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Ask HN: Best books you read in 2017?

by gatsby on 12/30/17, 4:16 PM with 14 comments

  • by mgos on 12/30/17, 6:52 PM

    1. The power of a positive no 2. Black box thinking 3. Difficult conversations 4. Transcending loss 5. Braving the wilderness 6. Motherless daughters 7. The happy medium 8. Deep work 9. The golden sayings of Epictetus 10. The best interface is no interface 11. 101 essays that will change the way you think 12. Leaders eat last

    Will keep adding more as I remember. Hope this helps :)

  • by SirLJ on 12/30/17, 9:21 PM

    The best book published in 2017 for me is this one:

    "A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market" by Edward O. Thorp

    http://www.edwardothorp.com/books/a-man-for-all-markets/

  • by drakonka on 12/30/17, 5:33 PM

    1) The Stories of Ibis by Hiroshi Yamamoto (my almost-annual re-reading)

    2) The Collapsing Empire - John Scalzi

    3) The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

    I have a feeling the book I am reading now - Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith might have been on this list if I had finished it (and might still be tomorrow).

  • by jamesk14022 on 12/30/17, 5:56 PM

    1) De Vita Beata ("On the Happy Life") - Seneca

    2) Shoe Dog - Phil Knight

    3) Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! - Richard Feynman

    No. 1 is a bit of a tricky read but completely worth it in my opinion, never have I read anything that has changed my everyday mindset so much.

  • by matchmike1313 on 12/30/17, 4:30 PM

    1) Shoe Dog - Phil Knight

    2) The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson

    3) Start with Why - Simon Sinek

  • by theSage on 12/31/17, 5:54 AM

    1. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand 2. Dragons of Eden - Carl Sagan 3. Idea Factory - Jon Gertner 4. Why I am an atheist - Bhagat Singh

  • by andrei_says_ on 12/30/17, 6:57 PM

    Creative Confidence by Tom Kelley, founder of ideo. Changed my definition of and relationship with creativity.

  • by notdang on 12/31/17, 2:53 PM

    The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan

    It was magical for me.

  • by giaour on 12/31/17, 6:17 AM

    Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin.

  • by migueh on 12/31/17, 12:01 AM

    Foundation series by Isaac Asimov

  • by nukeop on 12/30/17, 10:21 PM

    In 2017, I discovered that books are becoming increasingly obsolete as a medium of sharing knowledge. I've found that more condensed and/or interactive forms are much more useful to me and enable me to learn at an increased pace.