Ask HN: What books are you reading currently?

Posted by suhailpatel on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @05:26PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've rekindled my interest in books and literature (general reading as opposed to technical/progrsmming books, I read quite a bit of the latter but have neglected the former for about a year) and was wondering what books are currently being read by the Hacker News community (fiction or non-fiction).

I have currently just started reading The Lean Startup by Eric Ries and Kingpin by Kevin Poulson. Both books have definitely captured my interest

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by 27182818284 on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @06:22PM (#4513579)

The book that I wanted to write until I found out not only that it was written, but that it does a better job on the subject that I could have

http://www.amazon.com/The-Information-History-Theory-Flood/d...

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by tokenadult on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @06:02PM (#4513491)

Statistics: A Very Short Introduction

http://www.amazon.com/Statistics-A-Very-Short-Introduction/d...

and

Born Together - Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study

http://www.amazon.com/Born-Together-Reared-Landmark-Minnesot...

I hope to apply things I learn from each of the books to future comments here on HN. Thanks for asking.

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by ohashi on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @07:44PM (#4513920)

Re-reading Catch 22. I just finished The Geography of Bliss which was pretty interesting and a very fun read. I like to keep a list of books I enjoyed too (http://kevinohashi.com/books if you're curious)

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by gadders on Thursday September 13, 2012 @06:30AM (#4515475)

I'm trying to stay motived to go the gym, so my last year or so of reading has been heavy on the testosterone - Lee Child, Stephen Hunter, Bernard Cornwell etc. I'm currently reading all the James Lee Burke Dave Robicheaux books back to back.

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by rynes on Thursday September 13, 2012 @05:29AM (#4515360)

"GRAVITY", by Brian Clegg How the weakest force in the universe shaped our lives. It has some very interesting tidbits from the old days.

Author of "THE GOD EFFECT" and "BEFORE THE BIG BANG"

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by brudgers on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @06:35PM (#4513629)

Mario Vargas Llosa Dream of the Celt trans. Edith Grossman.

Ansi Common Lisp, Paul Graham.

The Alamo, Michael Lind (an epic poem).

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by verganileonardo on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @07:00PM (#4513745)

I'm currently reading The Silmarillion!

Highly recommend for those who would like to know more about the 'history' of Middle-earth.

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by lb72 on Friday September 14, 2012 @07:10AM (#4521076)

The man who mistook his wife for a hat - Oliver Sacks - Book on neurological disorders

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by Concours on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @07:42PM (#4513907)

I'm reading "Founders at work" by Jessica Linvingston and can highly recommend it.

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by webstartupper on Thursday September 13, 2012 @03:26AM (#4515140)

The Tell-Tale Brain - V S Ramachandran. This has been one awesome book.

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by zama on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @05:37PM (#4513380)

The Lean startup just started reading and finish the power of habits.

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by Todd on Thursday September 13, 2012 @12:49AM (#4514840)

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Bootstrap by Kenneth Hess

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by duggieawesome on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @10:28PM (#4514473)

Neuromancer by William Gibson.

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Re:Ask HN: What books are you reading currently? by verdverm on Friday September 14, 2012 @06:46AM (#4521040)

Godel, Escher, Bach;

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