Emma Watson Recommended Books
Emma Watson has recommended 94 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Emma Watson is an English actress, model and activist.
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Man's Search for Meaning
"Loved it. Really loved it." - Emma Watson (Source)
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Jordan Peterson, Jocko Willink, Esther Perel, Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Terry Crews, Jimmy Fallon, Tony Robbins, Simon Sinek, Michael Gervais, Daniel Pink, Ev Williams, Bryan Johnson, Dustin Moskovitz, Sam Altman, Chelsea Handler, Ryan Holiday, Maria Popova, Aniela Gregorek, Fedor Holz, Turia Pitt, Chip Conley, Dave Elitch, PewDiePie, Shane Parrish, Phil Jackson, Tom Bilyeu, Lex Fridman, Mark Manson, Alastair Humphreys, Steve Kerr, Robin Black, Jim Kwik, Michael Hyatt, Patrick Bet-David
The Queen of the Tearling
A Novel
"I didn't sleep for about a week because I couldn't put the bloody thing down." - Emma Watson (Source)
Pachinko
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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Harry Potter (8 books)
"I've read each one of [these books] 3 or 4 times each." - Emma Watson (Source)
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Ariana Grande, Gretchen Rubin, Paul Graham, Phil Keoghan, Shah Rukh Khan, Taylor Swift, James Clear
All About Love
New Visions
"It’s been on my list for a while." - Emma Watson (Source)
Wild
From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
"I have devoured [this book]." - Emma Watson (Source)
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The Opposite of Loneliness
Essays and Stories
"I had to tell you about this book. If you've already read it tell me what your favourite bits were." - Emma Watson (Source)
His Dark Materials (8 books)
Emma Watson recommended this series on Twitter. (Source)
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Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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Catching the Big Fish
Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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Beyond Words
What Animals Think and Feel
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Twilight (5 books)
"I literally felt depressed when I finished reading them because I thought, 'Oh my God, what am I going to do now?'" - Emma Watson (Source)
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Women Who Run with the Wolves
Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype
"[The author]'s ideas are both ancient and completely new." - Emma Watson (Source)
The Remains of the Day
"Emma Watson cites [this book] as one of her favourite books for its expression of the consequences of discretion." - Harper Bazaar (Source)
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Love Letters to the Dead
"I loved [this book]." - Emma Watson (Source)
Siddhartha
"Was recommended to me by a friend." - Emma Watson (Source)
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Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Wim Hof, Neil Strauss, Bryan Johnson, Navdeep Chandel, Tim Ferriss, Fred Wilson, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Phil Jackson, Lex Fridman, Justin Kan, Harry Styles, James Clear, Jack Edwards
Tribe
On Homecoming and Belonging
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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Tiny Beautiful Things
Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
"I have devoured [this book]." - Emma Watson (Source)
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East of Eden
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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Just Kids
"I have had [this book] on my bedside forever." - Emma Watson (Source)
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The Fountainhead
"I know, it's a cult. I'm not going to take it too far, but I did enjoy it." - Emma Watson (Source)
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Mark Cuban, Tim Urban, Larry Ellison, Kevin Kelly, Travis Kalanick, Vince Vaughn, Ev Williams, Jesse Williams, Noah Kagan, Fred Wilson, Jim Carrey, Ray Dalio, Shah Rukh Khan
Torch
"I have devoured [this book]." - Emma Watson (Source)
The Hidden Life of Trees
What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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1984
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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Tristan Harris, Jordan Peterson, J. Cole, Noam Chomsky, Richard Branson, Matt Mullenweg, Christopher Hitchens, Sahil Lavingia, Jenn Im, Winston Churchill, Diane Rehm, Anna Akana, Brad Delong
Brave Enough
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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The Vagina Monologues
Emma Watson recommended this book on Instagram. (Source)
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Hunger
A Memoir of (My) Body
"What struck me the most about the book is [the auhtor]’s searing honesty." - Emma Watson (Source)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
"A wonderful book." - Emma Watson (Source)
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The Shadow of the Wind
Cemetery of Forgotten Books, Book 1
"Back in 2007, [Emma Watson] cited [this book] as one of her favorite books in an interview with Scholastic." - Bustle.com (Source)
The Fault in Our Stars
"I stayed up til 4 finishing [this book]." - Emma Watson (Source)
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Sex and World Peace
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Half the Sky
Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
"Depicts, in eye-opening detail, the various cultures and customs that suppress women and gives a voice to those individuals who need to be heard the most." - Emma Watson (Source)
The Magus
"Russell Crowe, who I am working with on a film, gave me [this book]." - Emma Watson (Source)
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
What I Know For Sure
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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Mom & Me & Mom
"About the special connection between mother and child." - Emma Watson (Source)
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Annie John
A Novel
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
The Bloody Chamber
And Other Stories
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Walden
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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The Circle
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Nights at the Circus
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
We
Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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The Complete Persepolis
"About a bold and brave young woman and her experiences in 1980s Iran." - Emma Watson (Source)
Modern Romance
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
How to Be a Woman
"It deserves to be read more than once." - Emma Watson (Source)
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The Little Prince
Emma Watson recommended this book on Time Magazine. (Source)
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Ricardo Semler, Brandon Stanton, Evan Goldberg, Fred Wilson, Garry Tan, James Clear
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
A Memoir of Life in Death
Emma Watson recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
A Memoir
Emma Watson recommended this book on GoodReads. (Source)
Ain't I a Woman
Black Women and Feminism
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale, Book 1
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars
A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Heart Berries
A Memoir
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Bad Feminist
Essays
"We put such high expectations on ourselves as feminists, on other feminists, and the movement as a whole." - Emma Watson (Source)
The Argonauts
"About the author’s relationship with artist Harry Dodge, who is fluidly gendered." - Emma Watson (Source)
The Color Purple
"I've heard amazing things about this book from a person that I trust." - Emma Watson (Source)
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Feminist Theory
From Margin to Center
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Small Is Beautiful
Economics as if People Mattered
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
The Sleep Revolution
Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
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The Constant Princess
"I read when I was very young." - Emma Watson (Source)
In the Body of the World
A Memoir of Cancer and Connection
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Prime Time
Love, Health, Sex, Fitness, Friendship, Spirit; Making the Most of all of Your Life
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Way of the Actor
A Path to Knowledge and Power
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
The BFG
"My dad read me [this book] when I was younger. I'm really fond of [this book]." - Emma Watson (Source)
My Life on the Road
Emma Watson recommended this book on Instagram. (Source)
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Moranifesto
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Self-Made Man
One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Rookie Yearbook Four
"Ladies buy it now now now." - Emma Watson (Source)
Quiet
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
"Discusses how extroverts in our society are bigged up so much, and if you’re anything other than an extrovert you’re made to think there’s something wrong with you. That’s like the story of my life." - Emma Watson (Source)
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Simon Sinek, Tom Peters, Laurie Halse Anderson, Jason Fried, Jim Kwik
Natural Beauty
"My friend is supporting GlobalGreenUSA with [this book]." - Emma Watson (Source)
A Path Appears
Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity
"Movements like the one [the author] continued with [this book] are so important as they encourage solidarity in the values we share." - Emma Watson (Source)
The Richard Burton Diaries
"[The author] obviously wrote his diaries with the idea that people would read them, that they would be public." - Emma Watson (Source)
Metamorphoses
Emma Watson mentioned this book in a Vanity Fair interview. (Source)
Feminism Is for Everybody
Passionate Politics
On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile. (Source)
Norwegian Wood
Emma Watson mentioned this book in a Marie Claire interview. (Source)
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