Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?

Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? by Intermernet on Sunday December 29, 2019 @08:27AM (#21905769)

I wonder what the absolute number of living people who have actually read the bible is compared to the number of people who have read Joyce, Tolkien, Tolstoy, even George R R Martin!

There are many texts that are long and arduous, yet they are sometimes worth the effort to read! In many instances the rewards are seemingly unsubstantial but they all provide something that can shape subsequent thoughts in many ways. I suppose it's a matter of priority and interest. Ah well, vive la différence!

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Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? by emodendroket on Sunday December 29, 2019 @08:50AM (#21905863)

And of course, some of the authors on your list would be enhanced by being conversant with the Bible. That was kind of what led me to read it in the first place.

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Re:Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? by Breza on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @10:22AM (#21980727)

I finished the Bible last year. It took a lot longer than other equally long books have taken me to read. The Bible is really a collection of a bunch of different books. The constant narrative changes can be hard to follow. To be clear, I'm really glad that I read it, but I understand why a lot of people don't.

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