Quentin Tarantino Recommended Books

Chaos

Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

by Tom O'Neill

"Fantastic." - Quentin Tarantino (Source)

Endless Highway

by David Carradine

"One of the best actor biographies I ever read." - Quentin Tarantino (Source)

Bruce Lee

The Man Only I Knew

by Linda Lee

"The first biography I ever read." - Quentin Tarantino (Source)

Harold and Maude

by Colin Higgins

"I didn't see Harold and Maude until about seven years ago, but I read [this book] in the 70's." - Quentin Tarantino (Source)

The Omen

by David Seltzer

"It's really good." - Quentin Tarantino (Source)

Orca

by Arthur Herzog

"A fantastic novelization!" - Quentin Tarantino (Source)

Little Boy Blue

A Novel

by Edward Bunker

"The best first-person crime novel I've ever read." - Quentin Tarantino (Source)

Pictures at a Revolution

Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood

by Mark Harris

"Probably one of the best books I’ve ever read in my life." - Quentin Tarantino (Source)

9/30/55

by John Minahan

Quentin Tarantino recommended this book on "The Big Picture" podcast. (Source)

The Employment of Negro Troops

by Ulysess Lee

"The most profound thing I’ve ever read on both the war and racist America of the 1940s." - Quentin Tarantino (Source)

The Ministry of Illusion

Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife

by Eric Rentschler

"A wonderful critical reexamination of German cinema under Joseph Goebbels." - Quentin Tarantino (Source)

Leni Riefenstahl

The Fallen Film Goddess

by Glenn B Infield

"The first of many books I’ve read on Fräuline Riefenstahl." - Quentin Tarantino (Source)

Leni Riefenstahl

A Memoir

by Leni Riefenstahl

"Her descriptions of normal friendly conversations with Hitler are amazing and ring of truth." - Quentin Tarantino (Source)