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Tom Hanks Book Recommendations

Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker.

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16 Books Recommended

Lenin's Tomb

The Last Days of the Soviet Empire

by David Remnick

"From a verifiable period of USSR history." - Tom Hanks (Source)

The Martian

A Novel

by Andy Weir

"[The author's] masterpiece!" - Tom Hanks (Source)

All That I Am

A Novel

by Anna Funder

Tom Hanks recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The Dark Tower (8 books)

Tom Hanks mentioned this series in an EW interview. (Source)

Bossypants

by Tina Fey

"Whatever you are drinking will come out of your nose due to laughter." - Tom Hanks (Source)

Also recommended by:

Sheryl Sandberg, Mindy Kaling

Achilles in Vietnam

Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character

by Jonathan Shay

Tom Hanks mentioned this book in an EW interview. (Source)

The Cairo Trilogy in 3 Volumes

Palace Walk, Sugar Street and Palace of Desire

by Naguib Mahfouz

Tom Hanks mentioned this book in an EW interview. (Source)

Five Flights Up

and Other New York Apartment Stories

by Toni Schlesinger

Tom Hanks mentioned this book in an EW interview. (Source)

Stoner

by John Williams

"It’s simply a novel about a guy who goes to college and becomes a teacher. But it’s one of the most fascinating things that you’ve ever come across." - Tom Hanks (Source)

Also recommended by:

PewDiePie, Bret Easton Ellis