# Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers recommend Ficciones for its speculative short stories and the feeling it evokes, and several say it changed how they read literature.

## Why people recommend it

- Speculative short story favorite (2 comments): "I love short speculative fiction. And the above are among my favorites." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49899887)) "you should read Borges' short stories, particularly from Ficciones" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47805695))
- Deep emotional impact on readers (2 comments): "The plot, the characters, the mentions, all feel almost secondary to the feeling they evoke." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46767122)) "Changed my life, when it comes to literature." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46769587))
- Named as a must-read Borges (2 comments): "you should read Borges' short stories, particularly from Ficciones" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47805695)) "Ficciones By Borjes is another" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48723442))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Exhalation by Ted Chiang](https://hackerapproved.com/p/exhalation.md): 21 recommend
- [Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stories-of-your-life-and-others.md): 15 recommend
- [Valuable Humans in Transit by qntm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/valuable-humans-in-transit.md): 10 recommend
- [The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/decameron.md): 6 recommend
- [Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cosmicomics.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802130305?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780802130303) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ficciones/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).