Stephen Fry Recommended Books
Stephen Fry is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer.
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Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women
Unique, Eccentric and Amazing Entertainers
by Ricky Jay
"A masterpiece." - Stephen Fry (Source)
Words Are My Matter
Writings on Life and Books
by Ursula K. Le Guin
"My favourite book on the subject of writing itself." - Stephen Fry (Source)
Sum
Forty Tales from the Afterlives
by David Eagleman
"If you read it and aren't enchanted I will eat 40 hats." - Stephen Fry (Source)
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Stolen Focus
Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
by Johann Hari
"A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind’s ability to pay attention." - Stephen Fry (Source)
Also recommended by:
Susan Cain, Mark Manson, Hillary Clinton, Arianna Huffington, Adam Grant
What We Owe the Future
by William MacAskill
"A book of great daring, clarity, insight and imagination." - Stephen Fry (Source)
Also recommended by:
Elon Musk, Sam Harris, Liv Boeree, Julia Galef, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ezra Klein, A.J. Jacobs
The Coming Wave
Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
by Mustafa Suleyman
"Deeply rewarding and consistently astonishing." - Stephen Fry (Source)
Also recommended by:
Daniel Kahneman, Yuval Noah Harari, Tristan Harris, Eric Schmidt, Bill Gates, Al Gore, Alain de Botton
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