Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?

Sapiens

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

I didn't think it was that great. It was interesting, but a bit repetitive and a bit too long.

Fantastic book that makes you realize how poorly designed many things in our lives are.

Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I found Masters of DOOM to be great.

No likable "characters" in that one. Fun reading about the era though.

A Deepness in the Sky - Vernor Vinge I read it again this year. I read it for the first time about 9 years ago and its who I wanted to be when I grew up.

Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz - I loved listening to this (audible) because being a CEO can be lonely and hearing other peoples thoughts and advice based on their experience (that you can relate to) is really uplifting.

Letters From A Stoic by Seneca

+1 for Coders at Work! Excellent, long interviews with really famous developers and computer scientists.

Yes it’s a great book, non-fiction but riveting.

thanks for mentioning Bad Blood - truly great book, possibly best in 2018

After reading it, I couldn't believe how shockingly ignorant I'd been of how I spend a full third of my life

Zero to One

Extreme Ownership by Willink and Babin has taught me about good leadership.