Penn Jillette Recommended Books
Penn Jillette has recommended 5 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Penn Jillette is an American magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller.
(Read more on Wikipedia)5 Books Recommended
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Sapiens
A Brief History, Book 1
Penn Jillette mentioned this book in a New York Times interview. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Joe Rogan, Bill Gates, Naval Ravikant, Lex Fridman, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Attia, Ashton Kutcher, Whitney Cummings, Richard Branson, Ray Dalio, Vinod Khosla, James Cameron, Demis Hassabis, Keith Rabois, Daniel Ek, Reid Hoffman, Sam Kass, Sebastian Junger, Kishore Biyani, Ryan Shea, Melinda Gates, Bill Gurley, Karlie Kloss, Anthony Pompliano, Changpeng Zhao, PewDiePie, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Chris Evans, Simon Mayo, Mark Manson, James Clear
Homo Deus
A Brief History, Book 2
Penn Jillette mentioned this book in a New York Times interview. (Source)
Also recommended by:
Bill Gates, Naval Ravikant, Vinod Khosla, Richard Branson, Raoul Pal, Tai Lopez, Mark Manson
How Music Works
"Wonderful book." - Penn Jillette (Source)
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
"Blew my mind." - Penn Jillette (Source)
Also recommended by:
Bill Gates, Lex Fridman, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Kornfield, Stewart Brand, Eric Schmidt, A.J. Jacobs, Ben Silbermann, Chris Anderson, John Arnold, Anthony Pompliano, Mark Manson
Moby Dick
"My favorite book." - Penn Jillette (Source)
Also recommended by:
Steve Jobs, Barack Obama, PewDiePie, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jack Edwards
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