Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
109 people recommended it in 36 threads, 2007–2026.
2 of those were in the last year.
13 commenters pushed back on it — worth reading the threads.
What people on Hacker News said
For me, it introduced the idea that it was okay being smarter than the adults around me as well as the beauty of having to rely on yourself.
Card addresses this reader, the person who knows well the day-to-day injustice of the real world, and indulges him/her in a fantasy about a world where the strong really do win
Ender's Game (Under rated, most fun I had reading this year, I know...)
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