Ask HN: What books did you enjoy reading recently?

4•JeanMeche•2h ago

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chistev•2h ago

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

I made a submission recently about the book -

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48685215

Also, a little over a month ago (if that counts as recently) I finished my re-read of The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins. I made a submission about it too -

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•1h 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•38m ago

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

toomuchtodo•7m 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...

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