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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" is set today (2026-08-04)↗ short-stories.co · HN · 6 comments · 503 points · Aug 04, 2026
Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop↗ resobscura.substack.com · HN · 240 comments · 492 points · Jul 22, 2026
This Month in Ladybird – April 2026↗ ladybird.org · HN · 152 comments · 507 points · May 02, 2026
Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, has died↗ dignitymemorial.com · HN · 211 comments · 482 points · Feb 27, 2026
Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"↗ shreevatsa.net · HN · 567 comments · 557 points · Jan 22, 2026
2025890 stories
Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 448 comments · 340 points · Dec 26, 2025
Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025↗ mbh4h.substack.com · HN · 404 comments · 438 points · Jul 13, 2025
I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time↗ samj.substack.com · HN · 314 comments · 395 points · Apr 26, 2025
Standard Ebooks: liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover↗ standardebooks.org · HN · 247 comments · 1213 points · Apr 06, 2025
Books I Loved Reading in 2024↗ thoughts.wyounas.com · HN · 175 comments · 416 points · Jan 01, 2025
2024939 stories
Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in 2025 along with Faulkner, Hemingway↗ apnews.com · HN · 207 comments · 419 points · Dec 16, 2024
The joy of reading books you don't understand↗ reactormag.com · HN · 252 comments · 440 points · Jul 03, 2024
Standard Ebooks' 1,000th title: Ulysses↗ standardebooks.org · HN · 128 comments · 367 points · May 31, 2024
Vernor Vinge has died↗ file770.com · HN · 320 comments · 1151 points · Mar 21, 2024
Flowers for Algernon (1965) [pdf]↗ sdfo.org · HN · 262 comments · 379 points · Mar 11, 2024
20231,122 stories
Lanark: A Life in Four Books↗ en.wikipedia.org · HN · 10 comments · 66 points · Dec 30, 2023
30 years of Donald Knuth's 'Christmas Lectures' are online – including 2023's↗ science.slashdot.org · HN · 10 comments · 128 points · Dec 26, 2023
The Star – Arthur C. Clarke (1967) [pdf]↗ sites.uni.edu · HN · 89 comments · 353 points · Dec 25, 2023
Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89↗ nytimes.com · HN · 46 comments · 105 points · Jun 13, 2023
The rewriting of Roald Dahl is an act of cultural vandalism↗ spectator.co.uk · HN · 39 comments · 87 points · Feb 20, 2023
20221,075 stories
Fake Books↗ lcamtuf.substack.com · HN · 355 comments · 937 points · Oct 24, 2022
He dropped out to become a poet – now he’s won a Fields Medal↗ quantamagazine.org · HN · 136 comments · 355 points · Jul 05, 2022
‘Blade Runner’ at 40↗ esquire.com · HN · 424 comments · 389 points · Jun 26, 2022
Flowers for Algernon (1965) [pdf]↗ sdfo.org · HN · 207 comments · 387 points · Jun 25, 2022
The Influence of Neuromancer on Cyberpunk↗ sabukaru.online · HN · 395 comments · 421 points · Apr 05, 2022
20211,043 stories
Ask HN: What's the best book you read in 2021?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 631 comments · 515 points · Dec 24, 2021
Books I loved reading this year↗ gatesnotes.com · HN · 151 comments · 345 points · Nov 22, 2021
It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answered the ultimate question↗ npr.org · HN · 131 comments · 418 points · Oct 17, 2021
Richard Bartle releases his classic “Designing Virtual Worlds” book for free↗ nwn.blogs.com · HN · 57 comments · 424 points · Aug 18, 2021
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns of young authors self-censoring out of 'fear'↗ bbc.com · HN · 641 comments · 396 points · Mar 01, 2021
20201,079 stories
Free and liberated e-books, carefully produced for the true book lover↗ standardebooks.org · HN · 106 comments · 639 points · Nov 18, 2020
Hemingway Editor↗ hemingwayapp.com · HN · 248 comments · 442 points · Nov 17, 2020
Jules Verne’s Most Famous Books Were Part of a 54-Volume Masterpiece↗ openculture.com · HN · 129 comments · 450 points · Feb 10, 2020
Christopher Tolkien has died↗ theguardian.com · HN · 227 comments · 514 points · Jan 16, 2020
Six works of Computer Science-Fiction (2015)↗ blog.fogus.me · HN · 93 comments · 371 points · Jan 02, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Japan's book scene is moving from bookstores to libraries↗ untranslatedjp.substack.com · HN · 113 comments · 241 points · Sep 12, 2026
Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station↗ lightspeedmagazine.com · HN · 15 comments · 83 points · Sep 26, 2026
Jean-Pierre Serre turns 100↗ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk · HN · 30 comments · 153 points · Sep 15, 2026
Wendell Berry has died↗ nytimes.com · HN · 118 comments · 232 points · Sep 01, 2026
Writing a better reality: The case for optimistic sci-fi (2022)↗ honisoit.com · HN · 67 comments · 86 points · Sep 14, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

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Japan's book scene is moving from bookstores to libraries↗ untranslatedjp.substack.com · HN · 113 comments · 241 points · Sep 12, 2026
Wendell Berry has died↗ nytimes.com · HN · 118 comments · 232 points · Sep 01, 2026
Jean-Pierre Serre turns 100↗ mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk · HN · 30 comments · 153 points · Sep 15, 2026
2026 Hugo Awards↗ thehugoawards.org · HN · 71 comments · 118 points · Sep 06, 2026
Every novel is boring until it isn't↗ publicbooks.org · HN · 78 comments · 92 points · Sep 03, 2026
Writing a better reality: The case for optimistic sci-fi (2022)↗ honisoit.com · HN · 67 comments · 86 points · Sep 14, 2026
Welcome to the Medical Clinic at the Interplanetary Relay Station↗ lightspeedmagazine.com · HN · 15 comments · 83 points · Sep 26, 2026
Douglas Adams and the exterminated Doctor Who adventure↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 108 comments · 83 points · Sep 13, 2026
The Wormhole Hall of Shame↗ rznicolet.com · HN · 20 comments · 42 points · Aug 31, 2026
Poetry book that Anthropic tried to censor↗ kk.org · HN · 16 comments · 32 points · Sep 05, 2026

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