# Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers recommend it as a favorite novel, one that brought a reader back to fiction after years away from it.

## Why people recommend it

- Favorite novel that revived reading fiction (1 comments): "One of my all time favorite books and really the book that got me back into fiction after a long time away" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49541299))
- Well-worn copy from heavy rereading (1 comments): "My copy has been through the ringer." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49542265))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crime-and-punishment.md): 39 recommend
- [The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brothers-karamazov.md): 28 recommend
- [Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infinite-jest.md): 26 recommend
- [The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://hackerapproved.com/p/great-gatsby.md): 24 recommend
- [Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atlas-shrugged.md): 23 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1582431604?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781582431604) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry", https://hackerapproved.com/p/jayber-crow/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).