# The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its brilliant storytelling and digestible writing. No criticism appeared in the discussions.

## Why people recommend it

- Brilliant storytelling (1 comments): "is absolutely brilliant storytelling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46340300))
- Digestible for general readers (1 comments): "which is also quite digestible" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48044602))

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- [Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/g-del-escher-bach.md): 47 recommend
- [Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thinking-fast-and-slow.md): 17 recommend
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- [The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins](https://hackerapproved.com/p/selfish-gene.md): 14 recommend
- [Cosmos by Carl Sagan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cosmos.md): 13 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0008327424?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780008327422) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hidden-life-of-trees/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).