Ask HN: What is the best book you read on 2017?

kirubakaran wrote: post #3

scifi: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/columbus-day/ nonfic: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/data-science-from-scratch/ fiction: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/everyone-burns/ Here is my full list: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/

Nice bookshelf page! It would be nice if you could somehow box in red, say, the best book for each year...

Re: Ask HN: What is the best book you read on 2017?

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Post by kirubakaran » Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 7:02 PM UTC

pmdulaney wrote: post #5

kirubakaran wrote: post #3

scifi: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/columbus-day/ nonfic: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/data-science-from-scratch/ fiction: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/everyone-burns/ Here is my full list: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/

Nice bookshelf page! It would be nice if you could somehow box in red, say, the best book for each year...

Thanks for the kind words and the idea! Will do.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best book you read on 2017?

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Post by mattmanser » Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 7:04 PM UTC

Re: Ask HN: What is the best book you read on 2017?

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Post by lastofus » Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 7:17 PM UTC

kirubakaran wrote: post #3

scifi: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/columbus-day/ nonfic: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/data-science-from-scratch/ fiction: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/everyone-burns/ Here is my full list: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/

For anyone looking for a DS primer, I have to say I was really disappointed with "Data Science from Scratch". It was all breadth with little depth. It felt more like a suggested list of topics to further research w/ other material.

I personally got way more value and insight out of "Data Science for Business" and would highly recommend it.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best book you read on 2017?

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Post by henrik_w » Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 7:24 PM UTC

Fiction: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Nonfiction: The Banker's New Cloths by Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig

Full list: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2017/63629672

Re: Ask HN: What is the best book you read on 2017?

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Post by ravitation » Thu, Dec 21, 2017, 7:24 PM UTC

jfaucett wrote: post #4

1. Thinking fast and slow - Kahneman 2. Outliers - Malcom Gladwell 3. How to read and do proofs - Daniel Solow All of these were packed with great insights and are books I'm sure I will return to in the future for multiple re-reads.

If you enjoyed Outliers (or are thinking about reading it), I'd suggest reading Peak (in addition to, but also instead of).

https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise/dp...