Ask HN: What book are you reading right now?

Recommendations from 86 sampled comments out of 86 eligible comments. This page covers the sample, rather than the entire HN thread.

60 books

murtza · Jul 30, 2014
the lessons I have learned have already helped me improve how I design and develop software.
DarkTree · Jul 30, 2014
A great book that explains how computers actually work through number systems and the logic that acts on those systems.
pumblechook · Jul 30, 2014
One of the better sci-fi novels I've read in awhile.
humility · Jul 30, 2014
1984 by George Orwell, very relevant in current times.
sparkzilla · Jul 30, 2014
You should read it as a warning, not a manual.
eldude · Jul 30, 2014
It's pretty good, though I personally find his view of business management to be dated and out of touch
Jach · Jul 30, 2014
Player of Games was good, but not great.
mychaelangelo · Jul 30, 2014
Re-reading what I consider to be the best book on Stoic philosophy - Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium by Seneca
nicknorena · Jul 30, 2014
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. I can honestly say it's not only impacted the way I think about habits, but it's impacted my actual habits as well, and for the better I might add!
xiaoma · Jul 31, 2014
It has a better organized superset of the material from the lectures.
xiaoma · Jul 30, 2014
It's the most thought provoking book I've ever read on entrepreneurship
chimeracoder · Jul 30, 2014
I only made my way through Swann's Way (the first of seven books in the series), but I'm so glad I did.
gglitch · Jul 30, 2014
I've deeply enjoyed it. An unexpected quirk of the novel is that though I've been heavily absorbed in it the whole way, and found it moving, funny, and in general a complete literary experience, I can't really recommend it to others
msluyter · Jul 30, 2014
The Joy of Clojure. I highly recommend it.