Adam Savage Recommended Books
Adam Savage has recommended 23 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Adam Savage is an American special effects designer and fabricator, actor, educator, and television personality and producer.
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"Seriously, one of my favorite books of all time." - Adam Savage (Source)
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Anna Akana recommended this bookAnna Akana
Anna Akana recommended this book on Twitter.
Anna Akana's recommendation of this book
Atlas Obscura
An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders
"Buy the book. Seriously great content." - Adam Savage (Source)
Seveneves
"A better book [than 'Snow Crash']." - Adam Savage (Source)
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3 people
Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
"Belongs in the subgenre of hard science fiction, which means it emphasizes scientific accuracy." - Bill Gates
Bill Gates's recommendation of this book 
Barack Obama recommended this bookBarack Obama
Barack Obama's "2016 Summer Reading List."
Barack Obama's recommendation of this book 
Chris Young recommended this bookChris Young
"I found I actually enjoyed [this book] a lot, but mostly because it was competence porn." - Chris Young
Chris Young's recommendation of this book
The Three-Body Problem (3 books)
"I felt like I was getting a Chinese version of Chinese culture." - Adam Savage (Source)
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Lex Fridman, Liv Boeree, Mark Zuckerberg, Max Levchin, Naval Ravikant, Ryan Shea, Tim Urban, Tobi Lütke, Barry Silbert, Mike Novogratz
Shikasta
"A field report on Earth." - Adam Savage (Source)
Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
"On a big road trip, I read it out loud to my wife, she read it out loud to me. Then we got the audio book and we listened to Steve Martin read it." - Adam Savage (Source)
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4 people
Marc Andreessen recommended this bookMarc Andreessen
"Nothing about his career was an accident, which I thought was fascinating." - Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen's recommendation of this book 
Jason Calacanis recommended this bookJason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis recommended this book on his blog.
Jason Calacanis's recommendation of this book 
Bill Nye recommended this bookBill Nye
"This is the story of my hero. The guy who inspired me to do what I do now." - Bill Nye
Bill Nye's recommendation of this book 
Sahil Lavingia recommended this bookSahil Lavingia
Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.
Sahil Lavingia's recommendation of this book
Gun, with Occasional Music
"A great science fiction novel." - Adam Savage (Source)
Dune (6 books)
"If you haven't read it, just go read it. It is amazing!" - Adam Savage (Source)
Also recommended by:
Andrew Chen, Elon Musk, Ev Williams, Jeff Bezos, Kelly Starrett, Kyle Maynard, Laird Hamilton, Seth Godin, Stewart Brand, Tim Draper, Tim Ferriss, Tim O’Reilly, Zooko Wilcox, Cameron Winklevoss, Sahil Lavingia, Paulo Coelho
The Left Hand of Darkness
Hainish Cycle, Book 4
"An impressive and powerful experience." - Adam Savage (Source)
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1 person
Brad Feld recommended this bookBrad Feld
"I'm buying [this book] and reading it this weekend in memorium." - Brad Feld
Brad Feld's recommendation of this book
The Liars' Club
A Memoir
"[The author's] first memoir." - Adam Savage (Source)
Snow Crash
"It's a tough call because I prefer other books of [this author]. But [this book] is so important within the history of science fiction." - Adam Savage (Source)
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14 people
Tobi Lütke recommended this bookTobi Lütke
"Loved it." - Tobi Lütke
Tobi Lütke's recommendation of this book 
Larry Page recommended this bookLarry Page
Entrepreneur.com article.
Larry Page's recommendation of this book 
Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"Best cyberpunk novel ever written. Slightly dated but very prescient." - Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant's recommendation of this book 
Sergey Brin recommended this bookSergey Brin
"Ten years ahead of the time anticipated what's going to happen." - Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin's recommendation of this book 
Ev Williams recommended this bookEv Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Ev Williams's recommendation of this book 
Seth Godin recommended this bookSeth Godin
"Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet." - Seth Godin
Seth Godin's recommendation of this book +8
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- Brandon Stanton
"I love [this book]." - Brandon Stanton
- Ryan Shea
One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
- Nolan Bushnell
"[One of my ten favorite books] I might think of if I were asked the question at an interview this minute." - Nolan Bushnell
- Austen Allred
"One of my favorite books of all-time." - Austen Allred
- Cameron Winklevoss
"Love [this book]! We stole from mrb." - Cameron Winklevoss
- Fred Wilson
"A lot of what we [at USV] invest in and how we look at the future comes from [this book]." - Fred Wilson
- Mark Zuckerberg
"Anyone interested in [virtual reality] would read [this book]." - Mark Zuckerberg
- Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang credits [this book] for conjuring the metaverse.
- Brandon Stanton
Girl in Landscape
A Novel
"The [book] that I love of [this author]." - Adam Savage (Source)
Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home
"A great cookbook." - Adam Savage (Source)
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