James Clear Book Recommendations
39 Books Recommended
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The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear (Source)
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Principles
Life and Work
by Ray Dalio
"[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Arianna Huffington, Bill Gates, Bryan Johnson, Diddy, Doug McMillon, Drew Houston, Dustin Moskovitz, Gary Vaynerchuk, Howard Marks, Jack Dorsey, Kevin Systrom, Marc Benioff, Mark Cuban, Michael Bloomberg, Naval Ravikant, Reed Hastings, Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins, Austen Allred, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Tom Bilyeu, Lex Fridman, Marty Cagan, Ben Greenfield
Impro
Improvisation and the Theatre
by Keith Johnstone
"[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom." - James Clear (Source)
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Harry Potter (8 books)
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear (Source)
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Ariana Grande, Emma Watson, Gretchen Rubin, Paul Graham, Phil Keoghan, Shah Rukh Khan, Taylor Swift
Fooled by Randomness
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
by Nassim Taleb
"[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Howard Marks, Nick Kokonas, Ev Williams, James Altucher, Art De Vany, Ryan Shea
The Lessons of History
by Will & Ariel Durant
"[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Tim Ferriss, Kevin Systrom, Shane Parrish, Mark Manson, Lyn Alden
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Aubrey Marcus, Will Smith, LeBron James, Big Sean, Brené Brown, Ryan Flaherty, Lisa Ling, Daniel Ek, Eric Ripert, Gabby Reece, Ryan Shea, Garry Tan, Lewis Howes, Tony Robbins, Jodie Cook, Andy Frisella, Patrick Bet-David
The Lord of the Rings (4 books)
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Elon Musk, Laird Hamilton, Naval Ravikant, Neil Gaiman, Paul Graham, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Nolan Bushnell
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear (Source)
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Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Emma Watson, Wim Hof, Neil Strauss, Bryan Johnson, Navdeep Chandel, Tim Ferriss, Fred Wilson, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Phil Jackson, Lex Fridman, Justin Kan, Harry Styles, Jack Edwards
Game of Thrones (5 books)
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear (Source)
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The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Emma Watson, Ricardo Semler, Brandon Stanton, Evan Goldberg, Fred Wilson, Garry Tan
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird, Book 1
by Harper Lee
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Jordan Peterson, Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, Kathie Lee Gifford
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Anthony Pompliano, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Tim Cook, Peter King, Shauna Niequist
This Is Water
Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
by David Foster Wallace
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear (Source)
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The War of Art
Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
by Steven Pressfield
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Aubrey Marcus, Ryan Holiday, Seth Godin, Brian Koppelman, Marie Forleo, Daniel Pink, Derek Sivers, Soman Chainani, Russell Moore, Jen Sincero, Jodie Cook, Danny Miranda, Michael Hyatt
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear (Source)
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Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear (Source)
Influence
The Psychology of Persuasion
by Robert Cialdini
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear (Source)
A Manual for Living
by Epictetus
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear (Source)
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Joe Rogan, Bill Gates, Charlie Munger, Simon Sinek, Daniel Ek, Jesse Williams, Stewart Brand, Patrick Arnold, Jamie Dimon, Margaret Atwood, Mark Manson
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
by Richard P. Feynman
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear (Source)
Also recommended by:
Peter Attia, Naval Ravikant, Tim Ferriss, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Ev Williams, Sergey Brin, Brian Armstrong, Noah Kagan, Sahil Lavingia
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear (Source)
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Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari
"[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear (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, Penn Jillette, Mark Manson