Ask HN: What are your recommended books from 2015

8 points·hobolord··7 comments

What books have you read in 2015 that you'd recommend to others, fiction and nonfiction both welcome.

I'll start with a fiction book of "A Fine Balance"- Rohinton Mistry and a nonfiction book of "The Psychopath Test"-Ron Jonson

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Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World by Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler -- a solid, thought provoking, yet quick easy read > http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22609444-bold

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big : Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams -- I love anyone who asserts "passion is bullshit", this a surprisingly enjoyable read on many levels.> http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17859574-how-to-fail-at-a...

- Our Mathematical Universe (http://www.amazon.com/Our-Mathematical-Universe-Ultimate-Rea...)

- The Martian (http://www.amazon.com/The-Martian-Novel-Andy-Weir-ebook/dp/B...)

- Zero to One (http://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804...)

- The Hard Thing About Hard Things (http://www.amazon.com/The-Hard-Thing-About-Things/dp/0062273...)

2nd edition was dec/14. http://eloquentjavascript.net/

amazing book about programming and js

Founders at Work from Jessica Livingston Start with Why from Simon Sinek Both are awesome books if you are starting a startup!

Salt Dreams -- about the history of water usage in Southern California.

I've read:

Elixir in Action by Sasa Jurić

Programming Elixir by Dave Thomas

Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good! by Fred Hebert

All recommended.

Published in 2015: Amnesia by Peter Carey

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