# Ducks by Kate Beaton Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/ducks/ 5 people recommended Ducks by Kate Beaton in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. 3 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “I reverse engineered and ported Ducks”. **Verdict:** Recommended as an excellent book that gives a vivid feel for what the "man camps" are like. Summary written by Claude from 3 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Excellent book (1 comment in the sample): "Did not expect to see that excellent book mentioned here, but I co-sign." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308777)) - Vivid feel for man camps (1 comment in the sample): "to get a vivid feel for what these “man camps” are like" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308612)) - Stellar, super cool work (1 comment in the sample): "Really stellar work here, super cool." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235772)) ## Other books people recommend - [The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prophet/): 4 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize - [The Great Game by Dave Duncan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/great-game/): 2 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize - [Untitled by Igor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/untitled-book/): 2 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize - [The Word, The Name, The Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/word-the-name-the-fire/): 2 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Ducks by Kate Beaton", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ducks/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.