Ask HN: Best non-fiction book you read in 2024?
Recommendations from 57 sampled comments out of 57 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
yaskour · Nov 23, 2024Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
adastra22 · Nov 23, 2024"The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes.
rashidae · Nov 23, 2024Two books that really opened my eyes are Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
Brajeshwar · Nov 23, 2024The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
cheshire137 · Nov 24, 2024I read The Hot Zone by Richard Preston and Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. Enjoyed both.
bwb · Nov 23, 2024Thinking of Into Thin Air still makes me feel cold, intense book :)
ilyaivanov · Nov 23, 2024I like reading Sophie's World by
Jostein Gaarder.
ozcap · Nov 23, 2024Definitely adding this to my list.
pieix · Nov 23, 2024Incredible book and story, I read it this year too and your statement resonates.
throw0101d · Nov 23, 2024also his Against the Gods on risk
kristianp · Nov 23, 2024The Ray Tracer Challenge by Jamis Buck.
incomingpain · Nov 25, 2024Body keeps the score, bessel van der kolk
ARob109 · Nov 23, 2024David Grann’s The Wager is also very good.