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Cal Fussman Recommended Books
Cal Fussman has recommended 6 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Cal Fussman is an American journalist and author.
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A Feast of Snakes
A Novel
by Harry Crews
"As soon as I read [this book and Car] I said, I've got to meet this [author]." - Cal Fussman (Source)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"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 (Source)
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Neil Strauss recommended this bookNeil Strauss
"A good book to appreciate." - Neil Strauss
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Richard Branson recommended this bookRichard Branson
Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
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Oprah Winfrey recommended this bookOprah Winfrey
"As steamy, dense and sensual as the jungle that surrounds the surreal town of Macondo!" - Oprah Winfrey
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Christopher Hitchens recommended this bookChristopher Hitchens
"Epic." - Christopher Hitchens
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Fred Wilson recommended this bookFred Wilson
"Another amazing book that made me see things differently." - Fred Wilson
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- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"I think it’s glorious." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Shashi Tharoor
"Extraordinary, magical reinvention of the Latin-American experience." - Shashi Tharoor
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln
21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers
by James C. Humes
"For anyone who wants to speak, [...] it’s a great book because there’s all kinds of tips on everything about speaking." - Cal Fussman (Source)
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
"It’s a letter to his son about being a black male in America. I think it is required reading." - Cal Fussman (Source)
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Jack Dorsey recommended this bookJack Dorsey
One of Jack Dorsey's answers to "what are the books that had a major influence on you?"
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Bob Iger recommended this bookBob Iger
Bob Iger told Variety this book was on his Reading List.
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Barack Obama recommended this bookBarack Obama
Barack Obama's "2016 Summer Reading List."
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Jon Stewart recommended this bookJon Stewart
"A wonderful, challenging read." - Jon Stewart
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Sunny Hostin recommended this bookSunny Hostin
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Jay-Z recommended this bookJay-Z
"America. Please. read." - Jay-Z
Jay-Z's recommendation of this book +3
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- Mark Manson
"A love letter, not just to [the author's] son, but to black people and even the United States, in the truest sense of the genre." - Mark Manson
- DeRay Mckesson
"A must-read." - DeRay Mckesson
- Linda Sarsour
"A MUST READ." - Linda Sarsour
- Mark Manson
Car
A Novel
by Harry Crews
"As soon as I read [this book and A Feast of Snakes] I said, I've got to meet this [author]." - Cal Fussman (Source)
The Razor's Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham
"Great book!" - Cal Fussman (Source)
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Dan Carlin recommended this bookDan Carlin
"War transformed those idyllic pre-1914 ideas into reality, that war wasn't heroic. [This book] is one example. " - Dan Carlin
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended this bookPatrick O'Shaughnessy
"I’ve never before so identified with a main character (Larry)." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
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