# The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

4 Hacker News commenters recommended The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Hacker News readers recommend it as a story to re-read alongside related reading, and some return to it well after a first read.

## Why people recommend it

- Worth re-reading as a companion (1 comments): "I would recommend re-reading The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas as a companion story" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46487391))
- Good to revisit later (1 comments): "Much later, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas did." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46936273))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Last Question by Isaac Asimov](https://hackerapproved.com/p/last-question.md): 50 recommend
- [There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury](https://hackerapproved.com/p/there-will-come-soft-rains.md): 27 recommend
- [They're Made Out of Meat by Terry Bisson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/they-re-made-out-of-meat.md): 17 recommend
- [Lena by qntm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lena.md): 16 recommend
- [The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster](https://hackerapproved.com/p/machine-stops.md): 15 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062470973?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780062470973) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).