Ask HN: What are some good books you have read lately?

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari is the best book I've read in a while. It's like Guns, Germs and Steel but better argued and far greater in scope.

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins was a great read too. A bit of a slog in some places but otherwise brilliant and insightful.

his entire series, especially the stories that center around AM and involve Vetinari, Vimes or Moist Von Lipwig..

Will be reading The Fountainhead shortly afterwards!

Re-reading Anathem by Neal Stephenson, because it's so god damn good.

Never thought I would be interested in fanfic, but this is just brilliant, give it a chance.

It's like Guns, Germs and Steel but better argued and far greater in scope.

probably won't learn much new, but worth it, just to let the concepts reenter your consciousness.

I just finished Tolstoy's War and Peace. I think it deserves both the hype as a masterpiece and the jokes as a sprawling verbose epic.

"Debt" by John Graber is a book of big ideas. Not always accurate in the details, and somewhat biased in its conclusions. Nonetheless it made me rethink the underpinnings of our financial system.

one of my favorite books and one of the best books on the use of power in american government that currently exists.

it's a great study of power, politics, and the history of NYC.