# CSS: The Definitive Guide by Eric Meyer

4 Hacker News commenters recommended CSS: The Definitive Guide by Eric Meyer and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as the gold standard among definitive guides, and one backend developer said it made them come to love CSS after disliking it.

## Why people recommend it

- Gold standard among definitive guides (1 comments): "frankly, it's the gold standard for any book calling itself a definitive guide" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46501967))
- Changed a developer's view of CSS (1 comments): "I was a backend developer that hated CSS before it, now I love it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46500904))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Every Layout by Heydon Pickering and Andy Bell](https://hackerapproved.com/p/every-layout.md): 4 recommend
- [Hypermedia Systems by Gross, Stepinski and Aksimsek](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hypermedia-systems.md): 4 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=CSS%3A+The+Definitive+Guide+by+Eric+Meyer&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "CSS: The Definitive Guide by Eric Meyer", https://hackerapproved.com/p/css-the-definitive-guide/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).