YC’s 2018 Summer Reading List
I saw someone mention it in a HN comment before, but I&#x27;d like to restate it here since it is definitely one of those perspective-altering books: &quot;Why We Sleep&quot; by Matthew Walker.<p>The author is a professor and prolific researcher of the effects of sleep on the human body, and goes into nearly every nook and cranny of what sleep does for the human body. He has scared me off of my usual practice of sleeping 6 hours or less to get some work or studying done and to get more hours in the day. Throughout the book, the author cites a scientific study and article on nearly every page, so you know that these are real hard facts.<p>If you are curious about some common causes of ailments or what the function that consumes pretty much 1&#x2F;3 of your lifetime does, I&#x27;d absolutely whole-heartedly recommend this book.