# Making It So by Patrick Stewart

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Making It So by Patrick Stewart and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A frank memoir in which Patrick Stewart reflects on his life, his mistakes and what he did right; people especially praise the audiobook he narrates himself.

## Why people recommend it

- Honest about his mistakes (3 comments): "he admits to the mistakes he made, and the times when he wasn't the human being he strived to be" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50295642)) "it's a well written piece where he reflects on his life, what he did wrong, what he did right" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50295171)) "One of the things I particularly liked is that he admits to the mistakes he made" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50294842))
- Author narrates the audiobook well (2 comments): "he narrates the audiobook himself, and I can wholly recommend it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50298644)) "the audiobook is enthralling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50296790))

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- [Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams](https://hackerapproved.com/p/careless-people.md): 106 recommend
- [Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl](https://hackerapproved.com/p/man-s-search-for-meaning.md): 13 recommend
- [Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/surely-you-re-joking-mr-feynman.md): 11 recommend
- [Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell](https://hackerapproved.com/p/down-and-out-in-paris-and-london.md): 9 recommend
- [Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kitchen-confidential.md): 9 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/139851294X?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781398512948) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Making It So by Patrick Stewart", https://hackerapproved.com/p/making-it-so/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).