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Welcome to Books & Articles Weekly. It was another good week, with @samhainsam and @denlillaapan sharing in all of the top posts. There was plenty of other good content too. Rumor has it there might be another Stacker News writing contest coming soon, so check back for details.

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Issue 110

Top Posts Of The WeekTop Posts Of The Week

• Muahahahaha I finally built a gameboyxraspberry pi by @samhainsam
• The Golden Money Laundering in the Amazon: As Always, Nobody Understands Money by @denlillaapan
• Why Britain Doesn't Work (And Why Are Historians So Retarded?) by @denlillaapan
• CAW! CAW! New blog entry, folks! 🐦‍⬛
  by @samhainsam
• Where Have All the Book Reviews Gone? (NYT, Dwight Garner) by @denlillaapan

Siggy's SuggestionsSiggy's Suggestions

• Everyone wants to write, few want to read by @Taft

@Taft's post is something that occurred to me too. I remember in the late
20th century people feared that no one would write anymore because everyone
watched tv and talked on the phone. Hah!

• "Messi's Magic" by
  @cryotosensei

Another great children's book review by @cryotosensei. Messi is a worldwide
legend.

Index

Index Of Selected PostsIndex Of Selected Posts

Writing ContestsWriting Contests

• Writing Contest #1
• Writing Contest #2
• Stacker News Fiction Month

Stackers' BlogsStackers' Blogs

• Fighting The Daily Grind by
  @cryotosensei
• Personal Blog, Got My First Job by
  @CyberCrypto
• writing without book writing day #1: i've returned. at least for now. by @deluluwithjuju_
• writing without book writing day #7: taking risks is what you need. by @deluluwithjuju_
• writing without book writing day #8: getting through the low's. by @deluluwithjuju_
• writing without book writing day #9: a small pantsed post. by @deluluwithjuju_

My Bitcoin JourneyMy Bitcoin Journey

Inspired by Writing Contest #1, this is where stacker's bitcoin origin
stories will be posted for easy reference.

• Grayruby's Bitcoin story by @grayruby
• I Put ¼ Of A Bitcoin In A Landfill by
  @brandonsbytes
• From Selling Newspapers To Finding Bitcoin by @Coinsreporter
• My bitcoin journey by
  @Carreson
• "Who are you?" — How do I want to answer? by @IamSINGLE
• "My journey with Bitcoin: the experience of an ordinary Cuban" by @BTCLNAT
• @realBitcoinDog Bitcoin Story - No, social media had nothing to do with it xD by @realBitcoinDog

Book ClubsBook Clubs

• Stoic Book Club:Meditations by @Se7enZ
• Jordan Peterson SN Bookclub -- We Who Wrestle With God by @denlillaapan
• Broken Money_ book club: index and reflection by @elvismercury

BooksBooks

• The Universal Good Deal by @cleophas
• Who Brought The Steak Tartare?, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
• The Final Product by
  @cleophas
• The Penal Preserve, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
• Happy The Hippo, an absolutely
  wonderful children's book written by @cryotosensei for his son.
• The Rogue Scholar by @jbschirtzinger
• Submersible by @johnbnevin
• And Then She Disappears - Block 1 by @ginkgo

Book ReviewsBook Reviews

Book Reviews Archive, Vol. 1
— all reviews prior to April 2026

Bitcoin, Economics & SocietyBitcoin, Economics & Society

• [REVIEW] The Gold Standard by Saifedean Ammous: My Three Takeways by @BlokchainB
• [REVIEW] Poor Economics: My Three Takeaways by @BlokchainB
• Book Review: The Habsburg Way by @jimmysong
• Book Review: Leaving a Legacy by Johann Kurtz by @jimmysong
• [Book Review] The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy by @SimpleStacker
• Book Review: Four Thousand Weeks, by Oliver Burkeman by @denlillaapan
• [Book Review] Six Faces of Globalization, by Anthea Roberts and Nicolas Lamp by @hasherstacker
• Book Review (Partial)... The Big Print, by Lawrence Lepard by @denlillaapan

Science Fiction & FantasyScience Fiction & Fantasy

• Darth Plagueis by James Luceno: A Review by @ihatevake
• The Private Eye by Brian K Vaughn: A Review by @ihatevake
• [REVIEW] We Can Remember It for You Wholesale - Philip K Dick by @Scoresby
• [REVIEW] Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams by @Scoresby
• [REVIEW] Count Zero by William Gibson by @Scoresby
• REVIEW: The Electric Church by Jeff Somers by @Scoresby
• What is the Wheel of Time tv series? by @Undisciplined
• [REVIEW] Ready Player One by Ernest Cline by @Scoresby

Literary & Popular FictionLiterary & Popular Fiction

• Galveston - Nic Pizzolatto by @nkmg1c

General Non-FictionGeneral Non-Fiction

• A few books I've read this winter by @samhainsam
• A few books I read and other stuff by @samhainsam
• [Review] - Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders by @billytheked
• Book recommendation - King Leopold's Ghost by @Signal312
• Book Review – Blood Of The Bourgeoise, by Michael R. Sullivan by @siggy47
• My first review: The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati by @LiterarySummary
• Submission: A Novel by Michel Houellebecq by
  @LiterarySummary
• The Anxious Generation by
  @LiterarySummary
• I'm a Hallmarked Girl!? by
  @samhainsam
• [Review] Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (1998) by @hermione
• Klara and the Sun | Book Review by @SimpleStacker
• Book Review: A World Appears, by Michael Pollan by @denlillaapan
• SN Book Reviews: Categorized (Redux) by @SimpleStacker
• Book Review - The Age of Time by Scott Dedels by @TotallyHumanWriter
• "Leaders Eat Last" by
  @cryotosensei
• John Michael Greer - The Long Descent
  by @nkmg1c

