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Show HN: PodBookCase – Discover books mentioned on popular podcast episodes

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Saw HackerBooks shared the other day (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50326821) and wanted the same thing for books mentioned in popular podcasts instead. As an avid reader and lover of podcasts, I always found it super interesting to hear about the books that helped shape influential people. So I built PodBookCase (well Claude did) – a searchable directory of books mentioned across popular podcast episodes, using parsed transcript data (which I'll shortly make available) I originally…

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raistlin_majere
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Nov 4, 2026
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podbookcase.com

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Trending history

Show HN: PodBookCase – Discover books mentioned on popular podcast episodes was first seen on Hacker News · Show HN on Nov 5, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 11 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #24 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 03:30 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 08:30 UTC.

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Position on Hacker News · Show HN at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 03:3004:4506:0007:1508:30 Nov 5, 03:30 UTC · #24Nov 5, 04:00 UTC · #26Nov 5, 04:30 UTC · #26Nov 5, 05:00 UTC · #28Nov 5, 05:30 UTC · #28Nov 5, 06:00 UTC · #29Nov 5, 06:30 UTC · #29Nov 5, 07:00 UTC · #30Nov 5, 07:30 UTC · #30Nov 5, 08:00 UTC · #30Nov 5, 08:30 UTC · #30

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012 03:3004:4506:0007:1508:30 Nov 5, 03:30 UTC · 2Nov 5, 04:00 UTC · 2Nov 5, 04:30 UTC · 2Nov 5, 05:00 UTC · 2Nov 5, 05:30 UTC · 2Nov 5, 06:00 UTC · 2Nov 5, 06:30 UTC · 2Nov 5, 07:00 UTC · 2Nov 5, 07:30 UTC · 2Nov 5, 08:00 UTC · 2Nov 5, 08:30 UTC · 2

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Is Show HN: PodBookCase – Discover books mentioned on popular podcast episodes trending on Show HN right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 08:30 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Show HN: PodBookCase – Discover books mentioned on popular podcast episodes reached?

#24 on Hacker News · Show HN, on Nov 5, 03:30 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.

How long has Show HN: PodBookCase – Discover books mentioned on popular podcast episodes been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 5, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (11 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

2 points and 0 comments; submitted by raistlin_majere on Nov 4, 2026.