entertaining for non-maths nerds?
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?
#138I realize this is probably not what you meant when asking for book suggestions on HN, but since you didn't specify: If you're into 2D action / sci-fi / dystopian fiction (or to be honest, if you're into fantasy/sci-fi at all) check out the Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown. I went in expecting nothing and almost abandoned half way through the first book as it seemed like a Hunger Games / Divergent rip off (and I did…
The books in the Red Rising trilogy were some of the best that I read this year as well.
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?
#139The Culture of Critique
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?
#140I started Jan 2016 jobless, I still am. hence the long reading list! Apart from these I've read lots on AngularJS, React, Redux, Python. * The Short Drop (The Gibson Vaughn Series) - Matthew FitzSimmons * The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins * Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution - Neil deGrasse Tyson * Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future - Ashlee Vance * Death…
'started Jan 2016 jobless, I still am. hence the long reading list!' A year of pure reading, one of the great, rare, unheralded joys of life... Enjoy it while you can!