Children's BooksChildren's Books

• "Messi's Magic" by
  @cryotosensei

Asian FictionAsian Fiction

• Pan Dorobo (Bread Thief) by
  @cryotosensei
• "Auggie and Me" by
  @cryotosensei
• "Shigoto e no Michi" by
  @cryotosensei
• "Is a Camel a Mammal? All about Mammals" by @cryotosensei
• "Malice" by @cryotosensei
• "Yours sincerely, Giraffe"
  by @cryotosensei
• "Dracula and Daughters" by
  @cryotosensei
• "What dwells in the deep?"
  by @cryotosensei
• "My life cycle" by
  @cryotosensei
• "The Marriage Test" by
  @cryotosensei
• Timothy and the Phubbers by
  @cryotosensei
• "I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki" by @cryotosensei
• "Rumble in the Jungle" by
  @cryotosensei
• "Let's discover our farms, Singapore" by @cryotosensei
• "Days at the Morisaki Bookstore" by @cryotosensei
• "Tales from the Cafe" by
  @cryotosensei
• "Before the coffee gets cold" by @cryotosensei
• "Mindset" (Dr. Carol S. Dweck) by @cryotosensei
• "Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong bookshop" by @cryotosensei

Bitcoin Academic Articles & ReviewsBitcoin Academic Articles & Reviews

• Bitcoin Pricing, Adoption, and Usage: Theory and Evidence | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
• Minneapolis Fed Bitcoin Paper | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
• Bitcoin: What Does Mainstream Economics Have to Say? | Article Review by @SimpleStacker
• Competition and trust in the private provision of money | Article Review by @SimpleStacker

Movie & Television ReviewsMovie & Television Reviews

• Sound of Freedom | Movie Review by @SimpleStacker
• Movie Review | "How to make millions before Grandma dies" by @cryotosensei
• Movie Review | "Culinary Class Wars" by @cryotosensei
• El Encargado | Argentinian TV series | very good comedy by @DarthCoin
• The IT crowd | hillarious super funny comedy TV series by @DarthCoin
• Two TV series about the "Schrodinger's cat" theory by @DarthCoin
• From | Que sera, sera... | new season 3 TV series by @DarthCoin
• Bingeworthy: Slow Horses by
  @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
• Two Comics, One Cartoon by
  @samhainsam

EssaysEssays

• An Empty Jar of Asparagus
  by @bitcoingraffiti
• Prose piece | Running by
  @carlosfandango
• Prose piece | The storm by
  @carlosfandango
• Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche by @jurraca
• Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction by
  @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
• The 1984 Index by
  @softglitter2d

PoetryPoetry

• Avoidant Attachment 101: A Beginner's Course by @bitcoingraffiti
• Realized Loss by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• Saint Nicholas by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• The Secondary Land by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• The Tourism Consumerist Apex by @bitcoingraffiti
• Amsterdam by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• The Great Dali by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• I want to start a church by
  @bitcoingraffiti
• I am the Rat Man — Exterminate where i can by @bitcoingraffiti
• Which person is truly healthy & which one is poisoning me? by @bitcoingraffiti
• How to Grieve — The 5 Step Plan by @bitcoingraffiti
• [PM] I am a man smoking outside shops 🚬 by @bitcoingraffiti
• [PM] Why my waitress' gone awry by @bitcoingraffiti
• Reflections on the recent holiday by @plebpoet
• internet feelings by @ek
• Sorelle by @Myshkin
• Autunno by @Myshkin
• Poetry:unresolved between a thai lad and I by @cryotosensei
• plebpoet's original poem + discussion
  by @plebpoet
• a new kind of poem (that you can see 👀 and hear 🦻) by @plebpoet
• I am not man enough by
  @Nuttall
• If A Day Comes... by @Tef
• Let's pretend we loved each other by @Nadia
• That's MINE! Poetry. by
  @Malach17
• Silly rhymes written by a guy (maybe) fallen in love by @0268a5c238

Short StoriesShort Stories

• Bitcoin Original: Forked Lessons, 2029 by @GreaterthanFiction
• Ghost Blocks: The Fight Against Bitcoin's Stamp Tax (2091) by @GreaterthanFiction
• Stacker News Fiction Month
  by @Scoresby
• [FICTION] Cherry Orchards
  by @TotallyHumanWriter
• Citizen Zero (2028): When Britain's Digital ID Failed, Bitcoin Saved Identity by
  @GreaterthanFiction
• The Cost of Certainty by
  @GreaterthanFiction
• The Rite of Keys by
  @GreaterthanFiction
• Proof of Love (2031)- When all is lost much can be found by @GreaterthanFiction
• Taste of Freedom by
  @GreaterthanFiction
• Of Sovereign Men by
  @TheFictionFactory
• Golden Silence by
  @TheFictionFactory
• The Great Delete by
  @TheFictionFactory
• Bob's Brunch With Bitcoin Buddha by @siggy47
• Short story | The motel by
  @carlosfandango
• The poet and the reader || short story by @02879c7d869
• 'little fictions' presents: Cowboys Don't Belong by @plebpoet
• Short Story: "Quarter" by Eduardo Prospero by @eduardopro
• Neo's Adventure In The Digital Realm: Discovering The Treasure Of Bitcoin by @VEINTIUNO

ComicsComics

• Apriori Flower 01:16 - Are We Better? - Dhamma Comic by @Nuttall