Live data from Hacker News

Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?

news.ycombinator.com

31–40 of 57 posts

Re: Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?

#31

1. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu 2. One L by Scott Turow 3. The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu 4. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 5. Believer: My Forty Years in Politics by David Axelrod 6. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells 7. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome by Adrian Goldsworthy 8. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (re-read) 9. I, Claudius by Robert Graves 10. Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks 11. The Fe…

Just finished with the first two volumes of Cixin Liu's trilogy. Really good stuff. :)

Re: Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?

#32
* In Defense of Liberal Edication By Farred Zakaria

* Confidence Men By Ros Suskind

* Dark Money by Jane Meyer

* Better by Atul Gawande

* The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande

* Essentialism by Greg Mckeown

* Contagious by Jonah Berger

* Sapiens by Yuval Harari

* The Pentagons Brain by Annie Jacobson

* Shoe Dog by Phil Knight

* The Only Game in town by Mohamed El-Erian

* The Industries of Future By Alec Ross

Re: Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?

#33
So far, the best book about startups I have read is Traction, it's extremely useful overview of all the ways to get traffic/customers.

I also making my way through GEB, it's relly interesting, though hard to read.

And I am reading "Rationality: From AI to Zombies", it is a collection of rationality essays by Eliezer Yudkowsky, and it's amazing.

Re: Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?

#34

I have just finished the Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov, I can't believe it took me so long to get round to reading such classic sci-fi. Definitely recommended.

By "Foundation Trilogy" you mean the original 'Foundation' stories as gathered in the first three books ("Foundation", "Foundation and Empire" and "Second Foundation")?

Yes, that's exactly what I meant, is there some of the trilogy I should be reading as well? :-)

Re: Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?

#35
Eat That Frog! (Brian Tracy)- Lots of useful productivity tips. Motivating and practical.

Bleachers (John Grisham) - I learned a lot about the culture behind American Football and school/college sports.

The Wide Lens (Ron Adner) - I learned a systematic approach towards evaluating ideas and the environment around them so that I could determine what needs to change (outside of my innovations) that must be encouraged for my ideas to succeed.

The Martian (Andy Weir) - I got a "feel" for living on Mars being a reality potentially sooner than I appreciated.

Brownlow North (K Moody Stuart) - A book about a Scottish Evangelist. It was superb to see where he started from in his preaching, how he differed from everyone else, and how that was probably the key to his startling effectiveness.

Songs of the Spirit: The Place of Psalms in the Worship of God (Ed: Kenneth Stewart) - I learned an appreciation for the book of Psalms, though written long before it, it is clearly (by how it's written, what it discusses in the past tense, and what's only understood now) FOR the New Testament church.

In my Father's House (Corrie ten Boom) - a beautiful insight into what a Christian household can look like.

Re: Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?

#37
post #33

So far, the best book about startups I have read is Traction, it's extremely useful overview of all the ways to get traffic/customers. I also making my way through GEB, it's relly interesting, though hard to read. And I am reading "Rationality: From AI to Zombies", it is a collection of rationality essays by Eliezer Yudkowsky, and it's amazing.

Eliezer's book is long, but his writing is great. Definitely worth a read.

Re: Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?

#38
Long After Midnight, Ray Bradbury

Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

Thieves' World, Robert Asprin

Tales From the Vulgar Unicorn, Robert Asprin

Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams

Quantum Computing Since Democritus, Scott Aaronson

Reamde, Neal Stephenson

Fool's Assassin, Robin Hobb

Big Planet, Jack Vance

Re: Ask HN: What books have you read in the first half of 2016?

#39
post #24

A lot of interesting titles floating around in this thread! How do you guys choose your next book or Where do you find out those books which peak in the 'interestingness' factor? Especially, those which are non-technical,fiction, pseudo-fiction etc..

I spend a couple hours once or twice a month in a used book store. I browse the history, fiction, classics, science/math sections and look for titles that align with what I've been thinking about lately. I also have a mental list of authors that I will buy on sight.
Post reply on HN