# All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

5 Hacker News commenters recommended All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers call it a modern classic and say they liked it even more than The Road; the most approachable book in McCarthy's trilogy.

## Why people recommend it

- Readers praise it strongly, want rereads (2 comments): "Could be that I liked "All The Pretty Horses" even more than "The Road"." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300302)) "Incredible book. I could read it 100 times." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904052))
- Good entry point to the trilogy (2 comments): "probably the most approachable and satisfying of the trilogy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50281765)) "If you liked Pretty Horses , you'll probably like them, too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50300382))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crime-and-punishment.md): 39 recommend
- [The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brothers-karamazov.md): 28 recommend
- [Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infinite-jest.md): 26 recommend
- [The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://hackerapproved.com/p/great-gatsby.md): 24 recommend
- [Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atlas-shrugged.md): 23 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1447202783?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781447202783) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy", https://hackerapproved.com/p/all-the-pretty-horses/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).