How can someone pretending to know what "should be of interest to HN readers" not know that:

1) HN readers, as a collective and as subgroups, have many and varied intellectual interests, including literature.

2) It's our voting that defines what "is of interest" to HN readers, and this had been voted to the front page and received lots of comments.

So, unlike the story of Murakami, your comment couldn't be more removed to both the spirit and the mechanics of HN.

Why shouldn't it be? In past "Ask HN" topics when people asked for book recommendations, often[0][1][2][3][4] this author's books were recommended.

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[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4967473

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3395576

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8717697

[3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7968586

[4]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1632993

Just curious: What do you think would be of interest to HN readers? Why, specifically, do you think this isn't interesting?