# Hacker's Delight by Henry S. Warren

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Hacker's Delight by Henry S. Warren and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a collection of low-level algorithms and bit manipulation tricks, with chapters that show many practical examples. No critics appeared among the quotes.

## Why people recommend it

- Low-level algorithms and bit manipulation (2 comments): "Look up the book Hackers Delight if you like there low level algorithms and bit manipulations" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47748356)) "My favorite part of it is Chapter 2 the bit manipulation tricks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48409609))
- Chapter 2 bit manipulation tricks (2 comments): "My favorite part of it is Chapter 2 the bit manipulation tricks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48409609)) "The chapter on this in Hacker's Delight is really good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46122836))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crafting-interpreters.md): 60 recommend
- [Clean Code by Robert C. Martin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clean-code.md): 31 recommend
- [The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt and Thomas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pragmatic-programmer.md): 28 recommend
- [How to Design Programs by Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/how-to-design-programs.md): 18 recommend
- [Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastering-emacs.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201914654?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780201914658) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hacker's Delight by Henry S. Warren", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hacker-s-delight/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).