What to read?
Recommendations from 12 sampled comments out of 12 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.
19 books
davidxc · Sep 18, 2012
I would think about reading Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software.
EvanKelly · Sep 17, 2012
"Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl Short read, but great perspective from a really inspiring figure.
msh · Sep 16, 2012
4 hour work week, if it counts as non-fiction (there are quite a bit of bullshit in it, but it makes you think differently about things most people takes for granted).