What were the best books you read this year? Preference to books released this year, but if an older book changed you for the better by all means please include it!
"Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21900498
"Ask HN: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2019?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21792158
"Ask HN: What book(s) had the most impact for you in 2019?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21677320
"Ask HN: Books You Read in 2019?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21799531
"Ask HN: What were the best science fiction books that you read in 2019?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21925100
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/33942804-phillip-rhode...
Out of those, which ones would I pick as "the best"? Hmm... I guess I'd single out the following for mention:
Non-fiction:
A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science - Barbara Oakley
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King
CustomerCentric Selling - Michael Bosworth
The Prime Solution: Close the Value Gap, Increase Margins, and Win the Complex Sale - Jeff Thull
The Man Who Tamed Lightning - Floyd Miller
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid - Douglas Hofstadter
Mastering the Complex Sale: How to Compete and Win When the Stakes Are High! - Jeff Thull
Fiction:
Zero Sum Game - S.L. Huang
The Institute - Stephen King
The Night Window - Dean Koontz
Blue Moon - Lee Child