Ask HN: What are you reading?

Recommendations from 100 sampled comments out of 884 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

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kvgr · Sep 30, 2026
Read: American Gods, Consider Phlebas, Neuromancer, The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dune 1, Nineteen Eighty-Four listened to Foundation and I definitely recommend all.
bichiliad · Sep 30, 2026
Cryptonomicon feels like a great balance between heady reading (it goes into WWII-era crypto thinking) and pulpy humor. I loved reading it.
spenjovewkwhalo · Sep 30, 2026
Absolute bible, love Don Norman!
kvgr · Sep 30, 2026
Read: American Gods, Consider Phlebas, Neuromancer, The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dune 1, Nineteen Eighty-Four listened to Foundation and I definitely recommend all.
kvgr · Sep 30, 2026
Read: American Gods, Consider Phlebas, Neuromancer, The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dune 1, Nineteen Eighty-Four listened to Foundation and I definitely recommend all.
AlexKalWork · Oct 1, 2026
Actually blindsight was one of the top contenders for my next read! I will definitely give it a shot.
largePanda9 · Sep 30, 2026
Have you read Blindsight? I felt it was almost a sci fi/horror mix. Great read
kvgr · Sep 30, 2026
Read: American Gods, Consider Phlebas, Neuromancer, The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dune 1, Nineteen Eighty-Four listened to Foundation and I definitely recommend all.
kvgr · Sep 30, 2026
Read: American Gods, Consider Phlebas, Neuromancer, The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dune 1, Nineteen Eighty-Four listened to Foundation and I definitely recommend all.
jerkstate · Sep 29, 2026
IJ is actually really great sci-fi with some important questions for our time.
ankkalinna · Sep 30, 2026
just yesterday started reading "A Philosophy of Software Design" - enjoying it so far.
sotix · Sep 30, 2026
1984, Brave New World, and Fahrenheit 451.
saonnet · Sep 30, 2026
The Brothers Karamazov