I've pretty much taken to automatically buying any book anyone recommends on HN[1]. So far it's lead me to a few interesting books I wouldn't have read, for example The Overstory is the most recent one.

[1] Within reason.

You might like this site that I run too: https://hackernewsbooks.com/

We have a weekly newsletter for it that sends out the top 20 books discussed on HN that week. Be warned, it can hurt your book budget :)

This is amazing! Is the email newsletter critical to your model, or would you consider supporting RSS?

Thanks, I am not the orig creator but working with them on this as they are amazing (he even weighted it so it is based on HN Karma). I added RSS to my list of features, but not sure on ETA. Hit me up at ben@shepherd.com and I can update you once I get it added.

I love Five Books (their long form format is fantastic)! Agreed, I am hoping the emergence of Bookshop.org helps a lot more book/reading related sites make enough money to flourish.