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Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022? ↗

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2022-10-29 · 310 points · 278 comments · 87 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 6

    Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir

    6 here · 88 all-time · #38 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 281,070 ratings on Amazon
  2. 5

    The Beginning of Infinity

    David Deutsch

    5 here · 38 all-time · #128 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2,382 ratings on Amazon
  3. 4

    Code

    Charles Petzold

    4 here · 147 all-time · #12 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 2,787 ratings on Amazon
  4. 4

    Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    4 here · 117 all-time · #17 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,213 ratings on Amazon
  5. 4

    The Murderbot Diaries

    Martha Wells

    4 here · 29 all-time · #198 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 69,410 ratings on Amazon
  6. 4The Technological Society

    The Technological Society

    Jacques Ellul

    4 here · 10 all-time · #674 overall

  7. 3

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    3 here · 250 all-time · #3 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 104,032 ratings on Amazon
  8. 3

    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman

    3 here · 178 all-time · #6 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 48,679 ratings on Amazon
  9. 3

    Designing Data-Intensive Applications

    Martin Kleppmann

    3 here · 104 all-time · #24 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 5,595 ratings on Amazon
  10. 3The Dawn of Everything

    The Dawn of Everything

    David Graeber and David Wengrow

    3 here · 45 all-time · #102 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 289 ratings on Amazon
  11. 3

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    3 here · 36 all-time · #140 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 15,332 ratings on Amazon
  12. 2

    The Dispossessed

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    2 here · 42 all-time · #113 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 9,037 ratings on Amazon
  13. 2

    Mistborn

    Brandon Sanderson

    2 here · 41 all-time · #119 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 60,557 ratings on Amazon
  14. 2

    Chaos

    James Gleick

    2 here · 31 all-time · #181 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 3,339 ratings on Amazon
  15. 2

    Atomic Habits

    James Clear

    2 here · 25 all-time · #238 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 149,902 ratings on Amazon
  16. 2The Cyberiad

    The Cyberiad

    Stanisław Lem

    2 here · 21 all-time · #304 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 805 ratings on Amazon
  17. 2The First Law

    The First Law

    Joe Abercrombie

    2 here · 18 all-time · #349 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 29,733 ratings on Amazon
  18. 2A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

    A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

    Becky Chambers

    2 here · 15 all-time · #425 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 30,763 ratings on Amazon
  19. 2Humankind

    Humankind

    Rutger Bregman

    2 here · 12 all-time · #555 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,714 ratings on Amazon
  20. 2The Body Keeps the Score

    The Body Keeps the Score

    Bessel van der Kolk

    2 here · 9 all-time · #719 overall

  21. 2The Water Knife

    The Water Knife

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    2 here · 9 all-time · #729 overall

  22. 2The Earth Abides

    The Earth Abides

    George R. Stewart

    2 here · 7 all-time · #952 overall

  23. 2The Word for World is Forest

    The Word for World is Forest

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1840 overall

  24. 2Silence

    Silence

    Shusaku Endo

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1855 overall

  25. 2Nona the Ninth

    Nona the Ninth

    Tamsyn Muir

    2 here · 4 all-time · #1897 overall

  26. 1

    Atlas Shrugged

    Ayn Rand

    1 here · 173 all-time · #9 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 22,012 ratings on Amazon
  27. 1

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu

    1 here · 152 all-time · #11 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 53,978 ratings on Amazon
  28. 1

    Snow Crash

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 119 all-time · #16 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 20,720 ratings on Amazon
  29. 1

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams

    1 here · 101 all-time · #28 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 30,738 ratings on Amazon
  30. 1

    Antifragile

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb

    1 here · 100 all-time · #29 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 8,430 ratings on Amazon
  31. 1

    Man's Search for Meaning

    Viktor Frankl

    1 here · 95 all-time · #32 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 100,360 ratings on Amazon
  32. 1

    The Fountainhead

    Ayn Rand

    1 here · 90 all-time · #36 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 12,667 ratings on Amazon
  33. 1

    Anathem

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 83 all-time · #40 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,275 ratings on Amazon
  34. 1

    Blindsight

    Peter Watts

    1 here · 70 all-time · #48 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 8,527 ratings on Amazon
  35. 1

    The Diamond Age

    Neal Stephenson

    1 here · 64 all-time · #58 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 5,358 ratings on Amazon
  36. 1

    The Power Broker

    Robert Caro

    1 here · 50 all-time · #86 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 3,176 ratings on Amazon
  37. 1

    Discworld

    Terry Pratchett

    1 here · 50 all-time · #87 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 28,137 ratings on Amazon
  38. 1

    The Expanse

    James S. A. Corey

    1 here · 43 all-time · #112 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 38,667 ratings on Amazon
  39. 1A Philosophy of Software Design

    A Philosophy of Software Design

    John Ousterhout

    1 here · 42 all-time · #116 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 2,832 ratings on Amazon
  40. 1

    Rich Dad Poor Dad

    Robert Kiyosaki

    1 here · 35 all-time · #148 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 108,495 ratings on Amazon
  41. 1

    Crafting Interpreters

    Robert Nystrom

    1 here · 32 all-time · #175 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 734 ratings on Amazon
  42. 1Bobiverse

    Bobiverse

    Dennis E. Taylor

    1 here · 28 all-time · #207 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 34,413 ratings on Amazon
  43. 1

