49 Best Fiction Books

"[The author]'s dark vision." - Tristan Harris

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

J. Cole mentioned reading this book on The Fayetteville Observer.

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

On the "Top 100 Books Referenced by Noam Chomsky" list.

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

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Larry King mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"At the age of twelve I had summoned the nerve to borrow from the headmaster, and to read [this book]." - Christopher Hitchens

Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.

"One book that I returned to many times." - Nelson Mandela

Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.

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

"My favorite piece of classical literature that I've ever read." - PewDiePie

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

"The best science fiction book ever, definitely the most prescient." - Yuval Noah Harari

"Slightly older and less well known [than 1984] but equally chilling vision." - Tristan Harris

Matt Mullenweg mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

"You can reread the Russians. They are timeless." - Esther Perel

Larry King mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"I couldn’t sleep for two nights after first reading [this book]." - Christopher Hitchens

"Sometimes this book was very hard to get through, but the parts that shine truly shine." - PewDiePie

"It would take you more than a weekend to bank out [this book]! Great book, though." - Jim Cramer

"Taylor Swift's 'Delicate' video is full of parallels to [this book]." - Korey Lane

"Melinda and I really like [this book]. When we were first dating, she had a green light that she would turn on when her office was empty and it made sense for me to come over." - Bill Gates

"I can’t do that. I’m sorry. I’ll never be a novelist." - Neil deGrasse Tyson

"I’ve read [this book] at different points in my life." - Daniel Pink

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

"I'm a sucker for efficiency. This book gets so much out of what is, ultimately, a rather slim story. I adore it." - Ta-Nehisi Coates

"My favorite book." - Bill Gates

"I'm so drawn to [the author]'s view of society back then, and to his sarcasm." - Jennifer Lawrence

"Was not written to be a young adult book. It’s an adult book. But it sort of drifted there because the protagonist is a teenager." - Gretchen Rubin

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

"I love [this book]. I read it at four different times in my life. Teenager and later." - Larry King

"My [mother] recommended [this book]." - Tim Draper

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

"[The storytelling] makes your mind wander." - Taylor Swift

"I remember starting it and just devouring it, not being able to get enough of it, because I fell in love with Scout." - Oprah Winfrey

"This story of tragic injustice resonated in my young mind and still does. It should be required reading for everyone." - Kathie Lee Gifford

"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear

"The book that’s most influenced me." - Neil Strauss

"I also really love a line from [this book], which is 'The longest way around is the shortest way home.'" - Debbie Millman

"[Appears] not to be written by [a human being]." - Christopher Hitchens

Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.

"Has started drifting into YA." - Gretchen Rubin

"My feeling of kinship with [this book] has never waned." - Alice Walker

"One of those that when you read it, kinda changes you." - Shonda Rhimes

"It's pretty clear from [this book] that [the author] was in sympathy with [her father's] educational philosophy." - David Deutsch

"Great book." - Glenn Beck

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

"You get something new every time." - Oprah Winfrey

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

"In terms of classics, you can’t do better than [this author] for understanding the human soul." - Tim O’Reilly

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

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

"One of the first books that profoundly changed my life for the better." - Aubrey Marcus

"One of my favorite books." - Will Smith

"The more and more that you dream and actually talk about something that you want to do, it can become true." - LeBron James

"A crazy story." - Big Sean

"There's a great quote in [this book]: When you're on the right path the universe conspires to help you!" - Brené Brown

"I’ve loved [this book] for a very long time." - Ryan Flaherty

"[The author] weaves an extravagant web." - Oprah Winfrey

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

"I don't know if I have to expound on why I love this book, but everyone should read [this author], and this was the first one of his works I read. So, it's like a first boyfriend. Or my first Cabbage Patch Kid." - Chelsea Handler

"I thought I wouldn't want to finish an 800-page book, but then I started slowing down and reading the same chapters over and over." - Jennifer Lawrence

This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.

"A great novel that I have read three times." - Laura R Walker

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recommended this book on Twitter.

"A good book to appreciate." - Neil Strauss

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

"As steamy, dense and sensual as the jungle that surrounds the surreal town of Macondo!" - Oprah Winfrey

"If you’ve never written a book and you’re going to tell somebody you want to write a great book, [...] read this and know what a great book is." - Cal Fussman

"Epic." - Christopher Hitchens

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

One of Jack Dorsey's answers to "what are the books that had a major influence on you?"

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

"Every year, I read [this book]. It’s so easy to read, and it has such a strong message." - Phil Keoghan

"I thought it was fun to read." - PewDiePie

Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.

Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 97

"Unlike any book I have chosen." - Oprah Winfrey

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

"[This book] changed my life." - Charlize Theron

"No novel has ever captured the love a parent has for his child better than this book." - Joel McHale

"Unrepayable." - Sam Hinkie

Emma Watson recommended this book on Time Magazine.

"Says that you are responsible for everything that you captivate." - Ricardo Semler

Brandon Stanton mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.

"Phenomenal." - Evan Goldberg

"I loved [this book]." - Fred Wilson

Garry Tan mentioned this book in his blog.

A literary discovery that may have influenced [J.K. Rowling's] alleged intention to kill off Harry Potter at the end of book seven.

"Remains one my favorites to this day." - Amelia Boone

"Such a beautiful book. I love this book." - Oprah Winfrey

"[The author] essentially recast his friend Thomas Carlyle’s pessimistic version of the French Revolution in fictional form in [this book]." - Christopher Hitchens

Mahatma Gandhi read this book.

"[This author], I could tell, wouldn't be a man who would curse me out and talk to me rudely." - Maya Angelou

Walter Isaacson said this was one of Steve Jobs' favorite books growing up.

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

"I'm probably not really ready for it yet, but I'm really glad I read it." - PewDiePie

"The classic I am supposed to have read but have had difficulty getting past the first page." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"My favorite book." - Penn Jillette

"Classic." - Jack Edwards

"The devil shows up in Stalinist Russia, [...] and gives everybody what they want, and everything goes haywire." - Peter Thiel

"I read [this book] four times, and it's still unbelievably deep." - Jordan Peterson

"[One] of my favorite books." - Jack Dorsey

"One of the finest works of fiction of the last century." - Max Levchin

"A masterpiece." - PewDiePie

"Bizarre, but quite wonderful." - Jack Edwards

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

"I was greatly influenced by [this book] in my formative years." - Richa Chadha

"Has so much to teach us. It’s an archetypal tale about recognising that there are different layers of reality." - Russell Brand

Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.

"The books we love change the way we see the world. For me it all began with [this book]." - Salman Rushdie

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

"Effective condemnation of modem civilization, written in an ironic vein." - Mahatma Gandhi

Mark Twain recommended this book in a letter.

"I was 11 when I read it and it encouraged me to believe the world was large, fascinating, and with incredibly interesting creatures in it!" - Alice Walker

"One of the books I would like to take with me to Purgatory." - Winston Churchill

"There are two books whose final lines make me cry without fail, irrespective of how many times I read them, and one is [this book]." - J.K. Rowling

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

"Loved it." - PewDiePie

"For articulating, intentionally or not, what it means to be in love with the idea of love, in love with your own memories, with your own control, with a prevailing aloneness." - Tavi Gevinson

Bryan Callen recommended this book on YouTube.

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

Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

"Incredible." - PewDiePie

"This treasure will prevent you from enjoying other novels." - Nassim Taleb

"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear

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

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

"Read [this book]." - Walter Isaacson

Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

"[This book] made a lasting impression on me when I read it as a young woman." - Hillary Clinton

Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.

Russell Moore recommended this book on Twitter.

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

"I loved [this book]." - Daniel Pink

"I'll like you five times more if you have read this book." - Jenn Im

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

"How many times have I read [this book]? Easily could be 40. Could be more." - Gretchen Rubin

Russell Moore recommended this book on Twitter.

One of David Lynch's 3 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"

"A very sad story." - PewDiePie

Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.

"The God of all writing." - Shonda Rhimes

"[I recommend this book] because everything." - Tavi Gevinson

"A light hearted satire that pokes fun at optimism, philosophy, politics, and power." - Ryan Holiday

"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear

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

"[My earliest memory of reading is] sitting in the back of the beat up old station wagon reading a paperback of [this book] while my mom was driving us to the mall." - Peter Attia

"If you wonder why some people take censorship so seriously, this book will give you the answer." - Tim Ferriss

Ryan Holiday mentioned this book on Twitter.

"Combines historical reality and mythical fiction to deliver a magnificent and magical account of India’s transition to independence and partition." - Lisa Ling

Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

"Can be really interesting [as a movie] — if it's done the right way" - Chloë Grace Moretz

"When I myself first read [this book], the phrase of hers that most arrested me was the one with which she described her father's hometown." - Christopher Hitchens

Charles Koch recommended this book on his website.

"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear

Jennifer Lopez recommended this book on Twitter.

"Gotta be read." - Shonda Rhimes

Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

"I have read it at least 10 times since I was 14. In my opinion, the romance in it is scarcely found in books today." - Chloë Grace Moretz

Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

One of Winston Churchill's favorite books.

Austen Allred recommended this book on Twitter.

"About orcs." - Paul Krugman

Oprah Winfrey recommended this book in "Oprah's Book Club."