The "Sun Eater" series (7 books) by C. Ruocchio have the final book published this year. Dune vibe/A bit of Warhammer.

"Simplicity" by Dave Thomas is in the same vein of "The Pragmatic Programmer". Worth a quick read.

"Tidy First?" by Kent Beck is another one that's worth a quick read.

Couple of books from this year:

- A short stay in hell (sci-fi): A modern take on Library of Babel. Pretty dark. Quick read.

- The Burried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. Nominally fantasy, but not really. Great, like his other books.

- Small things like these (fiction). Set in 1900s Ireland, atmospheric. I learned about Magdalene laundries from this book.

- Parable of the Sawer by Octavia E. Butler, science fiction. Collapse of society, survival etc. Pretty bleak.

- Lonely Kind of War (biography). Author was a forward air controller during the Vietnam war. His job was to direct air strikes from jets and bombers on enemy positions and then confirm the kills. Interesting and depressing.

- The Writer - James Patterson

- Terminal Man - Michael Crichton

- The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

1. Why Machines Learn - Anil Ananthaswamy

Fantastic exposition of machine learning. The author does an amazing job of bringing a technical subject down to an easily readable level.

2. The Joy of Abstraction - Eugenia Cheng

Similar to the above review. I never thought Category Theory could be made so easily readable!

3. A Little History of Philosophy - Nigel Warburton

Small, compact book. A quick interesting jaunnt through the history of philosophy. Entertaining and educational!

Man’s Search For Meaning (Frankl), The Color Purple (Walker), Orbital (Harvey)

Not specifically for the HN community but these are the only books I read this year that I would recommend without qualification.

Empire of AI by Karen Hao. The whole world is going crazy for AI. This book brings the story of what actually goes on within those companies.

Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

This year I quite enjoyed:

- The Bright Sword, Lev Grossman Modern take on King Arthur, very fun, wild ride.

- The Courage to Be Disliked, Ichiro Kishimi Philosophy as a dialogue between teacher and student, lots to think about.

Caves of Steel, Forever War, Childhood’s End