Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitlerby Adolf Hitler
Ranked 6 of 25 memoirs by recommenders
People recommend it to see how an extremist thinks and plans, and to read its passages in context. Critics say the writing is poor, dull and hard to get through.
People recommend it to see how an extremist thinks and plans, and to read its passages in context. Critics say the writing is poor, dull and hard to get through.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 57%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Shows how extremists think and plan
“we should read an example of a how a guy writes down exactly what hes going to do”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN” “so you can understand how people like that think”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025” Interesting to read in context
“I am not sure one can stomach the whole thing but it's interesting to read quotes of it in context.”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025” “"Mein Kampf" is actually a very interesting lecture for any critical mind”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb” Lessons for critical thinking
“"Mein Kampf" is actually a very interesting lecture for any critical mind”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb” “There's probably a bunch of good lessons to take from reading Mein Kampf”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Poorly written, overexcited style
“you can see the writing style (not very good, overexcited, and that would appeal to people who look for it)”
Comment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025” “Mein Kampf is absolutely terrible piece of literature not by it's message but by it's quality”
Comment from 7 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: I scraped 3B Goodreads reviews to train a better recommendation model” “It's a brick! And poorly written at that.”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in Portugal” Boring and painful to read
“It is AWFUL and PAINFUL to read due to the horrible styling”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb” “Read it and shown how boring and stupid it is.”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in Portugal”
Other memoirs people recommend
The four most recommended other memoirs, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Careless Peopleby Sarah Wynn-Williams | 106 | 24 | 82% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Man's Search for Meaningby Viktor Frankl | 13 | 2 | 87% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!by Richard Feynman | 11 | 7 | 61% | 6 | — | — |
| Down and Out in Paris and Londonby George Orwell | 9 | 1 | 90% | 8 | — | — |
| Mein Kampfby Adolf HitlerThis page | 8 | 6 | 57% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“There's probably a bunch of good lessons to take from reading Mein Kampf”
“we should read an example of a how a guy writes down exactly what hes going to do”
“Read it and shown how boring and stupid it is.”
“It's a brick! And poorly written at that.”
“"Mein Kampf" is actually a very interesting lecture for any critical mind”
“It is AWFUL and PAINFUL to read due to the horrible styling”
“Some books deserve to be banned.”
“you can see the writing style (not very good, overexcited, and that would appeal to people who look for it)”
“I am not sure one can stomach the whole thing but it's interesting to read quotes of it in context.”
“always considered it the equivalent of drinking water from the river thames”
“so you can understand how people like that think”
“Mein Kampf is absolutely terrible piece of literature not by it's message but by it's quality”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.