# HackerBooks by DOSAYGO-STUDIO

22 Hacker News commenters recommended HackerBooks by DOSAYGO-STUDIO and 9 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Browse books recommended on Hacker News, loading quickly in the browser. Critics find the filters confusing and some book covers cropped.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised as a great idea (3 comments): "This is the best HN day EVER since I stumbled on the site 10 years ago" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328308)) "Great idea and nice implementation, please keep it going!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50329513)) "Great site, thank you for sharing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50328756))
- Fast and responsive site (2 comments): "It does load faster than Hacker News itself here" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50331395)) "I like the responsiveness of the website." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327496))
- Offline archive of Hacker News (2 comments): "Repo packages 20 years of Hacker News into a static archive you can run entirely in your browser." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47116437)) "Have Hacker News on your device." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46435316))

## What people warn about

- Hard to filter or sort (2 comments): "how on earth are you unable to get it to filter out the noise and show recommendations?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50327726)) "But there's no button to sort that way." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50330808))
- Book covers poor or cropped (2 comments): "Your book cover images are trash and I don't blame you." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50329112)) "Some of the covers seem to be cropped?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50331472))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Goodreads-trained book recommendation model](https://hackerapproved.com/p/goodreads-trained-book-recommendation-model.md): 25 recommend
- [Google Books](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-books.md): 22 recommend
- [Shepherd book recommendations](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shepherd.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "HackerBooks by DOSAYGO-STUDIO", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hackerbooks/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).