Outlive
Outlive by Peter Attiaby Peter Attia
The most recommended of 5 health books
Recommended for its data-driven case on health and longevity, which readers say shifted them toward health over performance training. No caveat is shared by more than one critic.
Recommended for its data-driven case on health and longevity, which readers say shifted them toward health over performance training. No caveat is shared by more than one critic.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 70%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Widely called excellent and worth reading
“Outlive is an excellent book, and one of the excellent discussions in that book is that there is no safe level of certain kinds of cholesterol.”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Low cholesterol targets cut cardiovascular events by 33%” “A worthwhile book to read on this topic is Outlive by Peter Attia (MD).”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor” “His book is well worth reading to understand his argument”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Midjourney Medical” - Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Low cholesterol targets cut cardiovascular events by 33%”
- Comment from 30 Sep 2026 in “Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over”
Data-driven, persuasive case on health
“it was persuasive enough to get me to exercise for health (instead of performance at a specific event)”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?” “The book is overall excellent and extremely data driven.”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Low cholesterol targets cut cardiovascular events by 33%” Shifts focus to health over performance
“it was persuasive enough to get me to exercise for health (instead of performance at a specific event)”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?” “helped me focus on what is really important in health and fitness and why”
Comment from 27 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?”
Other health books people recommend
The four most recommended other health books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outliveby Peter AttiaThis page | 7 | 3 | 70% | 6 | — | — |
| Starting Strengthby Mark Rippetoe | 6 | 2 | 75% | 5 | — | — |
| In Defense of Foodby Michael Pollan | 5 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
| Where There Is No Doctorby David Werner | 3 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Body By Scienceby McGuff and Little | 3 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The book is overall excellent and extremely data driven.”
“Outlive is an excellent book, and one of the excellent discussions in that book is that there is no safe level of certain kinds of cholesterol.”
“Both excellent books and perspectives worth reading.”
“His book is well worth reading to understand his argument”
“his correspondence with Epstein is quite damning”
“it was persuasive enough to get me to exercise for health (instead of performance at a specific event)”
“I feel bad now about buying and reading his book.”
“A worthwhile book to read on this topic is Outlive by Peter Attia (MD).”
“helped me focus on what is really important in health and fitness and why”
“This felt like a complete waste of attention”
“I enjoyed Outlive. Rather technical (for me) but made sense.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.