# The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as one of the most impressive books they have read, though one reader found it alienating at times.

## Why people recommend it

- Strongly recommended by readers (1 comments): "I recommend you read the book World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47864708))
- One of the most impressive books (1 comments): "one of the most impressive books I have ever read" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48889611))

## What people warn about

- Hard to relate to personally (1 comments): "I can't relate well to it on a personal level." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48890113))
- Alienating at times (1 comments): "it at times makes it downright alienating reading" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48889415))

## 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/0670788295?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780670788293) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig", https://hackerapproved.com/p/world-of-yesterday/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).