    So Good They Can't Ignore You

    Cal Newport

    1 here · 23 all-time · #263 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 8,838 ratings on Amazon
  44. 1

    Riddley Walker

    Russell Hoban

    1 here · 22 all-time · #285 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.1 out of 5, 739 ratings on Amazon
  45. 1Algorithms to Live By

    Algorithms to Live By

    Brian Christian

    1 here · 19 all-time · #330 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 6,632 ratings on Amazon
  46. 1Piranesi

    Piranesi

    Susanna Clarke

    1 here · 16 all-time · #406 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 48,471 ratings on Amazon
  47. 1The Lathe of Heaven

    The Lathe of Heaven

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    1 here · 14 all-time · #452 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 8,654 ratings on Amazon
  48. 11Q84

    1Q84

    Haruki Murakami

    1 here · 13 all-time · #490 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 10,748 ratings on Amazon
  49. 1Pandora's Star

    Pandora's Star

    Peter F. Hamilton

    1 here · 12 all-time · #538 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 7,049 ratings on Amazon
  50. 1There Is No Antimemetics Division

    There Is No Antimemetics Division

    qntm

    1 here · 12 all-time · #547 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.3 out of 5, 13,323 ratings on Amazon
  51. 1Echopraxia

    Echopraxia

    Peter Watts

    1 here · 11 all-time · #566 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 2,400 ratings on Amazon
  52. 1Sprawl trilogy

    Sprawl trilogy

    William Gibson

    1 here · 11 all-time · #586 overall

  53. 1Immune

    Immune

    Philipp Dettmer

    1 here · 11 all-time · #588 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.8 out of 5, 9,532 ratings on Amazon
  54. 1Digital Minimalism

    Digital Minimalism

    Cal Newport

    1 here · 11 all-time · #605 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 9,470 ratings on Amazon
  55. 1Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

    Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

    Andy Hunt

    1 here · 10 all-time · #626 overall

    Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 506 ratings on Amazon
  56. 1How the World Really Works

    How the World Really Works

    Vaclav Smil

    1 here · 9 all-time · #730 overall

  57. 1The Fabric of Reality

    The Fabric of Reality

    David Deutsch

    1 here · 9 all-time · #737 overall

  58. 1Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Matt Dinniman

    1 here · 9 all-time · #748 overall

  59. 1Distributed Systems

    Distributed Systems

    Andrew S. Tanenbaum

    1 here · 9 all-time · #762 overall

  60. 1The Bridge

    The Bridge

    William Gibson

    1 here · 8 all-time · #804 overall

  61. 1How the Mind Works

    How the Mind Works

    Steven Pinker

    1 here · 8 all-time · #849 overall

  62. 1Recursion

    Recursion

    Blake Crouch

    1 here · 7 all-time · #912 overall

  63. 1The Daily Stoic

    The Daily Stoic

    Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman

    1 here · 7 all-time · #953 overall

  64. 1Team of Teams

    Team of Teams

    General Stanley McChrystal

    1 here · 7 all-time · #1020 overall

  65. 1Industrial Society and Its Future

    Industrial Society and Its Future

    Ted Kaczynski

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1067 overall

  66. 1The Road Ahead

    The Road Ahead

    Bill Gates

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1137 overall

  67. 1Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

    Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

    John D. Clark

    1 here · 6 all-time · #1169 overall

  68. 1A Psalm for the Wild-Built

    A Psalm for the Wild-Built

    Becky Chambers

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1270 overall

  69. 1Warbreaker

    Warbreaker

    Brandon Sanderson

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1271 overall

  70. 1Working

    Working

    Studs Terkel

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1384 overall

  71. 1Binti

    Binti

    Nnedi Okorafor

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1499 overall

  72. 1Cosmere

    Cosmere

    Brandon Sanderson

    1 here · 5 all-time · #1514 overall

  73. 1The Witcher

    The Witcher

    Andrzej Sapkowski

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1594 overall

  74. 1Mythos

    Mythos

    Stephen Fry

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1595 overall

  75. 1Children of Ruin

    Children of Ruin

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1596 overall

  76. 1Wandering Earth

    Wandering Earth

    Liu Cixin

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1642 overall

  77. 1Unwomanly Face of War

    Unwomanly Face of War

    Svetlana Alexievich

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1644 overall

  78. 1Revolutionary Road

    Revolutionary Road

    Richard Yates

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1712 overall

  79. 1Upgrade

    Upgrade

    Blake Crouch

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1764 overall

  80. 1Legends & Lattes

    Legends & Lattes

    Travis Baldree

    1 here · 4 all-time · #1901 overall

  81. 1Dead Souls

    Dead Souls

    Gogol

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2042 overall

  82. 1The Locked Tomb

    The Locked Tomb

    Tamsyn Muir

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2043 overall

  83. 1Pachinko

    Pachinko

    Min Jin Lee

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2044 overall

  84. 1Railsea

    Railsea

    China Miéville

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2045 overall

  85. 1The Warden

    The Warden

    Anthony Trollope

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2078 overall

  86. 1Too Like the Lightning

    Too Like the Lightning

    Ada Palmer

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2342 overall

  87. 1Terra Ignota

    Terra Ignota

    Ada Palmer

    1 here · 3 all-time · #2354 overall