Which Books or Articles Do You Keep Rereading and Why?

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I'm curious to know which books or articles you find yourself revisiting time and again&mdash;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/

9o1d · Accepted Answer

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

manx · Answer

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

he11ow · Answer

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.

vintageclothldn · Answer

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

Desafinado · Answer

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

octo-andrero · Answer

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

skydhash · Answer

"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.

mikewarot · Answer

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.