Ask HN: What is HN reading?

Thoroughly blowing my mind, would recommend even if you don't have a CS background.

'Snow Crash' by Neal Stephenson

Code, highly recommended, even if the content isn't new for you, it's so neatly structured that you'll enjoy reading it anyway.

I will second the recommendation for CODE. Great book - you can even read that with your kids.

This is one of the most enjoyable reads I have had in a long time, definitely recommended.

Siddhartha is great

Masters of Doom - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom And it's being an extremely fun read so far.

IMHO it's easily on a par with the canonical stories

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

continue with Steppenwolf, Narcissus and Goldmund, The Glass Bead Game

Hesse's "The Glass Bead Game" is well worth reading if a little enigmatic.

AoE is a great practical introduction to how a lot of modern electronics stuff works.

Highly recommended

continue with Steppenwolf, Narcissus and Goldmund, The Glass Bead Game

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn