The Leopard
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusaby Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Shares rank 109 of 122 novels by recommenders
Readers recommend it as an immersive portrait of a minor Sicilian noble's inner life, and one reader named it the best book they read that year.
Readers recommend it as an immersive portrait of a minor Sicilian noble's inner life, and one reader named it the best book they read that year.
2 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 2
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 2 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Immersive portrait of Sicilian nobility
“To read The Leopard is to inhabit the soul of a minor Sicilian noble”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “I won't read LLM authored fiction” Named best book of the year
“Best book this year was The Leopard”
Comment from 30 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you reading?”
Other novels people recommend
The four most recommended other novels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoevsky | 39 | 9 | 81% | 6 | — | Approved |
| The Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor Dostoevsky | 28 | 8 | 78% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Infinite Jestby David Foster Wallace | 26 | 5 | 84% | 9 | 10 yrs6 owners | Approved |
| The Great Gatsbyby F. Scott Fitzgerald | 24 | 9 | 73% | 6 | — | Approved |
| The Leopardby Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaThis page | 2 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Best book this year was The Leopard”
“To read The Leopard is to inhabit the soul of a minor Sicilian noble”
“a really nice API for 'rendering sprites, collision detection, audio, and more'”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.