# Hacker Book

14 Hacker News commenters recommended Hacker Book and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a quick way to browse Hacker News history from 2006 to 2025. Critics say loading can stall on shard errors and the mobile design is hard to use.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast after the initial load (2 comments): "Once the initial chunk of data loads the rest load almost instantly on Chrome." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46438509)) "on my phone this is much faster than actual HN" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46440604))
- Wants data in other apps (3 comments): "this should TOTALLY be available to those who are scrolling through sources on the Kiwix app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437753)) "So cool! Would it be impossible fro me to use them on the Archive stats page" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46444266)) "This would be awesome as a cross platform app." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437009))

## What people warn about

- Slow loading overall (2 comments): "it is slowly iterating through the shards without returning" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46439282)) "tried loading the site, it's pretty slow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46438133))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hacker Book", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hacker-book/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).