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Show HN: See what readers who loved your favorite book/author also loved to read (shepherd.com)

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My favorite reads books about making scientific discoveries (shepherd.com)

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My fav books on carbon dioxide's pivotal role in Earth history (shepherd.com)

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My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before (shepherd.com)

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My favorite Jewish science fiction and fantasy (shepherd.com)

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Ask HN: What level of news do you need and not need?

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What is mirror life? Scientists are sounding the alarm (cnn.com)

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September's top trending hard science fiction books (picked by authors) (shepherd.com)

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Books that prove Nigerians are secret weirdos (shepherd.com)

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Trending science-fiction books (from readers) (shepherd.com)

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The most helpful books to apply disease modeling to enhance cybersecurity (shepherd.com)

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The most recommended new space opera books (shepherd.com)

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Show HN: Visually explore recommended/trending sci-fi books (and other genres)

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I Built the Torment Nexus (Political Podcast Edition) (jamesrball.com)

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Who Goes MAGA? (techdirt.com)

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Beware of the Google AI salesman and its cronies (housefresh.com)

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Ask HN: What will the web look like in 5 years with AI bots becoming widespread?

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Sci-fi/fantasy books about an ordinary man in extraordinary circumstances (shepherd.com)

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My favorite funny books of satire (with a bite) (shepherd.com)

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Post-apocalyptic adventure books that showcase humanity's drive to survive (shepherd.com)

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My fav science fiction books to get you excited about future technology (shepherd.com)

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Books with a critical perspective on the tech industry (shepherd.com)

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Books on how the desire for foods and drugs shaped the world (shepherd.com)

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My favorite reads on Systems Thinking (shepherd.com)

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My favorite books about Isaac Newton, his life and his magnificent Principia (shepherd.com)

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An expert picks the best books for loving, learning, and caring about games (shepherd.com)

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Russell Blackford on the history of liberalism: five persuasive perspectives (shepherd.com)

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My favorite books about bees from a bee expert (shepherd.com)

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2k authors and readers share their fav sci-fi books of 2024 (shepherd.com)

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Books for understanding our emerging wildfire crisis (shepherd.com)

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My favorite science fiction books to make you both think and laugh (shepherd.com)

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2k Readers' share their favorite nonfiction reads of 2024 (shepherd.com)

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Ask HN: What books influenced your moral compass?

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My favorite science fiction books to challenge your moral compass (shepherd.com)

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My favorite reads for finding beauty in the mountains (shepherd.com)

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Hardcover.app's 2024 Year in Books (hardcover.app)

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Readers' favorite science fiction books of 2024 (shepherd.com)

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Visually browse readers favorite 3 reads of 2024 (shepherd.com)

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Show HN: Crunching 1,600+ Readers' 3 Favorite Reads of 2024

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Show HN: Crunching 1,600 Readers' 3 Favorite Reads of 2024

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Google search destroyed our voice as a travel blog (and others) (viatravelers.com)

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Ask HN: Website builder with Substack-like editor/writer?

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NPR's 2024 Books We Love (npr.org)

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Show HN: Browse HN's Favorite Reads of 2024 (Like NPR's Books We Love)

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Dan Levitt's favorite science books to feed your soul with awe and wonder (shepherd.com)

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Google's "Secret" Meeting with 20 HCU Crushed Bloggers [video] (youtube.com)

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Hi Google, please stop pooping the bed: a desperate plea from the indie web (shepherd.com)

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Galactic-Scale Energy – Do the Math (ucsd.edu)

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Sci-fi books that you may never have heard of, but definitely should read (shepherd.com)

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Mysteries and thrillers set in the Deep South (shepherd.com)

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My favorite books about API design and management (shepherd.com)

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Excursions into mind-bending 1970s science fiction (shepherd.com)

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My favorite reads to get a deeper understanding of Japan (shepherd.com)

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Peter's fav reads on Tolkien's writing style and the he created (shepherd.com)

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Alexandra A. Chan shares 5 books on the beauty and terror of being alive (shepherd.com)

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Books for understanding AI and its effect on people (shepherd.com)

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Books to Challenge Perceptions of Neurodiversity (shepherd.com)

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Ask HN: Is there a licensable/free version of the "Substack" email editor?

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Books to take you on a journey to unknown lands (shepherd.com)

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Satires that changed our view of the world (shepherd.com)

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My favorite apocalyptic sci-fi novels with complex / flawed characters (shepherd.com)

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My favorite books about how to avoid WW3 starting in Asia (shepherd.com)

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Deep dives into systems (and system failures) for curious programmers (shepherd.com)

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Cyberpunk books that revolutionized the genre (shepherd.com)

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Books for mastering Java and Spring-based microservices (shepherd.com)

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Show HN: My Book DNA – Book recs based on real human connections (not AI) (shepherd.com)

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Show HN: Shepherd 3.0 – Like wandering the aisles of your favorite bookstore

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Ask HN: Best way to cheaply convert website to Android/Apple app?

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Are Xenoestrogens Causing a Global Fertility Crisis? (nothinghumanisalien.substack.com)

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Ideas matter: How I stopped being a Culture Incel (writingruxandrabio.com)

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Map of which States teach personal finance in school (visualcapitalist.com)

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Django: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (salomvary.com)

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Show HN: Crunching 1,200 Authors' Favorite Reads of 2023 (shepherd.com)

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My favorite books about human behavior that reward working through the math (shepherd.com)

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Only Apple Can Take on Google in Search (aisupremacy.substack.com)

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Show HN: Shepherd – I asked 1,201 authors for their 3 favorite reads in 2023 (shepherd.com)

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Ask HN: Want to meet your fellow HNers via email?

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Ask HN: Best newsletter for keeping up with AI/ChatGPT/Bard etc?