# Correction by Thomas Bernhard

4 Hacker News commenters recommended Correction by Thomas Bernhard and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as an experimental novel in a league of its own, praised for its weirdness yet smooth flow and as Bernhard's magnum opus.

## Why people recommend it

- Experimental literature for readers who like it (1 comments): "You'll love Correction if you have a taste for experimental literature." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50303692))
- Unusual weirdness that still flows (1 comments): "in its own league of weirdness and yet it flows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49900966))
- Considered Bernhard's magnum opus (1 comments): "Correction, which is his magnum opus." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50301279))

## 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/009944254X?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780099442547) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Correction by Thomas Bernhard", https://hackerapproved.com/p/correction/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).