# The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its self-critical, reflective account of its author's life and actions. The most common caveat is that some passages detailing the minutiae of his diet are very boring.

## Why people recommend it

- Self-critical and reflective author (2 comments): "the author is self-critical and reflective which helps in understanding him as a person and his actions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49901836)) "the author is self-critical and reflective which helps in understanding him as a person" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904593))

## What people warn about

- Boring passages on diet minutiae (1 comments): "there are also excruciatingly boring parts where he is detailing the minutiae of his diet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49901975))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams](https://hackerapproved.com/p/careless-people.md): 106 recommend
- [Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl](https://hackerapproved.com/p/man-s-search-for-meaning.md): 13 recommend
- [Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/surely-you-re-joking-mr-feynman.md): 11 recommend
- [Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell](https://hackerapproved.com/p/down-and-out-in-paris-and-london.md): 9 recommend
- [Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kitchen-confidential.md): 9 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807059811?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780807059814) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi", https://hackerapproved.com/p/story-of-my-experiments-with-truth/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).