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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)
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha
The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn
by Seung Sahn
"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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How to Be a Woman
by Caitlin Moran
"The new feminist manifesto." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
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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)
Voluptuous Panic
The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
by Mel Gordon
"[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, Shah Rukh Khan, Stewart Brand, Jamie Dimon, Dominic D'Agostino
Only Don't Know
Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn
by Seung Sahn
Amanda Palmer mentioned this book in the "Tools of Titans" book. (Source)
Death
by Neil Gaiman
Amanda Palmer mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
Dirty Plotte
The Complete Julie Doucet
by Julie Doucet
"I only read one comic when I was young. It was this. It changed everything." - Amanda Palmer (Source)
The Steppenwolf
A Novel
by Hermann Hesse
"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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