Kara Swisher Book Recommendations

Markings

by Dag Hammarskjold

"I’m not a religious person but [this book] really had an impact on me." - Kara Swisher (Source)

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Essays

by Joan Didion

"I read over and over again, like three or four times a year. It’s so beautifully constructed. She’s so wise." - Kara Swisher (Source)

The Elements of Style

by William Strunk Jr.

"I reread it every year. It’s a great book." - Kara Swisher (Source)

Trick Mirror

Reflections on Self-Delusion

by Jia Tolentino

"Hearing her deliver these blue-flame insights, one after another, that are so exactly right on the internet landscape, inspires. Highly recommend." - Kara Swisher (Source)

The White Album

Essays

by Joan Didion

"[One] of my favorite books." - Kara Swisher (Source)

The Trial

by Franz Kafka

"Another book I read again and again." - Kara Swisher (Source)

A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories

by Ray Bradbury

"I love that Ray Bradbury story, the one where he goes back and steps on the butterfly and suddenly we have Nazis kind of thing." - Kara Swisher (Source)

The Araboolies of Liberty Street

by Sam Swope

"Highly recommend this children’s book about colorful people and those who try to call out the army against them." - Kara Swisher (Source)

Permanent Record

by Edward Snowden

"Quite good and surprisingly a love letter to the Internet as it was." - Kara Swisher (Source)

She Said

Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement

by Jodi Kantor

"Buy it, I command." - Kara Swisher (Source)

Super Pumped

The Battle for Uber

by Mike Isaac

"Great book [on Uber]." - Kara Swisher (Source)

How to Change Your Mind

What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

by Michael Pollan

"Wonderful." - Kara Swisher (Source)