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Ask HN: What books did you enjoy reading recently?

8 hours ago

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JeanMeche

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chistev  8 hours ago

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

I made a submission recently about the book -

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326741

I read a lot of books and you can find some of them on my blog. Link in bio.

dinkleberg  6 hours ago

If you want a fun read and you like sci-fi, check out Ed by qntm (https://qntm.org/ed). It is a short read, like 130 pages or so.

aynyc  5 hours ago

I've been reading Alastair Reynolds's books. They are pretty good.

toomuchtodo  5 hours ago

https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/07/09/mailman-my-wild...

https://press.stripe.com/maintenance-part-one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine

https://www.wiley.com/en-us/shop/general-introductory-comput...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WEIRDest_People_in_the_Wor...

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250251091/howtohideanempi...

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502/the-almighty...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assholes:_A_Theory

theMezz  7 hours ago

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