Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
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1 day ago
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I'm currently reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, and I'm enjoying it so far.

40 pages left.

nicbou
7 hours ago
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Invisible Women

If you liked Freakonomics, you will like this. It's not a rant, just one example after another of how we fail to account for half of the population.

I just finished The God of Small Things. The writing is phenomenal, but it was not quite my kind of book, so it took me a bit of effort to finish.

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h4ch1
23 hours ago
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Catastrophe 1914 - Max Hastings : Great book about what triggered WW1, the state of the world at that time. Just a great read in general.

The Seven Military Classics Of Ancient China : Sun Tzu isn't the only military strategist on the block.

Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: I make sure to study at least one university/high school textbook on any subject that I find interesting.

Also, not reading but watching Professor Jiang Xueqin's lectures [0] has been pivotal towards helping me find new avenues to research and understand geopolitics .

[0] https://www.youtube.com/@PredictiveHistory

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nicbou
7 hours ago
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You might enjoy Dr Sarah Payne's lectures on YouTube.
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abmmgb
1 day ago
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Open by Andre Agassi. Intriguing to read on the struggles of a tennis legend which were concealed at the time. He provides great detail and insights. It is a great follow up from 'The inner game of tennis', speaking of how athletes, and anyone else really, can find punching themselves down through negative mindset which if overcome can unlock your true potential.
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lnwlebjel
3 hours ago
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I'm not much of a tennis fan but I really enjoyed this book. The evolution of training and strategy during his era which is a subtext throughout is really interesting.
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ofalkaed
1 day ago
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I finally started reading The Book of Disquiet, which I have had sitting about for years. Quite surprised by it, has a far greater range than people make it out to have and some amazing humor. It is turning out to be one of the most fascinating books I have read.
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masterj122517
18 hours ago
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I’ve been reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy lately. It’s a brilliant read—pure fuel for my sci-fi-loving brain.
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nodra
21 hours ago
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Reading Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic by Ilan Pappe. Learning quite a bit on a subject I didn’t know much about.
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diehunde
23 hours ago
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I started reading the second edition of Designing data-intensive applications. I believe only the digital edition is out right now.
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habitmaxer
21 hours ago
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Liked the first edition, but there’s a lot of fluff. These days I have Claude remove the useless passages from stuff I want to read fast. Helps to make flash cards to drill for system design rounds.
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yodsanklai
21 hours ago
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oh cool, i didn't know there was a second edition!
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chistev
12 hours ago
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Just finished The Road, would definitely recommend.
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clyfe
1 day ago
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Cees de Groot's The Genius Of Lisp https://berksoft.ca/gol/
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downbad_
1 day ago
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The Road is a great book. One of the greatest books ever.

"Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget."

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lyfeninja
1 day ago
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A brief history of intelligence by Max Bennett..I like it so far, I've learned a lot about the brain
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PennyTee
1 day ago
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Flowers for Algernon
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chistev
21 hours ago
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Great book. I read it first in 2022, then re-read it last year and it still held up!

Wrote about it on my blog (don't open until you're done with it!"

https://www.rxjourney.net/list-of-books-i-finished-reading-i...

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habitmaxer
21 hours ago
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I use Claude Opus to rip thru books. It points out the fluff paragraphs so I skip them. Finished stuff I prob never would've touched: Slaughterhouse Five, The Three-Body Problem. I make quick Anki cards from the Opus reading sessions so I don't forget plot bits. I try to get Opus to quiz me on the sections it told me to focus on reading.
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level87
17 hours ago
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I can't tell if you are joking...
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chistev
16 hours ago
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They aren't. Lol
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level87
14 hours ago
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All these new accounts are so confusing, two comments all about how great Claude is...
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