Books Recommended by Jim Carrey
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
Source: "[The author] says the greatest of art, the masterpieces, are the ones that stop you. It causes a stasis in your brain. Stops time and makes it last longer." - Jim Carrey
2 recommendersThe Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Source: "I've already lived out [this book] and still I beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." - Jim Carrey
As You Wish
Cary Elwes
Source: "About the making of 'The Princess Bride'. A true comedy classic." - Jim Carrey
1 recommenderThe Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
Source: "I would be Howard Roark and not Peter Keating in [this book]." - Jim Carrey
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source: Jim Carrey mentioned this book in an Amazon Book Review interview.
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