# Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers recommend it as an engaging novel that some finish in a single sitting, written by an author praised for her gripping prose.

## Why people recommend it

- Engaging, hard to put down (1 comments): "I think I might have read it in a single sitting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49903449))
- Gripping writing by Du Maurier (1 comments): "Few writers wrote so engagingly as Du Maurier." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904617))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crime-and-punishment.md): 39 recommend
- [The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brothers-karamazov.md): 28 recommend
- [Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infinite-jest.md): 26 recommend
- [The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://hackerapproved.com/p/great-gatsby.md): 24 recommend
- [Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atlas-shrugged.md): 23 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0063084759?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780063084759) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rebecca/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).