Siddhartha Herman Hesse
by Hermann Hesse · first published 2022
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In no particular order: * Siddhartha, Herman Hesse * Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl * The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday * The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday * The Effective Engineer, Edmund Lau * The Lean Startup, Eric Ries * The Personal…
on “What are the best books you read in 2017?” ↗In no particular order: * The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday * The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday * Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl * Siddhartha, Herman Hesse * The Personal MBA, Josh Kaufman * The Effective Engineer, Edmund Lau * The Lean Startup, Eric Ries * Certain to Win, Chet Richards * Left of Bang, Patrick Van Horn & Jason A. Riley * Native Set…
on “Ask HN: What are some interesting books you read in 2017?” ↗“Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance” — Robert Pirsig “Siddhartha” — Herman Hesse “Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert Heinlein "Wind Up Bird Chronicle" - Haruki Murakami The first two were handed to me by my father when I dropped out of high school. Zen was a slog the first time…
on “Ask HN: What book have you re-read 3x or more?” ↗The ones I've read and find good: - Existentialism is a Humanism - Jean Paul Sartre : Very easy to read and is a very good introduction to existentialism. - Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Nietzsche - Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
on “Ask HN: Best Philosophical Books?” ↗The Prize - Daniel Yergin. Siddhartha - Herman Hesse The first is a fantastic history of oil. It brings out the politics, economics and personalities that have lit up the history of oil very well. Especially relevant in this day and age, when oil is behind…
on “Ask HN: Please name two of your most favorite books.” ↗…Dean Lurie. A band I read everything about. 1984 and the music that entered my life that year truly changed me. But I don't expect anyone that is not a fan of the early band would find it interesting. Siddhartha, Herman Hesse. It has been recommended to me many times over the years—finally read it. As I mentioned in another comment, it's a good book that younger me might have found more profound. Older me was more or less…
on “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?” ↗