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Posted by seinvak 2 days ago

Show HN: Books mentioned on Hacker News in 2025(hackernews-readings-613604506318.us-west1.run.app)
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throw-12-16 1 day ago||
Seems like a great training set for a hn astroturf bot.
jackconsidine 2 days ago||
extremely cool thanks.

See a few of my mentions on here, a few of them not [0]

Regardless, this is a real treat

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44977536

begueradj 2 days ago||
The 6 first books reflect the quality comments I often see here on HN.
bookofjoe 2 days ago||
Best HN post of the year. I just surfaced after hours exploring.
kaizenb 1 day ago||
This is just great! Thanks for building.
kaizenb 1 day ago|
No design category though, broke my heart :(
codingdave 2 days ago||
Affiliate marketing is such a mixed bag. I absolutely love it when people can monetize their writing by adding some affiliate links that are relevant to the audience - win/win for all sides. Yet it is as slimy as anything else when the sole purpose of creating content is to publish affiliate links.
seinvak 2 days ago||
My bad — probably should’ve added a disclaimer :) For what it’s worth, I only added sponsored links to the top ~50 books out of ~10k total. Mostly just trying to cover the cost of a decent domain so I can keep the site running.
SquareWheel 2 days ago||
> "probably should’ve added a disclaimer"

It's a violation of the Amazon Associates program to not have one.

mtlynch 1 day ago||
Also, it's illegal in the US and many other countries to not disclose that you're earning money from a recommendation.[0]

[0] https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorse...

whatamidoingyo 2 days ago||
Eh, I've shared your views before. But Amazon affiliate link payouts are trash. The OP made it to the front page of HN, but I'd be surprised if he makes more than $100. It's possible, but probably highly unlikely. Let him them make some money, it's a cool project.

But, OP, if you're going to have this, disclaimers, and a privacy policy are really important (especially for collecting emails).

wellpast 2 days ago||
Love this. Is there a scrape-able list of these?
seinvak 2 days ago|
Thanks for the love.No need to scrape, just use this json containing all the data used in making the site :

https://storage.googleapis.com/globalhnbucket/normalized_boo...

frm88 1 day ago||
You missed some of mine, for example Theatre of the God's is not on your list: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45718536

Edit:the French edition of the Vorkosigan Saga has denfitively the wrong author https://hackernews-readings-613604506318.us-west1.run.app/

blintz 2 days ago|
I tend to avoid sci-fi that hits too close to home (don't love any of the AI/internet/crypto classics, same reason I can't bear to watch Silicon Valley), so I was a little bored by the top of the the list.

But, there's really good stuff that I've loved just a bit down the list: Foundation, The Left Hand Of Darkness, The Dispossessed, Stories of Your Life and Others, Exhalation, Children Of Time, Dune.

Was surprised the Mars trilogy was pretty low (might be the keyword indexing?) - highly recommend, as long as you don't get too bored by descriptions of rock.

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