Ask HN: What books are you reading currently?

6 points by suhailpatel 13y ago ↗ HN

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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zama 13y ago ↗

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

tokenadult 13y ago ↗

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.

27182818284 13y ago ↗

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...

brudgers 13y ago ↗

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

Ansi Common Lisp, Paul Graham.

The Alamo, Michael Lind (an epic poem).

verganileonardo 13y ago ↗

I'm currently reading The Silmarillion!

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

Concours 13y ago ↗

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

ohashi 13y ago ↗

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)

duggieawesome 13y ago ↗

Neuromancer by William Gibson.

Todd 13y ago ↗

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Bootstrap by Kenneth Hess

webstartupper 13y ago ↗

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

rynes 13y ago ↗

"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"

gadders 13y ago ↗

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.

verdverm 13y ago ↗

Godel, Escher, Bach;

lb72 13y ago ↗

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