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PewDiePie is a Swedish YouTuber, comedian, gamer, and philanthropist.

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43 Books Recommended

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis

"A very dark satire comedy." - PewDiePie (Source)

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

"Really fun to read from start to finish." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Jordan Peterson, Naval Ravikant

The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

"A very sad story." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

David Lynch, Lex Fridman

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

by Yukio Mishima

"I felt so lost reading this book, in the best possible way. And I absolutely loved it." - PewDiePie (Source)

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

by Yukio Mishima

"I absolutely LOVED it." - PewDiePie (Source)

The Sound of Waves

by Yukio Mishima

"I don't really have too much to say about it." - PewDiePie (Source)

The Book of Five Rings

by Miyamoto Musashi

"This is like the coolest book ever!" - PewDiePie (Source)

Bushido

The Soul of Japan

by Inazo Nitob

"For anyone that wants to learn more about Japanese culture and the history of it, I think [this book] is a great starting point." - PewDiePie (Source)

Discourses and Selected Writings

by Epictetus

"A good introduction to stoic philosophy." - PewDiePie (Source)

12 Rules for Life

An Antidote to Chaos

by Jordan Peterson

"Gave me a lot of new perspectives that I never thought I would even have." - PewDiePie (Source)

Beyond Good And Evil

by Friedrich Nietzsche

"Despite this being clearly above my reading comprehension, I'm really glad I still gave it a try." - PewDiePie (Source)

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

"I love this book. I think it's a masterpiece." - PewDiePie (Source)

Children of Time

Children of Time, Book 1

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

"Tackles some really interesting topics." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Ezra Klein, Brian Dean

Consider Phlebas

Culture, Book 1

by Iain M. Banks

"Overall just a fun space adventure." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Max Levchin

Dune

Dune, Book 1

by Frank Herbert

"A badass space adventure." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Ryan Shea, Zack D'Aleo

I Am Legend

by Richard Matheson

"Very light and very gripping from the beginning to the end." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Feng Zhu

Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami

"I still really loved it." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Brian Koppelman, Jenn Im

Life 3.0

Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Max Tegmark

"It felt almost like reading a scifi." - PewDiePie (Source)

Sun and Steel

by Yukio Mishima

"Super fascinated by [this author]." - PewDiePie (Source)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

"A meaningful story with horror elements to it." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Sam Altman, Jenn Im, Zack D'Aleo

Spring Snow

The Sea of Fertility, 1

by Yukio Mishima

"I really loved this book." - PewDiePie (Source)

The Book of Disquiet

by Fernando Pessoa

"Amazing. Loved it." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Tyler Cowen

The House of the Dead

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

"It was... Eh." - PewDiePie (Source)

Lolita

by Vladimir Nabokov

"Loved it." - PewDiePie (Source)

The Woman in the Dunes

by Kobo Abe

"I really recommend reading it." - PewDiePie (Source)

Either/Or

A Fragment of Life

by Søren Kierkegaard

"It's genius. I absolutely loved it." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

David Heinemeier Hansson

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov

"A masterpiece." - PewDiePie (Source)

Japanese Death Poems

Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death

by Yoel Hoffmann

"May sound depressing to read, but I found it very uplifting." - PewDiePie (Source)

Norwegian Wood

by Haruki Murakami

"Another great book I recommend." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Emma Watson, Harry Styles, Jack Edwards

Don Quixote

by Miguel De Cervantes

"My favorite piece of classical literature that I've ever read." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Dr. Gabor Maté

The Inferno

by August Strindberg

"Very fascinating, but very bizarre to read. Like reading the notes of a madman almost." - PewDiePie (Source)

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

"Incredible." - PewDiePie (Source)

Runaway Horses

The Sea of Fertility, 2

by Yukio Mishima

"This book... *chef's kiss*." - PewDiePie (Source)

In the Buddha's Words

An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon

by Bhikkhu Bodhi

"Amazing." - PewDiePie (Source)

Mythos

Stephen Fry's Greek Myths, Book 1

by Stephen Fry

"I enjoyed it very much." - PewDiePie (Source)

The Dice Man

by Luke Rhinehart

"I really enjoyed the first half, but the second half was unnecessary." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Richard Branson

Stoner

by John Williams

"A really great book." - PewDiePie (Source)

Also recommended by:

Bret Easton Ellis, Tom Hanks

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

"Sometimes this book was very hard to get through, but the parts that shine truly shine." - PewDiePie (Source)

No Longer Human

by Osamu Dazai

"This is everything I would want from a novel." - PewDiePie (Source)

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

"I thought it was fun to read." - PewDiePie (Source)

Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

"I'm probably not really ready for it yet, but I'm really glad I read it." - PewDiePie (Source)