Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?

Queens of Jerusalem by Katherine Pangonis.

Amazing book about the role female leaders played in the “Holy Land.”

She spends chapter after chapter talking about these fascinating women who built a country.

She also tries to talk about the women rulers in the nearby Islamic countries. But she can’t, because there aren’t any.

I strongly recommend!

"Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the by internet" by Richard Moss.

>"The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers

This one made me think, is there any sci-fi by female authors, which involves aliens, but doesn't depict or mention sex with them?

Two vastly different ones:

* Starting the evolution by Namkhai Norbu - on spiritual development using an authentic tradition, not some new age stuff

* John Osterhout's Philosophy of Software Design - vastly overdue, I love this book. I already apply many points presented in this book but several fragments gave me an enlightening perspective on my daily tasks

I have read almost all of Zecharia Sitchin works on Anunnaki, the ancient astronauts, this year. Still have couple of books to go. I read the 12th planet when in elementary school a long time ago and always wanted to read more on this. So I finally did and am very glad. Best things is that he is merely interpreting in his own way all the found sumerian, akkadian, babylonian... literature and jewish writings and bible. So no one can say he is wrong because there is no authority on interpretation of those writings and translations. You can choose to go along with his ideas or not. He does not force-feed you anything, which I like. And in the end, his version of our history makes the most sense to me from anything to this day, however weird it might be at first. Scientists also confirmed the mathematically expected existence of the famous Nibiru so with time, more and more proof is confirming his views, along with new discoveries of writings and artefacts. One negative sides of his writing, after the first 12th planet s that it becomes too abstracts - descriptions of land, locations, structures... with lacking images in the books the reader becomes a bit lost and disconnected. But when he is talking about stories and events that took place in the past, that's when you're hooked in. Also the first book has about 80% of everything, the rest of the books is a lot of repetition for new readers and not much new information. Still worth reading but one will get most out of the 12th planet and I'd say the Anunnaki chronicles which is kind of a summary of his work and i think the last book released by his estate put together fro all his previous released and unreleased works.