# The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A recently published book on money and spending that commenters recommend; one reader called it very good so far and found its take on spending useful.

## Why people recommend it

- Recommended as a recent read (1 comments): "I would recommend the recently published book The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46464406))
- Praised as very good so far (1 comments): "So far very good as well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46397616))
- Questions the experiences-over-things saying (1 comments): "He had an interesting observation: the popular saying " don't spend money on things, but on experiences " only goes so far." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48998868))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/psychology-of-money.md): 3 recommend
- [Die with Zero by Bill Perkins](https://hackerapproved.com/p/die-with-zero.md): 3 recommend
- [The Millionaire Next Door by Stanley and Danko](https://hackerapproved.com/p/millionaire-next-door.md): 3 recommend
- [The Index Card by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack](https://hackerapproved.com/p/index-card.md): 3 recommend
- [The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason](https://hackerapproved.com/p/richest-man-in-babylon.md): 2 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1804091898?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781804091890) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel", https://hackerapproved.com/p/art-of-spending-money/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).