Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Hacker News Reads
See what books HN'ers are reading in real-time.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hacker News Reads launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2015 · hnreads.com · its alternatives →
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ReadByHumans▲126Top HackerNews articles in human-read podcast format
2017 · readbyhumans.com · its alternatives →
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Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I noticed I was getting side tracked reading Hacker News, checking back, reading articles, comments, etc. It felt like my productivity was being hampered so I created a simple web app to receive the most popular stories in a daily email. http://dailyhn.com
2011 · dailyhn.com · its alternatives →
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2011 · hackerstream.com · its alternatives →
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HackerNews reader powered by Algolia's API
2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · hntopbooks.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · hnlive.cf · its alternatives →
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