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Amanda Palmer Recommended Books
Amanda Palmer has recommended 13 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Amanda Palmer is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, and performance artist.
(Read more on Wikipedia)13 Books Recommended
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Not the End of the World
by Kate Atkinson
"Dark as fuck. And not what you think." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
"One of those life-changing books that finally popped the light off in my little brain, when I read this at 24." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
A Collaboration with Nature
by Andy Goldsworthy
"When I found [this book], I fell in love. Just open it, I'll shut up." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
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Tim Ferriss recommended this bookTim Ferriss
"It’ll blow your mind." - Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss's recommendation of this book
How to Be a Woman
by Caitlin Moran
"The new feminist manifesto." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
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Emma Watson recommended this bookEmma Watson
"It deserves to be read more than once." - Emma Watson
Emma Watson's recommendation of this book
The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams
"About what love is. A classic, but oh man. As I age, every time I read this aloud I cry a little harder." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
"[The author] didn't have to find these images and compile this book; but he did." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
Blood and Guts in High School
by Kathy Acker
"Made me want to write, to write more honestly than I had ever written before." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
The Hotel New Hampshire
by John Irving
"The first book I ever read that made me jump up and down in bed and pump my fist while reading." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
Amanda Palmer mentioned this book in the "Tools of Titans" book. (Source)
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Warren Buffett recommended this bookWarren Buffett
"It’s very impressive [to] read about people pondering how to figure out the weight of the Earth or something in the 18th century." - Warren Buffett
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Shah Rukh Khan recommended this bookShah Rukh Khan
"I do a read [this book] often." - Shah Rukh Khan
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Stewart Brand recommended this bookStewart Brand
Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.
Stewart Brand's recommendation of this book 
Jamie Dimon recommended this bookJamie Dimon
On Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books.
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Dominic D'Agostino recommended this bookDominic D'Agostino
"Information-dense and manages to be humorous and super entertaining." - Dominic D'Agostino
Dominic D'Agostino's recommendation of this book
Amanda Palmer mentioned this book in the "Tools of Titans" book. (Source)
Amanda Palmer mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
"I only read one comic when I was young. It was this. It changed everything." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
"Has a fantastical realism that pierces to the bottom of the psyche. I've re-read and re-read this sucker every five years." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
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