Ask HN: Which Books or Articles Do You Keep Rereading and Why?

16 pointsKabuseCha1y ago8 comments

I'm curious to know which books or articles you find yourself revisiting time and again—because you don't want to forget the lessons they offer or because you discover something new with each reread.

For me, it's "Solitude and Leadership" by William Deresiewicz: https://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/

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9o1d1y ago

Ilya Ilyich Oblomov was lying in bed one morning in his flat in Gorokhovaya Street in one of those large houses which have as many inhabitants as a country town.

"Oblomov". https://www.litres.ru/book/ivan-goncharov/oblomov-oblomov-kn... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1zIasC2Og8

manx1y ago

Excellent question. I asked the same question for Movies: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41315330

For me it's:

- https://drewdevault.com/2018/07/09/Simple-correct-fast.html

In combination with "Simple Made Easy":

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4

he11ow1y ago

Can You Say...Hero? Fred Rogers has been doing the same small good thing for a very long time... https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a27134/can-you-say-...

A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again (originally titled 'Shipping out') David Foster Wallace goes on a luxury cruise. There's a PDF version online, but the reading experience doesn't compare to reading it in a book. My copy is tatty by now, still keep going back.

vintageclothldn1y ago

I try to re-read Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charlie Munger every year. Always find something very valuable in it.

Desafinado1y ago

Leonard Cohen's 'Book of Longing', because life is about more than work and money.

octo-andrero1y ago

"You and your research by Richard Hamming". https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html

skydhash1y ago

"The Pragmatic Programmer" and "The Mythical Man-Month". Not because they have earth-shattering insights, but because it's a dose of sanity in this era of needless complexity.

mikewarot1y ago

The 1632 series, alternative history by Eric Flint. I used to read them in rotation on my lunch breaks at the gear factory. No Internet there, and before I got a smartphone.

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