# Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a beautiful, haunting novel about AI and society that appeals to both humanists and technologists.

## Why people recommend it

- Appeals to humanists and technologists (1 comments): "Kazuo Ishiguro captured the intersection of technology and society in a way which can appeal to both to humanists and technologists" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48766274))
- Beautiful and haunting story (1 comments): "This is a beautiful and haunting book." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48765996))
- Compared favorably to Never Let Me Go (1 comments): "Never Let Me Go and Klara and the Sun are both fantastic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47295311))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir](https://hackerapproved.com/p/project-hail-mary.md): 117 recommend
- [There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/there-is-no-antimemetics-division.md): 98 recommend
- [Blindsight by Peter Watts](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blindsight.md): 96 recommend
- [Dune by Frank Herbert](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dune.md): 82 recommend
- [Accelerando by Charles Stross](https://hackerapproved.com/p/accelerando.md): 71 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0571364888?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780571364886) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro", https://hackerapproved.com/p/klara-and-the-sun/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).