Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?

'Designing Data-Intensive Applications'

Siddharta by Hermann Hesse. Helped me understand that a perfect life is a collection of ups and downs and that one must accept it all.

Loved it too!

despite deeply enjoying The Hobbit and LoTR.

re-read The Mythical Man Month, probably more relevant than it ever was in an age of artifical man-hours added to projects.

Started rereading Pratchett's discworld novels. Gosh I love his writing.

Stephenson. Anathem. I think I’ll skip the end next time. The first time I read it, I was confused; this time I understood exactly what was happening but I thought it was a bit pointless. Still worth it for the first 3/4 of the novel.

Moby Dick (could only get halfway through though :()

An absolutely triumph for how it manages to portray a believable anarchist society.

Hyperion (first book), Dan Simmons. Great sci-fi. Bought the second book and look forward to reading it.

despite deeply enjoying The Hobbit and LoTR.

Did you read the rest of the 3 body problem books? Some of the best scifi i've read in a looong time for sure.