Ask HN: Best books read in 2022?

Recommendations from 100 sampled comments out of 222 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

102 books

Orange1688 · Dec 4, 2022
-Sapiens by Yuval Yuval Noah Harari
Orange1688 · Dec 4, 2022
-Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feyn man!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Feynman
zem · Dec 4, 2022
i embarked on a full reread of the discworld series, and really nothing can compare to pratchett!
anotherevan · Dec 4, 2022
Alternate fan fic depiction of Harry Potter as a hyper-rationalist.
haggard_tuning · Dec 4, 2022
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin. So good, so so good.
once_inc · Dec 4, 2022
Project Hail Mary is such an awesome book. Great buildup, an intriguing plot slowly unfolding with an inquisitive problem solver caught in the middle. I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
JamesBrooks · Dec 4, 2022
top recommendation of the year
abdullahkhalids · Dec 4, 2022
The purpose of the book is to make the general-audience reader realize the problems with the conceptual-historical framework of neoliberal economics and politics.
randomcarbloke · Dec 5, 2022
I've been meaning to read this just to see if he's plagiarising Roger Williams but with humour added in.
sockaddr · Dec 4, 2022
The Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor.
ssijak · Dec 4, 2022
The first bobiverse book was cool and unique, others were just juicing the same thing with no real plot twists and great ideas
Triangle9349 · Dec 4, 2022
Bobiverse Series by Dennis Taylor
tren · Dec 4, 2022
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
lanamo · Dec 5, 2022
+1 for Exhalation by Ted Chiang.
lghh · Dec 4, 2022
Exhalation is one of my favorite books of any genre
tren · Dec 4, 2022
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage