# Unsong by Scott Alexander

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Unsong by Scott Alexander and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a fun, amusing historical fantasy with religious themes; critics say its ending lacks resolution.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, amusing historical fantasy (3 comments): "a very fun piece of historical fiction / religious fantasy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46658832)) "Unsong is extremely amusing to me for some reason." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45909522)) "great book, very enjoyable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46248569))

## What people warn about

- Ending lacks resolution (1 comments): "the book kinda just ends without a whole lot of anticlimax or resolution" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46659383))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lord-of-the-rings.md): 66 recommend
- [The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hobbit.md): 49 recommend
- [Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dungeon-crawler-carl.md): 48 recommend
- [Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/harry-potter-and-the-methods-of-rationality.md): 19 recommend
- [Piranesi by Susanna Clarke](https://hackerapproved.com/p/piranesi.md): 12 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Unsong+by+Scott+Alexander&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Unsong by Scott Alexander", https://hackerapproved.com/p/unsong/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).