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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Summaries of Paul Graham's essays launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Paul Graham Essays, Searchable▲7

   2023 · collie.ai · its alternatives →

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   Paul Graham Essay Translations▲144

   Collection of 174 essays covering up to 13 languages

   2016 · gigster.com · its alternatives →

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   Paul Graham's Essays Visualized▲238

   Startup and entrepreneurship advice from PG in visual form

   2019 · its alternatives →

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   Paul Graham 101▲139

   A summary of Paul Graham’s 200+ essays

   2021 · jaakkoj.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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   Paul Graham Essays Audio▲4

   High quality audio recordings of his greatest essays!

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Paul Graham Essays Search▲177

   Paul Graham Essays - Searchable by topic, type, and stage

   2014 · brandbucket.com · its alternatives →

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   Paul Graham Essay Tracker▲213

   Track your progress reading PG's essays

   2025 · pgessays.com · its alternatives →

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   Paul Graham Audio Essays▲28

   Browse your favorite podcast shows, genres, and hosts on Apple Podcasts. Download and listen from any Apple device or stream online.

   2020 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age ▲79

   Essays by Paul Graham

   2015 · its alternatives →

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    Paul Graham Translated▲7

    223 Essays - 8 Languages - 4 Translations

    2024 · paulgraham-translated.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Build a Kindle book of PG's essays▲53

    Builds epub book out of Paul Graham's essays. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2012 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Listen to Paul Graham's Essays on Spotify and Apple▲10

    Link for Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pg-essays/id1696269981

    2023 · open.spotify.com · its alternatives →

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    Paul Graham Beautifier▲4

    Paul Graham's essays are beautiful and easier to read

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    Topic modeling over Paul Graham's essays▲20

    Topic Modeling over Paul Graham's essays. Contribute to futureUnsure/pg-essay-lda development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Shareholdr▲123

    Listen to startup essays

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Essays by Paul Graham GPT▲363

    A tool for thinking — unrestrictive and full of surprises.

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Standing by Words▲66

    The essays of Wendell Berry

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Paul Rand: Conversations with Students▲69

    Paul Rand's words and thoughts on varied topics

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Essays of Paul Graham▲22

    The most beautiful articles ever written from YC founder

    2015 · paulgraham.com · its alternatives →

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    pg2epub▲121

    Download an always up-to-date ebook of Paul Graham’s essays

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Paul Graham essays speechified▲2

    Listen to Paul Graham essays on YouTube

    2023 · paulgraham.com · its alternatives →

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    Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore▲74

    Detailed biography of a quiet revolutionary

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The White Album▲71

    Essays highlighting upheavals and aftermaths in the 1960s

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Talk to Paul▲19

    Chat with Paul Graham's essays

    2025 · talk-to-paul.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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