# The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for reading to children, who get absorbed in its world and characters without needing the 1939 movie.

## Why people recommend it

- Children absorbed by its world (1 comments): "They are just captured by the world and characters without ever seeing anything related to the movie." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49916986))

## 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/dp/1731700199?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781731700193) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum", https://hackerapproved.com/p/wizard-of-oz/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).