Ask HN: What's your favorite book you've read?

Recommendations from 26 sampled comments out of 26 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

38 books

jll29 · Jul 15, 2025
It's a poem published in 1979 by the son of a physics Nobel prize winner
ratracer2025 · Jul 15, 2025
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
HenryBemis · Jul 15, 2025
Siddartha: to think about myself and my changes/voyage through life.
HenryBemis · Jul 15, 2025
1984, Animal Farm, Gulag Archipelago: ...
jll29 · Jul 15, 2025
It's a twelve-episode science mystery called "TAOCP"
chistev · Jul 15, 2025
I read "The Martian", found it an okay read
chistev · Jul 15, 2025
A Short History of Nearly Everything
saluki · Jul 15, 2025
Project Hail Mary, I laughed out loud and mocked the premise of the book but it was a great read, one of my best reads ever.
HenryBemis · Jul 15, 2025
1984, Animal Farm, Gulag Archipelago: ...