Darren Aronofsky Book Recommendations

Books Recommended by Darren Aronofsky

• Last Exit to Brooklyn

  Hubert Selby Jr.

  Source: "[I] devoured it in a single night. I had never seen anyone attack the page like he did." - Darren Aronofsky

  1 recommender

  Darren Aronofsky
• Requiem for a Dream

  Hubert Selby Jr.

  Source: "[I made this book] into a film and even [got] pretty close to [the author] as a dear friend." - Darren Aronofsky

  1 recommender

  Darren Aronofsky
• Carrie

  Stephen King

  Source: "I proceeded to pound through procrastinating by reading [this book], scaring the living crap out of myself." - Darren Aronofsky

  1 recommender

  Darren Aronofsky
• Howl and Other Poems

  Allen Ginsberg

  Source: "A cry from the ‘60s for his generation. At least that’s the way I took it." - Darren Aronofsky

  1 recommender

  Darren Aronofsky
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces

  Joseph Campbell

  Source: "[I'm] totally part of his cult. Because I believe in that hero’s journey." - Darren Aronofsky

  6 recommenders

  Darren AronofskyKyle MaynardRay DalioPatrick O'Shaughnessy& 2 Members
• The Writers Journey

  Christopher Vogler

  Source: "Very good. But it’s only for people who are writing screenplays." - Darren Aronofsky

  2 recommenders

  Darren AronofskyJon Favreau
• The Origin of Species

  Charles Darwin

  Source: Darren Aronofsky mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

  6 recommenders

  Darren AronofskyMatt RidleyNeil deGrasse TysonPaul Graham& 2 Members
• The Denial of Death

  Ernest Becker

  Source: "A good one." - Darren Aronofsky

  5 recommenders

  Darren AronofskyEric WeinsteinJason SilvaJordan PetersonShay Carl