
PewDiePie Book Recommendations
PewDiePie is a Swedish YouTuber, comedian, gamer, and philanthropist.
(Read more on Wikipedia)43 Books Recommended
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
"Really fun to read from start to finish." - PewDiePie (Source)
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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 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)
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Joe Rogan, Jocko Willink, Ryan Holiday, Naval Ravikant, Lex Fridman
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)
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
by Yuval Noah Harari
"Tells the major revolutions of human history." - PewDiePie (Source)
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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, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Chris Evans, Simon Mayo, Penn Jillette, Mark Manson, James Clear
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)
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Jocko Willink, Marc Andreessen, Naval Ravikant, George Raveling, Dominic D'Agostino, Ben Greenfield
Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
"A great tool to help people. [...] In case something really bad happens, I feel like, from reading this book, I'm better equipped to handle it." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Jordan Peterson, Jocko Willink, Esther Perel, Emma Watson, Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Terry Crews, Jimmy Fallon, Tony Robbins, Simon Sinek, Michael Gervais, Daniel Pink, Ev Williams, Bryan Johnson, Dustin Moskovitz, Sam Altman, Chelsea Handler, Ryan Holiday, Maria Popova, Aniela Gregorek, Fedor Holz, Turia Pitt, Chip Conley, Dave Elitch, Shane Parrish, Phil Jackson, Tom Bilyeu, Lex Fridman, Mark Manson, Alastair Humphreys, Steve Kerr, Robin Black, Jim Kwik, Michael Hyatt, Patrick Bet-David
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)
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Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
"I love this book. I think it's a masterpiece." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Jordan Peterson, Yuval Noah Harari, Tristan Harris, Matt Mullenweg, Stewart Brand, Sam Altman, Christopher Hitchens, Sahil Lavingia, Winston Churchill
Children of Time
Children of Time, Book 1
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
"Tackles some really interesting topics." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Consider Phlebas
Culture, Book 1
by Iain M. Banks
"Overall just a fun space adventure." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Dune
Dune, Book 1
by Frank Herbert
"A badass space adventure." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
"I still really loved it." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Life 3.0
Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by Max Tegmark
"It felt almost like reading a scifi." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Keith Rabois, Lex Fridman
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
"A meaningful story with horror elements to it." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Either/Or
A Fragment of Life
by Søren Kierkegaard
"It's genius. I absolutely loved it." - PewDiePie (Source)
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The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
"A masterpiece." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Peter Thiel, Jordan Peterson, Jack Dorsey, Max Levchin, Jack Edwards
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)
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Don Quixote
by Miguel De Cervantes
"My favorite piece of classical literature that I've ever read." - PewDiePie (Source)
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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)
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Mike Maples, Jr., Patrick Collison, Nassim Taleb, James Clear
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)
The Dice Man
by Luke Rhinehart
"I really enjoyed the first half, but the second half was unnecessary." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Sometimes this book was very hard to get through, but the parts that shine truly shine." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Jordan Peterson, Esther Perel, Larry King, Christopher Hitchens, Jim Cramer, Ernest Hemingway, Jim Carrey, Brian Dean, Jack Edwards
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
"I thought it was fun to read." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Jordan Peterson, Jack Dorsey, Josh Waitzkin, Phil Keoghan, Lex Fridman, Mark Manson, Jack Edwards
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
"I'm probably not really ready for it yet, but I'm really glad I read it." - PewDiePie (Source)
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Steve Jobs, Barack Obama, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Penn Jillette, Jack Edwards