Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books recommended on HN
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Saw Karpathy's HackerTube and wanted the same thing for books. So I had Claude build one (Opus 5.5). It's ~16.5k books that at least two different HN commenters brought up, from 2007 till now. Each book links back to the comments that mentioned it. Data is downloadable from the about page. To be clear: Claude wrote almost all of it, including the data pipeline and the site. I mostly steered and made calls, bought the domain name, etc. It counts mentions, so it's not perfect (praising a book…
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- Nov 1, 2026
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Trending history
Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books recommended on HN was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 1, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 199 checks on 6 different days, across 3 lists (Hacker News · Front page, Hacker News · Show HN, Hacker News · Show HN · this week). Its best position was #1 of 30, reached on Nov 2, 17:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 8, 14:50 UTC.
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Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).
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Where it trended
| List | Best | Days | Checks | Last seen |
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| Hacker News · Front page | #1 | 2 | 107 | |
| Hacker News · Show HN | #1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Hacker News · Show HN · this week | #1 | 4 | 79 |
From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.
On the subject of reading (since the 'decline' in literacy is being raised in this thread) -- especially if you haven't read in a while and are thinking about reading but are maybe struggling to because you feel like it's "been too long" or that you'll struggle to concentrate on a book... Please give reading…
A couple of missing ones (that I expected to have been mentioned, aren't there as far as I can tell, and I found them on here with a quick google): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invention_of_Morel mentioned here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28779266 I'd have expected it to come up as one step removed from…
Yes, could you please add a filter for fiction only? Since HN strongly leans towards nonfiction, the fiction ones are just interspersed, and I would like to see just them instead... I think fiction books are more important and more "wholesome" than nonfiction ones.
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Is Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books recommended on HN trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 8, 14:50 UTC, after 6 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books recommended on HN reached?
#1 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 2, 17:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Show HN: HackerBooks – HackerTube, but for books recommended on HN been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 1, 2026 and has been on the list on 6 days (199 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
1867 points and 306 comments; submitted by roansh on Nov 1, 2026.