Ask HN: Great nontech book that you read recently?

Recommendations from 34 sampled comments out of 34 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

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BatFastard · Sep 13, 2015
Great science fiction book covering the topic.
monroepe · Sep 16, 2015
I can't wait to start book 2. I have heard the series slows down considerably later on.
partisan · Sep 14, 2015
I read through the first three books of the Wheel of Time, but couldn't make it further.
brudgers · Sep 14, 2015
Ancillary Justice is pretty good, though perhaps not great.
frigg · Sep 15, 2015
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams.
Jemaclus · Sep 14, 2015
my favorite fantasy book I've read recently was "The Lies of Locke Lamora" (and its sequels)
brudgers · Sep 14, 2015
Cormac McCarthy is definitely great and I enjoyed it far more this time than when I read it nine years ago.