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books recommended by podcasters

Reading lists from the most-listened-to podcasters — Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss, Andrew Huberman, Jocko Willink, and dozens more. Aggregated across thousands of episodes.

Aggregated across 31 people we track · 60 books ranked by how many on this list have publicly recommended each one.

most recommended books on this list

  1. Man's Search for Meaning
    4 people

    Man's Search for Meaning

    Viktor E. Frankl · 2006

    4 recommenders

  2. Meditations
    4 people

    Meditations

    Marcus Aurelius · 2006

    4 recommenders

  3. The Book Of Five Rings
    4 people

    The Book Of Five Rings

    Miyamoto Musashi · 1988

    4 recommenders

  4. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
    4 people

    Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

    Adam Grant · 2021

    4 recommenders

  5. 12 Rules for Life
    3 people

    12 Rules for Life

    Jordan B. Peterson · 2018

    3 recommenders

  6. Empire Of The Summer Moon
    3 people

    Empire Of The Summer Moon

    S. C. Gwynne · 2010

    3 recommenders

  7. How to Win Friends and Influence People
    3 people

    How to Win Friends and Influence People

    Dale Carnegie, Robert Petkoff, Donna Dale Carnegie, Simon & Schuster Audio · 1998

    3 recommenders

  8. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
    3 people

    Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

    Yuval Noah Harari · 2015

    3 recommenders

  9. Animal Farm: George Orwell (Macmillan Collector's Library)
    2 people

    Animal Farm: George Orwell (Macmillan Collector's Library)

    George Orwell · 1996

    2 recommenders

  10. Black Elk
    2 people

    Black Elk

    Joe Jackson · 2016

    2 recommenders

  11. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
    2 people

    Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

    James Nestor · 2020

    2 recommenders

  12. Chaos
    2 people

    Chaos

    Tom O'Neill · 2019

    2 recommenders

  13. Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition): Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
    2 people

    Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition): Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

    Ed Catmull · 2014

    2 recommenders

  14. Economics in One Lesson
    2 people

    Economics in One Lesson

    Henry Hazlitt · 1979

    2 recommenders

  15. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
    2 people

    Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

    Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2005

    2 recommenders

  16. Foundation
    2 people

    Foundation

    Isaac Asimov · 2004

    2 recommenders

  17. How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain: How We Create Emotions Through Brain, Body, and Culture
    2 people

    How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain: How We Create Emotions Through Brain, Body, and Culture

    Lisa Feldman Barrett · 2018

    2 recommenders

  18. How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom
    2 people

    How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

    Matt Ridley · 2020

    2 recommenders

  19. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
    2 people

    How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

    Michael Pollan · 2018

    2 recommenders

  20. I'm Fine and Other Lies
    2 people

    I'm Fine and Other Lies

    Whitney Cummings · 2017

    2 recommenders

  21. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
    2 people

    Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

    Robert B. Cialdini, PhD · 2006

    2 recommenders

  22. Irresistible
    2 people

    Irresistible

    Adam Alter · 2017

    2 recommenders

  23. Outliers: The Story of Success
    2 people

    Outliers: The Story of Success

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2008

    2 recommenders

  24. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger, Expanded Third Edition
    2 people

    Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger, Expanded Third Edition

    edited by Peter Kaufman · 2006

    2 recommenders

  25. Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
    2 people

    Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade

    Robert Cialdini Ph.D. · 2016

    2 recommenders

  26. Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
    2 people

    Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail

    Ray Dalio · 2021

    2 recommenders

  27. Principles: Life and Work
    2 people

    Principles: Life and Work

    Ray Dalio · 2017

    2 recommenders

  28. Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
    2 people

    Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

    Robert T. Kiyosaki · 2001

    2 recommenders

  29. Scars and Stripes
    2 people

    Scars and Stripes

    Tim Kennedy · 2022

    2 recommenders

  30. Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
    2 people

    Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

    Christopher Ryan · 2010

    2 recommenders

  31. Siddhartha: A Novel. Complete edition with original illustrations
    2 people

    Siddhartha: A Novel. Complete edition with original illustrations

    Hermann Hesse · 1981

    2 recommenders

  32. Something Deeply Hidden
    2 people

    Something Deeply Hidden

    Sean Carroll · 2019

    2 recommenders

  33. Stories of Your Life and Others
    2 people

    Stories of Your Life and Others

    Ted Chiang · 2010

    2 recommenders

  34. The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition
    2 people

    The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition

    Paulo Coelho · 2014

    2 recommenders

  35. The Art o f War
    2 people

    The Art o f War

    Sun Tzu · 2005

    2 recommenders

  36. The Book of Elon
    2 people

    The Book of Elon

    Eric Jorgenson · 2026

    2 recommenders

  37. The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building
    2 people

    The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building

    Matt Mochary · 2019

    2 recommenders

  38. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)
    2 people

    The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)

    Clayton M. Christensen · 2003

    2 recommenders

  39. The Lessons of History
    2 people

    The Lessons of History

    Will & Ariel Durant · 1997

    2 recommenders

  40. The Lord of the Rings
    2 people

    The Lord of the Rings

    J. R. R. Tolkien · 2005

    2 recommenders

  41. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics
    2 people

    The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

    Timothy Gowers · 2008

    2 recommenders

  42. The Road
    2 people

    The Road

    Cormac McCarthy · 2006

    2 recommenders

  43. The Road (Vintage International)
    2 people

    The Road (Vintage International)

    Cormac McCarthy · 2006

    2 recommenders

  44. The Sovereign Individual: How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State
    2 people

    The Sovereign Individual: How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State

    James Dale Davidson · 1999

    2 recommenders

  45. The Storm of Steel
    2 people

    The Storm of Steel

    Ernst Jünger · 2004

    2 recommenders

  46. The Terminal List: A Thriller (1)
    2 people

    The Terminal List: A Thriller (1)

    Jack Carr · 2018

    2 recommenders

  47. The War of Art
    2 people

    The War of Art

    Steven Pressfield · 2003

    2 recommenders

  48. The War On The West
    2 people

    The War On The West

    Douglas Murray · 2022

    2 recommenders

  49. Tools Of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
    2 people

    Tools Of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers

    Timothy Ferriss · 2016

    2 recommenders

  50. True Believer
    2 people

    True Believer

    Jack Carr · 2019

    2 recommenders

  51. Who We Are and How We Got Here
    2 people

    Who We Are and How We Got Here

    David Reich · 2018

    2 recommenders

  52. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
    2 people

    With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

    Eugene Sledge · 1990

    2 recommenders

  53. “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character
    1 person

    “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character

    Richard P. Feynman · 2018

    1 recommender

  54. #DELETED
    1 person

    #DELETED

    Allum Bokhari · 2020

    1 recommender

  55. 100 Best-Loved Poems
    1 person

    100 Best-Loved Poems

    Philip Smith · 1995

    1 recommender

  56. 101 Questions to Ask Before You Get Engaged
    1 person

    101 Questions to Ask Before You Get Engaged

    H. Norman Wright · 2004

    1 recommender

  57. 18 Platoon
    1 person

    18 Platoon

    Sydney Jary · 1998

    1 recommender

  58. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
    1 person

    1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

    Andrew Ross Sorkin · 2025

    1 recommender

  59. 2001: a Space Odyssey: 25th Anniversary Edition (Space Odyssey Series)
    1 person

    2001: a Space Odyssey: 25th Anniversary Edition (Space Odyssey Series)

    Arthur C. Clarke · 2000

    1 recommender

  60. 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leaders
    1 person

    21 Irrefutable Laws of Leaders

    John Maxwell · 2007

    1 recommender

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