Shepherd book recommendations

What hackers pick instead

• Goodreads-trained book recommendation modelQuickly suggests books from just a few titles you enter, with no signup needed. Common caveat: it often repeats same-author or same-series books and handles niche picks poorly.25recommend
• Google BooksPeople recommend Google Books for public domain books, old magazines and newspapers, and historical research. Critics agree that previews cut off after a few pages and search results have declined.22recommend
• HackerBooks by DOSAYGO-STUDIOBrowse books recommended on Hacker News, loading quickly in the browser. Critics find the filters confusing and some book covers cropped.22recommend

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The 10 most detailed of 11 comments. Each links to the original.

1. a new feature that lets you enter a book/author you love and see which books readers who also loved that book/author liked

   Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Book recommendations based on reading history”

2. We have about 12,000 author-created book recommendation lists; they are deeply personal and may include gender.

   Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Show HN: See what readers who loved your favorite book/author also loved to read”

3. you can get recommendations from people who loved DCC as one of their 3 fav reads of the year

   Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Show HN: See what readers who loved your favorite book/author also loved to read”

4. I want deeply personalized book recommendations for similar readers.

   Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Book recommendations based on reading history”

5. was dismayed at having to say how many books they've read

   Mixed · Dec 2025 · in “Show HN: See what readers who loved your favorite book/author also loved to read”

6. the Book DNA is pretty cool, it either recommended books that I've read or I have on my to read list

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and tell”

7. On paper I'm also impressed with Shepherd's design too

   Mixed · Apr 2026 · in “Systemd-free Modern Linux: artixlinux and dinit and labwc and noctalia shell”

8. I'm an avid Shepherd user though

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026)”

9. It didn't look like a handpicked list, I assumed I was getting the algorithmic recommendation.

   Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Show HN: See what readers who loved your favorite book/author also loved to read”

10. it's just a cash grab to get some click through profit to amazon

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Show HN: See what readers who loved your favorite book/author also loved to read”