Adam Savage Book Recommendations

Adam Savage is an American special effects designer and fabricator, actor, educator, and television personality and producer.

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23 Books Recommended

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1Q84

by Haruki Murakami

"Seriously, one of my favorite books of all time." - Adam Savage (Source)

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Anna Akana

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Atlas Obscura

An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders

by Joshua Foer

"Buy the book. Seriously great content." - Adam Savage (Source)

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Seveneves

A Novel

by Neal Stephenson

"A better book [than 'Snow Crash']." - Adam Savage (Source)

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Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Chris Young

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The Three-Body Problem (3 books)

"I felt like I was getting a Chinese version of Chinese culture." - Adam Savage (Source)

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Lex Fridman, Liv Boeree, Mark Zuckerberg, Max Levchin, Naval Ravikant, Ryan Shea, Tim Urban, Tobi Lütke, Barry Silbert, Mike Novogratz

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Shikasta

by Doris Lessing

"A field report on Earth." - Adam Savage (Source)

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Born Standing Up

A Comic's Life

by Steve Martin

"On a big road trip, I read it out loud to my wife, she read it out loud to me. Then we got the audio book and we listened to Steve Martin read it." - Adam Savage (Source)

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Marc Andreessen, Jason Calacanis, Bill Nye, Sahil Lavingia

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Gun, with Occasional Music

by Jonathan Lethem

"A great science fiction novel." - Adam Savage (Source)

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Dune (6 books)

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

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Andrew Chen, Elon Musk, Ev Williams, Jeff Bezos, Kelly Starrett, Kyle Maynard, Laird Hamilton, Seth Godin, Stewart Brand, Tim Draper, Tim Ferriss, Tim O’Reilly, Zooko Wilcox, Cameron Winklevoss, Sahil Lavingia, Paulo Coelho

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The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

"An impressive and powerful experience." - Adam Savage (Source)

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Brad Feld

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The Liars' Club

A Memoir

by Mary Karr

"[The author's] first memoir." - Adam Savage (Source)

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Snow Crash

A Novel

by Neal Stephenson

"It's a tough call because I prefer other books of [this author]. But [this book] is so important within the history of science fiction." - Adam Savage (Source)