I've rekindled my interest in books and literature (general reading as opposed to technical/progrsmming books, I read quite a bit of the latter but have neglected the former for about a year) and was wondering what books are currently being read by the Hacker News community (fiction or non-fiction).<p>I have currently just started reading The Lean Startup by Eric Ries and Kingpin by Kevin Poulson. Both books have definitely captured my interest
The book that I wanted to write until I found out not only that it was written, but that it does a better job on the subject that I could have<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/0375423729" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/The-Information-History-Theory-Flood/d...</a>
Statistics: A Very Short Introduction<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Statistics-A-Very-Short-Introduction/dp/019923356X/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Statistics-A-Very-Short-Introduction/d...</a><p>and<p>Born Together - Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Born-Together-Reared-Landmark-Minnesota/dp/0674055462/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Born-Together-Reared-Landmark-Minnesot...</a><p>I hope to apply things I learn from each of the books to future comments here on HN. Thanks for asking.
Re-reading Catch 22. I just finished The Geography of Bliss which was pretty interesting and a very fun read. I like to keep a list of books I enjoyed too (<a href="http://kevinohashi.com/books" rel="nofollow">http://kevinohashi.com/books</a> if you're curious)
I'm trying to stay motived to go the gym, so my last year or so of reading has been heavy on the testosterone - Lee Child, Stephen Hunter, Bernard Cornwell etc. I'm currently reading all the James Lee Burke Dave Robicheaux books back to back.
"GRAVITY", by Brian Clegg
How the weakest force in the universe shaped our lives.
It has some very interesting tidbits from the old days.<p>Author of "THE GOD EFFECT"
and "BEFORE THE BIG BANG"
Mario Vargas Llosa <i>Dream of the Celt</i> trans. Edith Grossman.<p><i>Ansi Common Lisp</i>, Paul Graham.<p><i>The Alamo</i>, Michael Lind (an epic poem).