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Products that do what Magical Mystery Club does

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Hackershelf. Community curated collection of legally free books▲532
2012 · hackershelf.com
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Self-Quarantine Book Club▲127
Stuck inside? Join a book club on our Slack community.
2020
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The WALLOBOOKS Project▲119
A magical storybook anybody can write, every kid can read
2021
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Lybrum▲86
The new way to experience books, together.
2019
5AM
A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads▲478
Hey HN, I know reading books isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s certainly been mine for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, I felt like the online book space was missing a platform that does the book community justice. Goodreads is the go-to "social platform", but if you've been on Goodreads before, you'll probably agree that it's not all that social, and overall not all that exciting. So I set out to build what I personally was looking for (but could never find). The goal: to give the book community a more social and streamlined alternative to Goodreads or StoryGraph. We also felt like…
2022 · booqsi.com
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I'm writing a free book called Computer Networks from Scratch▲792
2022 · networksfromscratch.com
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I'm making a detective game built on Wikipedia▲318
Hi HN! Worked on this side project for a while and wanted to share it. It's free to play.
Oct 2025 · detective.wiki
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Hack Club Bank▲161
Non-profit bank account for high school hackathons
2018
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Hack Club▲182
Free and open source high school coding clubs 👊💥
2016
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NoCode Club▲388
The StackOverflow for no-code makers
2020
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My first side project, streamlined book clubs on Slack▲104
2025 · booktalk.club
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Engineering Book Club▲120
An online community that enjoys reading and discussing engineering books together.
2023 · engineeringbookclub.com
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Hack Club Finder 🔭▲152
Discover and connect with Hack Clubs near you
2017
14LY
Litnerd (YC S21) – Kids Book Club Meets Gaming▲51
Hi HN! Anisa here from Litnerd (https://www.litnerd.com). We’re a reading club for kids. It’s been two years since our first HN launch and I am back today to share some updates we're extremely excited about. Litnerd is an online reading club program with a weekly live meetup to help students make reading a lifelong habit. Think of us as “book club meets gaming”. New books go live weekly, and each book has movie adaptations, music, reading courseware, mini lessons with a virtual teacher and worksheets. There are reading tournaments every month to recognize the top reader. The goal…
2023
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Secret Saucer▲79
Private and anonymous discussions for your workplace
2018
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Hack Club Shipit ✈▲113
A simple but useful platform to share your amazing projects.
2017
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Reese’s Book Club▲110
Every book, everyone’s invited
2021
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Shelvy Books▲52
Hey HN! I built a little side project I wanted to share. Shelvy is a free, visual bookshelf app where you can organize books you're reading, want to read, or have finished. Sign in to save your own collection. Not monetized, no ads, no tracking beyond basic auth. Just a fun weekend project that grew a bit. Live: https://shelvybooks.com Would love any feedback on the UX or feature ideas!
Jan 2026 · shelvybooks.com
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Getting There: A Book of Mentors▲92
Thirty leaders in diverse fields share their secrets
2015
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Actionable Book Club▲102
Stop consuming knowledge passively, start taking actions now
2022
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Design Book Club▲104
Read a book-a-month with hundreds of designers.
2020
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Katamari Hack▲100
A "bookmarklet" that turns any page into Katamari Damacy
2015
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The Unsplash Book▲107
The world's first 'fully' open source book
2015
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Unseen▲80
Anonymous photo-sharing for college students
2014

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