# The Rules of the Game by Andrew Gordon

2 Hacker News commenters recommended The Rules of the Game by Andrew Gordon and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a worked example of ideas in context, specifically Gordon's book on the Battle of Jutland. One commenter cites a different book with the same title by Neil Strauss.

## Why people recommend it

- Illustrates an idea in context (1 comments): "A great illustration of this idea in context is Andrew Gordon's book on the Battle of Jutland" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48365966))
- Taught the commenter a lot (1 comments): "I learned more from Rules of the Game by Neil Strauss" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46407398))

## 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/0719561310?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780719561313) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Rules of the Game by Andrew Gordon", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rules-of-the-game/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).