# Zodiac by Neal Stephenson

4 Hacker News commenters recommended Zodiac by Neal Stephenson and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a very good Neal Stephenson novel, and a likely pick for readers who liked his other books.

## Why people recommend it

- Good fit for Stephenson fans (1 comments): "I like all of his stuff, personally, but the books "Zodiac"[0], "Interface"[1], and "The Cobweb"[2] ... I think would be a slam-dunk for you" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46399761))
- Called very good (1 comments): "even Zodiac and In the Beginning Was the Command Line are both very good" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49884255))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crime-and-punishment.md): 39 recommend
- [The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brothers-karamazov.md): 28 recommend
- [Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infinite-jest.md): 26 recommend
- [The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://hackerapproved.com/p/great-gatsby.md): 24 recommend
- [Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand](https://hackerapproved.com/p/atlas-shrugged.md): 23 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802143156?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780802143150) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Zodiac by Neal Stephenson", https://hackerapproved.com/p/zodiac/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).