# Night Battles by Carlo Ginzburg

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Night Battles by Carlo Ginzburg and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a wild account of gangs of witches in Italy, and as an amazing read that opens a deep rabbit hole.

## Why people recommend it

- Vivid account of Italian witch gangs (1 comments): "Night Battles is wild, it describes gangs of witches in Italy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48618334))
- Praised as amazing (1 comments): ""Night Battles" is amazing too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49279915))
- Opens a deep rabbit hole (1 comments): "another rabbit hole entirely" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49279858))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0140076883?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780140076882) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Night Battles by Carlo Ginzburg", https://hackerapproved.com/p/night-battles/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).