Brian Koppelman Book Recommendations

City of Thieves

by David Benioff

"I’ve given it to 100 people. All of them thanked me and gave away a bunch themselves." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

A Memoir

by Haruki Murakami

"The single best distillation of the kind of focus, commitment, and sense of mission it takes to become a great artist." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

The Artist's Way

Morning Pages Journal

by Julia Cameron

"The closest thing to magic I’ve come across. That if you really do it every day in a real disciplined practice, something happens to your subconscious that allows you to get your most creative place." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

Conspiracy

Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue

by Ryan Holiday

"Every one of [the author]’s books is appointment reading for me. If he writes it, I make the time to read it." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

Broken

by Don Winslow

"A steamroller. Each story will run you over. For real. Read it." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

Sizzling Chops and Devilish Spins

Ping-Pong and the Art of Staying Alive

by Jerome Charyn

"[This] great book about pong, [...] captures the way the game makes me feel." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami

"If you have always wanted to read [this author], I think this [Covid-19] period of time is perfect for it. He could have conceived of this whole thing." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

The War of Art

Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

by Steven Pressfield

"Talks about resistance." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

What Makes Sammy Run?

by Budd Schulberg

"A legendary book about how somebody makes their way in Hollywood." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

by Haruki Murakami

"If you have always wanted to read [this author], I think this [Covid-19] period of time is perfect for it. He could have conceived of this whole thing." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

Awaken the Giant Within

How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial

by Tony Robbins

"This book was the first of [Tony Robbins books] I read, and it asked me crucial questions about the stories I was telling myself that were limiting my growth." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

Bird by Bird

Some Instructions on Writing and Life

by Anne Lamott

"Great." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

A Gentleman in Moscow

A Novel

by Amor Towles

"Just so good. Such a wonderful read." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

A Novel

by Haruki Murakami

"If you have always wanted to read [this author], I think this [Covid-19] period of time is perfect for it. He could have conceived of this whole thing." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

A Wild Sheep Chase

The Rat, Book 3

by Haruki Murakami

"If you have always wanted to read [this author], I think this [Covid-19] period of time is perfect for it. He could have conceived of this whole thing." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

On Writing

A Memoir of the Craft

by Stephen King

"Still the gold standard." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

Write for Your Life

by Lawrence Block

"Magnificent." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

As Told to Alex Haley

by Malcolm X

"[One of the autobiographies] I have read the most often." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

A Moveable Feast

by Ernest Hemingway

"[One of the autobiographies] I have read the most often." - Brian Koppelman (Source)

The Stranger

by Albert Camus

"Everyone should read [this book]." - Brian Koppelman (Source)