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Taylor Swift Recommended Books
Taylor Swift has recommended 28 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter.
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Normal People
A Novel
by Sally Rooney
Taylor Swift told a fan she loved this book. (Source)
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4 people
Barack Obama recommended this bookBarack Obama
Barack Obama's favorite books of 2019 list.
Barack Obama's recommendation of this book 
Serena Izzo recommended this bookSerena Izzo
"" - Serena Izzo
Serena Izzo's recommendation of this book 
Jack Edwards recommended this bookJack Edwards
"The perfect people for university aged people." - Jack Edwards
Jack Edwards's recommendation of this book 
Brit Marling recommended this bookBrit Marling
"I loved [this book]." - Brit Marling
Brit Marling's recommendation of this book
The Beautiful and Damned
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"It’s something [the author] did so well, to describe a scene so gorgeously interwoven with rich emotional revelations, that you yourself have escaped from your own life for a moment." - Taylor Swift (Source)
Conversations with Friends
by Sally Rooney
"I really like her book. [...] I like the tone she takes when she's writing. I think it's like being inside somebody's mind." - Taylor Swift (Source)
Also recommended by
1 person
Sarah Jessica Parker recommended this bookSarah Jessica Parker
"This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I'm not alone." - Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker's recommendation of this book
Harry Potter (9 books)
"So good!" - Taylor Swift (Source)
Also recommended by:
Ariana Grande, Emma Watson, Gretchen Rubin, Paul Graham, Phil Keoghan, Shah Rukh Khan, James Clear
Wonderful Tonight
George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
by Pattie Boyd
"I devoured this intriguing woman’s memoir." - Taylor Swift (Source)
Committed
A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
by Elizabeth Gilbert
[Taylor Swift] said during the reception that she was enjoying [this book]. (Source)
Stargirl
Stargirl, Book 1
by Jerry Spinelli
"Some people call [the main character] weird, but no matter how much they make fun of her, she continues to be herself." - Taylor Swift (Source)
The Hunger Games (5 books)
"I thought it would be an action-adventure type of thing, but it’s so much more emotional than that." - Taylor Swift (Source)
Eat, Pray, Love
One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
by Elizabeth Gilbert
One of Taylor Swift's favorite books picks for "You are What You Read." (Source)
The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
"My. Favorite. Author." - Taylor Swift (Source)
Also recommended by
2 people
Elon Musk recommended this bookElon Musk
"Must admit to liking [this book]. Sad, romantic and beautifully named." - Elon Musk
Elon Musk's recommendation of this book 
Emma Watson recommended this bookEmma Watson
"I stayed up til 4 finishing [this book]." - Emma Watson
Emma Watson's recommendation of this book
Furious Love
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century
by Sam Kashner
"I read a book about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor recently, and how there was this crazy frenzy surrounding them." - Taylor Swift (Source)
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird, Book 1
by Harper Lee
"[The storytelling] makes your mind wander." - Taylor Swift (Source)
Also recommended by
4 people
Jordan Peterson recommended this bookJordan Peterson
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.
Jordan Peterson's recommendation of this book 
Oprah Winfrey recommended this bookOprah Winfrey
"I remember starting it and just devouring it, not being able to get enough of it, because I fell in love with Scout." - Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey's recommendation of this book 
Kathie Lee Gifford recommended this bookKathie Lee Gifford
"This story of tragic injustice resonated in my young mind and still does. It should be required reading for everyone." - Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford's recommendation of this book 
James Clear recommended this bookJames Clear
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear
James Clear's recommendation of this book
The Kennedy Women
The Saga of an American Family
by Laurence Leamer
"I’m just so obsessed with the whole history of J.F.K. and R.F.K." - Taylor Swift (Source)
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Taylor Swift's 'Delicate' video is full of parallels to [this book]." - Korey Lane (Source)
Also recommended by
8 people
Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
"Melinda and I really like [this book]. When we were first dating, she had a green light that she would turn on when her office was empty and it made sense for me to come over." - Bill Gates
Bill Gates's recommendation of this book 
Neil deGrasse Tyson recommended this bookNeil deGrasse Tyson
"I can’t do that. I’m sorry. I’ll never be a novelist." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson's recommendation of this book 
Daniel Pink recommended this bookDaniel Pink
"I’ve read [this book] at different points in my life." - Daniel Pink
Daniel Pink's recommendation of this book 
Ev Williams recommended this bookEv Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Ev Williams's recommendation of this book 
Ta-Nehisi Coates recommended this bookTa-Nehisi Coates
"I'm a sucker for efficiency. This book gets so much out of what is, ultimately, a rather slim story. I adore it." - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates's recommendation of this book 
Christopher Hitchens recommended this bookChristopher Hitchens
"[The author] found he'd taken on all the great American themes, from the original 'dream' itself to the corresponding loss of innocence." - Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens's recommendation of this book +2
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- Jim Carrey
"I've already lived out [this book] and still I beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." - Jim Carrey
- Ryan Holiday
"I’ve read and re-read many times." - Ryan Holiday
- Jim Carrey
Charlotte's Web
by E. B White
One of Taylor Swift's favorite books picks for "You are What You Read." (Source)
Also recommended by
1 person
Peter Attia recommended this bookPeter Attia
"[My earliest memory of reading is] sitting in the back of the beat up old station wagon reading a paperback of [this book] while my mom was driving us to the mall." - Peter Attia
Peter Attia's recommendation of this book
Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier
"When I was reading [this book] there was a part of me that was relating to that because at some point in my life I felt that way, and so I ended up writing the song 'Tolerate.'" - Taylor Swift (Source)
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