Ask HN: What's the best book you've read so far in 2024? ↗

The books people recommended

2024-05-21 · 46 points · 83 comments · 28 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.

6
Discworld
Terry Pratchett
6 here · 50 all-time · #87 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 28,137 ratings on Amazon
5
The Power Broker
Robert Caro
5 here · 50 all-time · #86 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 3,176 ratings on Amazon
3The Years of Lyndon Johnson
The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Robert Caro
3 here · 11 all-time · #613 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,563 ratings on Amazon
2
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Douglas Hofstadter
2 here · 347 all-time · #1 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 2,713 ratings on Amazon
2
The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu
2 here · 152 all-time · #11 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 53,978 ratings on Amazon
2
The Martian
Andy Weir
2 here · 103 all-time · #25 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 187,449 ratings on Amazon
2
Influence
Robert Cialdini
2 here · 50 all-time · #84 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 13,065 ratings on Amazon
2Shadow Divers
Shadow Divers
Robert Kurson
2 here · 11 all-time · #587 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 5,689 ratings on Amazon
2Pragmatics of Human Communication
Pragmatics of Human Communication
Paul Watzlawick, Janet Beavin Bavelas, Donald D. Jackson
2 here · 4 all-time · #1775 overall
1
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
1 here · 68 all-time · #54 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 34,551 ratings on Amazon
1Old Man's War
Old Man's War
John Scalzi
1 here · 21 all-time · #295 overall
Buy on Amazon4.5 out of 5, 32,356 ratings on Amazon
1I Am That
I Am That
Nisargadatta Maharaj
1 here · 18 all-time · #347 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 1,958 ratings on Amazon
1Chip War
Chip War
Chris Miller
1 here · 17 all-time · #382 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 9,953 ratings on Amazon
1A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Becky Chambers
1 here · 15 all-time · #425 overall
Buy on Amazon4.4 out of 5, 30,763 ratings on Amazon
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
1Death's End
Death's End
Cixin Liu
1 here · 11 all-time · #563 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 25,031 ratings on Amazon
1The City & the City
The City & the City
China Miéville
1 here · 11 all-time · #568 overall
Buy on Amazon4.2 out of 5, 5,610 ratings on Amazon
1Be Here Now
Be Here Now
Ram Dass
1 here · 8 all-time · #808 overall
1The Wager
The Wager
David Grann
1 here · 6 all-time · #1213 overall
1Nuclear War: A Scenario
Nuclear War: A Scenario
Annie Jacobsen
1 here · 6 all-time · #1228 overall
1The Rise and Fall of American Growth
The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Robert Gordon
1 here · 5 all-time · #1243 overall
1Material World
Material World
Ed Conway
1 here · 5 all-time · #1461 overall
1The Passenger
The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy
1 here · 4 all-time · #1615 overall
1Doom Guy
Doom Guy
John Romero
1 here · 4 all-time · #1672 overall
1Guide for the perplexed
Guide for the perplexed
E. F. Schumacher
1 here · 4 all-time · #1693 overall
1Regenesis
Regenesis
George Church
1 here · 4 all-time · #1938 overall
1The Science of Discworld
The Science of Discworld
Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen
1 here · 3 all-time · #2256 overall
1The Midnight Library
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
1 here · 3 all-time · #2269 overall