# Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Going Postal by Terry Pratchett and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a sharp, funny Discworld novel with a satirical edge, and several suggest it as a good entry point to the series.

## Why people recommend it

- Funny satire of corporate and CEO culture (2 comments): "seems particularly apropos these days as we have Reacher Gilts aplenty in tech news headlines" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46129065)) "it was a glorious rant against a CEO's interview in the newspaper" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47275064))
- Excellent Sky One miniseries adaptation (2 comments): "Sky One's 2010 adaptation (two part miniseries) was excellent by the way. Highly recommended." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248966)) "I think the three mini-series did a fairly decent job." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48247943))
- Amazing, brilliant, great book (3 comments): "going postal & the truth are amazing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48294640)) "going postal was a great book" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248806)) ""Going Postal" was brilliant." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46328715))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lord-of-the-rings.md): 66 recommend
- [The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hobbit.md): 49 recommend
- [Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dungeon-crawler-carl.md): 48 recommend
- [Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/harry-potter-and-the-methods-of-rationality.md): 19 recommend
- [Piranesi by Susanna Clarke](https://hackerapproved.com/p/piranesi.md): 12 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062334972?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780062334978) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Going Postal by Terry Pratchett", https://hackerapproved.com/p/going-postal/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).