HackerBooks
A bookshelf of the books Hacker News readers mention most, 2007–2026.
1Rank on 2 November 2026New on 2 Nov
HackerBooks launched on 1 November 2026. It ranked #1 on Daily Launch on 2 November 2026 with a Launch Score of 100, from 1258 points on Show HN. It was new in the ranking that day.
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What is HackerBooks?
Saw Karpathy's HackerTube and wanted the same thing for books. So I had Claude build one (Opus 5.5). It's ~16.5k books that at least two different HN commenters brought up, from 2007 till now. Each book links back to the comments that mentioned it. Data is downloadable from the about page.
From its Hacker News post
HackerBooks is a launch on Show HN.
Screenshot of hackerbooks.org
In its own words
HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN
From its Show HN post
Launch timeline
Launch Score, last 7 days
Ranked on one day so far: 100 of 100 on 2 November.