The Best Adventure Books

"If you haven't read it, just go read it. It is amazing!" - Adam Savage

"I know it's cliche, but [this] is my favorite book ever." - Elon Musk

"My favorite spaceship ever is in [this book]." - Elon Musk

"A bleak post-apocalyptic survival story about a father and his son." - Aubrey Marcus

Caterina Fake mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"It changed my life like it changed everyone else’s." - Bob Dylan

"How I want to behave in life." - Bryan Johnson

"I have devoured [this book]." - Emma Watson

Josh Waitzkin recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

"A great [book]." - Edward Norton

"It was an important book to me." - Jon Favreau

"Speaking of a book about grudges." - Mike Maples, Jr.

On the "favorite books" section of Barack Obama's Facebook profile.

On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.

"I read this book 13 years ago, and I still think about it almost every week." - Joel McHale

"One of the greatest books of all time." - Donald Trump

Daniel Pink mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 10

On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile.

"A formative book in so many ways." - Alan Kay

"What’s great about this adventure—which I find rare in pop culture—is the celebration of the mind, invention, and science." - Ev Williams

"As a child, they exploded my imagination." - Chris Anderson

Neil Gaiman mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"I'm a big [fan of this author. I recommend] anything by him. " - Ed Latimore

"I read [this book] as a child and then, reread many times as an adult. And he’s my favorite character." - Dr. Gabor Maté

Naval Ravikant's answer to "first book which started your lifelong journey of reading?"

"A beautifully written life story of one of the greatest woman adventurers of all time." - Hillary Clinton

"The book that got me to stop making excuses and pack for an extended hiatus trip overseas." - Tim Ferriss

"A masterpiece." - Anthony Bourdain

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"This was my fave book as a kid." - Liv Boeree

"I can’t stop thinking about [this book]." - Hillary Clinton

"I thought I knew about Theodore Roosevelt." - Ryan Holiday

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"The best fantasy book of all time." - Ben Shapiro

"My dad read me [this book] when I was younger. I'm really fond of [this book]." - Emma Watson

One of Hillary Clinton's 3 answers to "Is there one book you wish all students would read?"

"One man's story of surviving in Antartica when he lost everyone and everything and still managed to make it back to his ship under the worst possible conditions." - Chelsea Handler

"I reread [this book] with the girls, too." - Michelle Obama

"As a child, I was fascinated with [this book]." - Murray Carter

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

Gretchen Rubin mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

"To learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Josh Waitzkin recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.

One of Taylor Swift's favorite books picks for "You are What You Read."

"Substantially above average." - Patrick Collison

"So powerful, so enduring, so fiercely necessary today." - Maria Popova

"A great way to invigorate." - Tim Ferriss

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.