# Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

4 Hacker News commenters recommended Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Hacker News readers recommend it in reading-list threads, and one commenter calls it great. Few comments discuss it in detail.

## Why people recommend it

- Called great by a commenter (1 comments): "Same guy that wrote Say Nothing, which is also great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49899714))

## 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/0307279286?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780307279286) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe", https://hackerapproved.com/p/say-nothing/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).