# Stop Reading the News by Rolf Dobelli

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Stop Reading the News by Rolf Dobelli and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended by readers as an excellent book on the topic, with several urging others to take its advice and stop reading the news.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent book on the topic (2 comments): "Rolf Dobelli wrote an excellent book on this topic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46799032)) "There is a great book about this from Rolf Dobelli" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46807247))
- Advice to stop reading news (2 comments): "IOW follow Rolf Dobelli's advice and "Stop reading the news!"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47630755)) "Take Rolf Dobelli's advice - don't listen to the news" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49761279))

## 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/1529342724?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781529342727) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Stop Reading the News by Rolf Dobelli", https://hackerapproved.com/p/stop-reading-the-news/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).