# Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

4 Hacker News commenters recommended Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A book of examples showing how data and design routinely leave out women, recommended for its strong, evidence-driven case on missing data.

## Why people recommend it

- Many examples of women left out (1 comments): "It's not a rant, just one example after another of how we fail to account for half of the population." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47325335))
- Strong take on missing data (2 comments): "Touches a lot on this subject and how there is so much "missing data"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49548905)) "Read "Invisible Women" by Caroline Criado-Perez for a strong take." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46211912))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cuckoo-s-egg.md): 40 recommend
- [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death.md): 36 recommend
- [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation.md): 24 recommend
- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1784706280?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781784706289) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez", https://hackerapproved.com/p/invisible-women/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).