# Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Harari's history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI, recommended for a deep discussion of its themes and for its influence.

## Why people recommend it

- Deep, eloquent treatment of big ideas (2 comments): "I recommend reading Yuval Noah Harari's Nexus for a deep discussion around this." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47262567)) "Harari has made that point far more eloquently than I in Nexus" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235134))
- Influential, widely recommended reading (2 comments): "one of the most influential books I’ve read" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46396204)) "You should read Yuval Noah Harari's Nexus." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47980777))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cuckoo-s-egg.md): 40 recommend
- [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death.md): 36 recommend
- [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation.md): 24 recommend
- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593734238?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780593734230) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari", https://hackerapproved.com/p/nexus/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).