Books Recommended by Jocko Willink
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Scars and Stripes
An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself
Tim Kennedy
Source: "[The author] is a Green Beret, Sniper, UFC Fighter, movie/TV star, entrepreneur, and all-around great human being." - Jocko Willink
2 recommenders
Blood Meridian
Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy
Source: "Was able to show the darkness in humanity and there’s nothing pleasant in any way, shape or form." - Jocko Willink
2 recommenders
About Face
The Odyssey of an American Warrior
Colonel David H. Hackworth
Source: "I had [this book] next to my bed in Ramadi. I literally read it every night. That’s how I'd fall asleep." - Jocko Willink
1 recommender
The Gulag Archipelago (3 books)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Source: Jocko Willink covered this series in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 156
Ordinary Men
Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
Christopher R. Browning
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 85
2 recommenders
Panzram
A Journal of Murder
Thomas E. Gaddis
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 158
2 recommenders
How to be Strong, Healthy and Happy
Bob Hoffman
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 27
1 recommender
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 78
36 recommendersAniela GregorekBryan JohnsonChelsea HandlerChip ConleyDaniel PinkDave ElitchDavid BlaineDustin MoskovitzEmma WatsonEsther PerelEv WilliamsFedor HolzJim KwikJimmy FallonJocko WillinkJordan PetersonLex FridmanMaria PopovaMichael GervaisNaval RavikantRyan HolidaySam AltmanSimon SinekTerry CrewsTony RobbinsTuria PittPewDiePieShane ParrishMark MansonPhil JacksonTom BilyeuMichael HyattAlastair HumphreysSteve KerrRobin BlackPatrick Bet-David
Mind Over Muscle
Writings from the Founder of Judo
Jigoro Kano
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 119
1 recommender
The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 80
Psychology For The Fighting Man
What You Should Know About Yourself And Others
Committee Of The National Research Counc
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 164
1 recommender
12 Rules for Life
An Antidote to Chaos
Jordan Peterson
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 98
Hard-Core
Life of My Own
Harley Flanagan
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 74
1 recommender
Serve to Lead
The British Army's Anthology on Leadership
Winston Churchill
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 81
1 recommender
Tools of Titans
The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Tim Ferriss
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 50
Musashi
An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era
Eiji Yoshikawa
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 100
3 recommenders
I Said No!
A Kid-to-kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private
Kimberly King
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 70
1 recommender
Wooden Leg
A Warrior Who Fought Custer
Thomas B. Marquis
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 45
1 recommender
The Killing Zone
My Life in the Vietnam War
Frederick Downs Jr.
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 33
1 recommender
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