Books Recommended by James Clear
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Principles
Life and Work
Ray Dalio
Source: "[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom." - James Clear
25 recommendersArianna HuffingtonBen GreenfieldBill GatesBryan JohnsonDiddyDoug McMillonDrew HoustonDustin MoskovitzGary VaynerchukHoward MarksJack DorseyKevin SystromLex FridmanMarc BenioffMark CubanMichael BloombergNaval RavikantReed HastingsTim FerrissTony RobbinsAusten AllredPatrick O'ShaughnessyTom BilyeuMarty CaganJames ClearImpro
Improvisation and the Theatre
Keith Johnstone
Source: "[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom." - James Clear
2 recommendersFooled by Randomness
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Taleb
Source: "[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom." - James Clear
Harry Potter (8 books)
J.K. Rowling
Source: "[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear
The Lessons of History
Will & Ariel Durant
Source: "[One of] the 10 books with the most page-for-page wisdom." - James Clear
This Is Water
Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
David Foster Wallace
Source: "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
3 recommendersThe War of Art
Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
Steven Pressfield
Source: "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
The Lord of the Rings (4 books)
J. R. R. Tolkien
Source: "[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
Source: "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
2 recommendersMeditations
Marcus Aurelius
Source: "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
Influence
The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert Cialdini
Source: "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
Game of Thrones (5 books)
George R. R. Martin
Source: "[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear
3 recommendersA Manual for Living
Epictetus
Source: "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
2 recommendersGuns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
Source: "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman
Source: "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
Into Thin Air
A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Jon Krakauer
Source: "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
2 recommendersSapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
32 recommendersAshton KutcherBill GatesBill GurleyDaniel EkDemis HassabisJames CameronJoe RoganKarlie KlossKeith RaboisKishore BiyaniLex FridmanMark ZuckerbergNaval RavikantPeter AttiaRay DalioReid HoffmanRichard BransonRyan SheaSam KassSebastian JungerVinod KhoslaWhitney CummingsPewDiePieMelinda GatesAnthony PomplianoChangpeng ZhaoPatrick O'ShaughnessyChris EvansMark MansonSimon MayoPenn JilletteJames ClearWhen Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi
Source: "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
Source: "[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear
2 recommenders
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