Books Recommended by Jocko Willink
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
Source: "Was able to show the darkness in humanity and there’s nothing pleasant in any way, shape or form." - Jocko Willink
About Face
Colonel David H. Hackworth
Source: "I had [this book] next to my bed in Ramadi. I literally read it every night. That’s how I'd fall asleep." - Jocko Willink
Ordinary Men
Christopher R. Browning
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 85
The Gulag Archipelago (3 books)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Source: Jocko Willink covered this series in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 156
Panzram
Thomas E. Gaddis
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 158
How to be Strong, Healthy and Happy
Bob Hoffman
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 27
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 78
Aniela GregorekBryan JohnsonChelsea HandlerChip ConleyDaniel PinkDave ElitchDavid BlaineDustin MoskovitzEmma WatsonEsther PerelEv WilliamsFedor HolzJimmy FallonJocko WillinkJordan PetersonLex FridmanMaria PopovaMichael GervaisNaval RavikantRyan HolidaySam AltmanSimon SinekTerry CrewsTony RobbinsTuria PittPewDiePieShane ParrishPhil JacksonTom BilyeuMind Over Muscle
Jigoro Kano
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 119
The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 80
Psychology For The Fighting Man
Committee Of The National Research Counc
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 164
12 Rules for Life
Jordan Peterson
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 98
Hard-Core
Harley Flanagan
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 74
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 97
Serve to Lead
Winston Churchill
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 81
Tools of Titans
Tim Ferriss
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 50
Musashi
Eiji Yoshikawa
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 100
I Said No!
Kimberly King
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 70
Wooden Leg
Thomas B. Marquis
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 45
The Killing Zone
Frederick Downs Jr.
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 33
Valleys of Death
Bill Richardson
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 148
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