# Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charles Munger

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charles Munger and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for clearly thought-out, time-tested views; one critic finds its repeated speech a rehash.

## Why people recommend it

- Clearly thought out, time-tested (1 comments): "most of the text was very clearly thought out, and time-tested over decades of stunning success" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46414089))
- Good reading at year boundaries (1 comments): "excellent idea to read this at year ending/ year beginning" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46394837))
- Broad agreement with its views (1 comments): "I've found I broadly agree with him on a ton of stuff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49909304))
- Some favorite pieces inside (1 comments): "these two are some of my favorite" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49697401))

## What people warn about

- Repeats the same speech (1 comments): "a disappointing rehash of the same funny speech seven times" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46396841))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cuckoo-s-egg.md): 40 recommend
- [Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amusing-ourselves-to-death.md): 36 recommend
- [The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/anxious-generation.md): 24 recommend
- [Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-jobs.md): 20 recommend
- [Enshittification by Cory Doctorow](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enshittification.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1578643384?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781578643387) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charles Munger", https://hackerapproved.com/p/poor-charlie-s-almanack/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).