# 747 by Joe Sutter

3 Hacker News commenters recommended 747 by Joe Sutter and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an engaging memoir full of good stories, with one reader saying they were captivated by it as a child.

## Why people recommend it

- Captivating even for young readers (1 comments): "I was completely captivated by this when I was an elementary school student." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48713735))
- Full of awesome stories (1 comments): "he has some awesome stories" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48711017))

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- [Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl](https://hackerapproved.com/p/man-s-search-for-meaning.md): 13 recommend
- [Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/surely-you-re-joking-mr-feynman.md): 11 recommend
- [Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell](https://hackerapproved.com/p/down-and-out-in-paris-and-london.md): 9 recommend
- [Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kitchen-confidential.md): 9 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060882417?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780060882419) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "747 by Joe Sutter", https://hackerapproved.com/p/747/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).