# Site Reliability Engineering by Beyer, Jones, Petoff and Murphy

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Site Reliability Engineering by Beyer, Jones, Petoff and Murphy and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a highly regarded, excellent reference on site reliability engineering, covering important reliability topics well. No recurring criticism appears in the quotes.

## Why people recommend it

- Highly regarded, excellent authoritative reference (3 comments): "Google also covers this well in their highly-regarded Site Reliability Engineering book." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49233037)) "I have read parts of the Google SRE book" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49103915)) "It looked like an excellent book" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50068741))
- Covers important reliability topics well (2 comments): "This is probably the most important thing in my opinion in a lot of scenarios and cannot be emphasized further." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50072832)) "Google also covers this well in their highly-regarded Site Reliability Engineering book." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49233037))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/149192912X?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781491929124) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Site Reliability Engineering by Beyer, Jones, Petoff and Murphy", https://hackerapproved.com/p/site-reliability-engineering/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).