# One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

4 Hacker News commenters recommended One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its opening line and as a favorite book; the author reportedly preferred Gregory Rabassa's English translation.

## Why people recommend it

- Favorite book of all time (1 comments): "My favorite book of all time is One Hundred Years of Solitude" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50314229))
- Opening line praised as a banger (1 comments): "It's a fucking banger of an opening line." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911481))
- Author preferred Rabassa's translation (1 comments): "García Márquez preferred Rabassa's English translation to his original" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48908864))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crime-and-punishment.md): 39 recommend
- [The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brothers-karamazov.md): 28 recommend
- [Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infinite-jest.md): 26 recommend
- [The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://hackerapproved.com/p/great-gatsby.md): 24 recommend
- [Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atlas-shrugged.md): 23 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0241968585?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780241968581) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez", https://hackerapproved.com/p/one-hundred-years-of-solitude/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).