# Replay by Ken Grimwood

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

6 people recommended Replay by Ken Grimwood in Hacker News comments and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 12 months, in 9 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a gripping read that is quick to finish, with one reader finishing it in a day.

Summary written by Claude from 11 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Gripping from the start (2 comments in the sample): "The list of books that are gripping from the start" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49595427)) "Couldn’t put it down and finished in a day." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49928247))
- Quick, easy read (1 comment in the sample): "Both of these are quick, easy reads." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46290501))

## Other novels people recommend

- [Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crime-and-punishment/): 32 recommend, 7 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Moby-Dick by Herman Melville](https://hackerapproved.com/p/moby-dick/): 18 recommend, 3 mixed, 9 criticize
- [The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brothers-karamazov/): 18 recommend, 9 mixed, 7 criticize
- [Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/blood-meridian/): 16 recommend, 1 mixed, 3 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, "Replay by Ken Grimwood", https://hackerapproved.com/p/replay/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

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