# Learning Go by Jon Bodner

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Learning Go by Jon Bodner and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a well-regarded, enjoyable introduction to the Go programming language, with some readers preferring it to the official Go book.

## Why people recommend it

- Praised as a good, great book (2 comments): "Yours is a good book (got both editions myself)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48276827)) "Learning Go is such a great book." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275478))

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- [Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crafting-interpreters.md): 60 recommend
- [Clean Code by Robert C. Martin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clean-code.md): 31 recommend
- [The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt and Thomas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pragmatic-programmer.md): 28 recommend
- [How to Design Programs by Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/how-to-design-programs.md): 18 recommend
- [Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastering-emacs.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1492077216?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781492077213) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Learning Go by Jon Bodner", https://hackerapproved.com/p/learning-go/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).