# The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/prophet/

4 people recommended The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a good read in reading threads, with the book named alongside other Gibran-era favorites; the supplied quotes give no further reasons or caveats.

Summary written by Claude from 2 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Good book recommendation (1 comment in the sample): "The Prophet by Kahil Gibran is another good one" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48723442))

## Other books people recommend

- [Ducks by Kate Beaton](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ducks/): 5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
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- [Untitled by Igor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/untitled-book/): 2 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [The Word, The Name, The Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/word-the-name-the-fire/): 2 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran", https://hackerapproved.com/p/prophet/ (4 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.