HackerBooks by DOSAYGO-STUDIO
Shares rank 2 of 4 book discovery sites by recommenders
Browse books recommended on Hacker News, loading quickly in the browser. Critics find the filters confusing and some book covers cropped.
Browse books recommended on Hacker News, loading quickly in the browser. Critics find the filters confusing and some book covers cropped.
31 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 22
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 22 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Praised as a great idea
“This is the best HN day EVER since I stumbled on the site 10 years ago”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN” “Great idea and nice implementation, please keep it going!”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN” “Great site, thank you for sharing.”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN” Fast and responsive site
“It does load faster than Hacker News itself here”
Comment from 2 Nov 2026 in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN” “I like the responsiveness of the website.”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN” Offline archive of Hacker News
“Repo packages 20 years of Hacker News into a static archive you can run entirely in your browser.”
Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “Algolia Hacker News Search GitHub Project Archived” “Have Hacker News on your device.”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Hacker Book – All the HN Belong to You 2006 – 2025”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hard to filter or sort
“how on earth are you unable to get it to filter out the noise and show recommendations?”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN” “But there's no button to sort that way.”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN” Book covers poor or cropped
“Your book cover images are trash and I don't blame you.”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN” “Some of the covers seem to be cropped?”
Comment from 2 Nov 2026 in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN”
Other book discovery sites people recommend
The three most recommended other book discovery sites, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodreads-trained book recommendation model | 25 | 11 | 69% | 1 | — | — |
| HackerBooks by DOSAYGO-STUDIOThis page | 22 | 9 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
| Google Books | 22 | 19 | 54% | 10 | — | — |
| Shepherd book recommendations | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
23 of the 32 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“You have a known pedophile ( hawking ) listed on your site.”
“Some of the covers seem to be cropped?”
“This is actually BETTER than HackerTube”
“It does load faster than Hacker News itself here”
“But there's no button to sort that way.”
“Great idea and nice implementation, please keep it going!”
“I don’t understand how the rising category works.”
“Your book cover images are trash and I don't blame you.”
“The Science Fiction section is pretty much spot on”
“Great site, thank you for sharing.”
“Very cool though and love seeing all of the covers in various forms of condition.”
“I am missing the summary of why people on HN recommend it”
“it was fantastic for personal buys and gifts”
“This is the best HN day EVER since I stumbled on the site 10 years ago”
“The "Other" category has a whole load of random stuff in it”
“I love this and feel it would be greatly enhanced with semantic search.”
“how on earth are you unable to get it to filter out the noise and show recommendations?”
“Not a fan of "For you" based on supposed similarities to what I've clicked before.”
“It's now squashed, maybe you can add a function to expand on click”
“I like the responsiveness of the website.”
“The “mentions since” picker appears to be broken, nothing in the list changes as far as I can see.”
“Repo packages 20 years of Hacker News into a static archive you can run entirely in your browser.”
“Have Hacker News on your device.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.