# The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

5 Hacker News commenters recommended The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an engaging read that shifts how you think about time, written in a gentle, readable style. One reader found the theories more interesting than the rest of the book.

## Why people recommend it

- Gentle prose with a worldview shift (1 comments): "The prose gently rocks you while delivering a complete shift in worldview." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49906997))
- Fun, readable, interesting theories (1 comments): "Mostly a fun read but the theories, when he gets to them, are an interesting take." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48186197))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/g-del-escher-bach.md): 47 recommend
- [Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thinking-fast-and-slow.md): 17 recommend
- [Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows](https://hackerapproved.com/p/thinking-in-systems.md): 17 recommend
- [The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins](https://hackerapproved.com/p/selfish-gene.md): 14 recommend
- [Cosmos by Carl Sagan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cosmos.md): 13 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735216118?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780735216112) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli", https://hackerapproved.com/p/order-of-time/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).