While many enjoy those non-fiction technical reads, there's more to life than that! What other (i.e. fiction) books does the HN community like?<p>My personal favorite is definitely Cat's Cradle (Vonnegut), but Kafka On The Beach (Murakami) has become my close second.
I’d say Adrian’s Shadows of the Apt. They were the books that make me realize how good it feels when the world building is done well. I have a list of books I’m currently waiting for, but I remember the above fondly
"Bang the Drum Slowly" was really something.<p>A plot summary doesn't do it justice. It's the way the story rolls along, like someone capturing all the minutes of a real life. Really interesting style of writing.<p>I felt the same way about the book version of "About Schmidt."