Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?
Recommendations from 100 sampled comments out of 164 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
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Pietertje · Dec 24, 2015
After reading Atlas Shrugged I must say I'm more eager to get things done and ignore pessimistic people who think things simply cannot be done because it is a lot of work. It definitely helped me.
nothingpersonal · Dec 23, 2015
my favorites from this year would be Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson, and Armada by Ernest Cline.
dbalan · Dec 23, 2015
A slow read, but a good one. He talks about the intricacies and surprising observations about how me take decisions.
sundarurfriend · Dec 26, 2015
Which version did read, and where did you get it? The translation I found on Gutenberg was too archaic and hard to understand.
horofox · Dec 24, 2015
definitely a must read. You can easily see why he was an imperator and can probably guess how much far a human can get even in today's society with the mindset he provided in the book.
Pietertje · Dec 23, 2015
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!", fun bio, made me buy the Feynman lectures as well. Really glad I did.
birdperson · Dec 23, 2015
The story line itself and the Aliens are somewhat off the left field which makes the story very interesting. I personally liked it.
Hortinstein · Dec 23, 2015
Blindsight: Amazing first alien encounter book that should be read by everyone that is a fan of the genre. Memorable cast of characters...the Vampires are really interesting. All kinds of introductory scientific concepts throughout. Entertaining and educational.
FatalBaboon · Dec 24, 2015
Founders at Work: Jessica Livingston. Good. Less repetitive than Coders at Work.
louisrochal · Dec 23, 2015
"1984" - Orwell - 5/5 French law on surveillance made me want to read it again
MuEta · Dec 23, 2015
I've avoided rereading Discworld so far because I know that it will never be as magical as the first read through.
MuEta · Dec 23, 2015
Every Discworld Novel - Terry Pratchett - Not much can be said that hasn't already been said a million times over. If you haven't read them yet, start now