
Chelsea Handler Recommended Books
Chelsea Handler has recommended 11 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Chelsea Handler is an American comedian, actress, writer, television host, producer, and activist.
(Read more on Wikipedia)11 Books Recommended
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Barrel Fever
Stories and Essays
"[The author] is fucking hilarious and there's nothing I prefer to do more than laugh. If this book doesn't make you laugh, I'll refund you the money." - Chelsea Handler (Source)
Essential Enneagram
The Definitive Personality Test and Self-Discovery Guide
"Great if you're in love with yourself and can't wait to find out more." - Chelsea Handler (Source)
Moonwalking with Einstein
The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
"It has changed my life and made me embarrass myself much less when meeting someone twice." - Chelsea Handler (Source)
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Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
"I never thought much about whether I could improve my memory across a wider set of domains, but now I think I could, after reading [this book]." - Bill Gates
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Sahil Lavingia recommended this bookSahil Lavingia
Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.
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Anna Karenina
"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 (Source)
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Oprah Winfrey recommended this bookOprah Winfrey
"[The author] weaves an extravagant web." - Oprah Winfrey
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Jordan Peterson recommended this bookJordan Peterson
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.
Jordan Peterson's recommendation of this book
Jennifer Lawrence recommended this bookJennifer Lawrence
"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
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Sam Altman recommended this bookSam Altman
This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
Sam Altman's recommendation of this book
Laura R Walker recommended this bookLaura R Walker
"A great novel that I have read three times." - Laura R Walker
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Austen Allred recommended this bookAusten Allred
Austen Allred recommended this book on Twitter.
Austen Allred's recommendation of this book +4
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- Jen Wilkin
"Such good writing, so many pages." - Jen Wilkin
- Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.
- Bret Easton Ellis
"If you've never read a novel pick up [this book] and you will have the most intensely jolting and cinematic experience ever." - Bret Easton Ellis
- Peter Thiel
"All happy families are alike, and all unhappy families are unhappy in their own special way." - Peter Thiel
- Jen Wilkin
Men Explain Things to Me
"Goes deep with statistics, personal stories, and others’ accounts of how brutal this world can be for women." - Chelsea Handler (Source)
Man's Search for Meaning
"One of those beautiful accounts of a terrible time in our history. His calm and sagaciousness, while witnessing one horror after another played out during his time in three separate concentration camps, is awe inspiring." - Chelsea Handler (Source)
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Jordan Peterson recommended this bookJordan Peterson
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.
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Jocko Willink recommended this bookJocko Willink
Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 78
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Esther Perel recommended this bookEsther Perel
"The book I’ve probably gifted the most is [this book], since I’m 16." - Esther Perel
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Emma Watson recommended this bookEmma Watson
"Loved it. Really loved it." - Emma Watson
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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"Wow it's dark." - Naval Ravikant
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David Blaine recommended this bookDavid Blaine
"One of my favorite books." - David Blaine
David Blaine's recommendation of this book +29
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- Terry Crews
"Incredible." - Terry Crews
- Jimmy Fallon
"Talks about the meaning of life, and I believe you come out a better person from reading it." - Jimmy Fallon
- Tony Robbins
"Taught me that if you change the meaning, you change everything." - Tony Robbins
- Simon Sinek
"Single most important book you can read." - Simon Sinek
- Michael Gervais
"Outlines methods to discover deep meaning and purpose in life." - Michael Gervais
- Daniel Pink
"A hugely important book for me." - Daniel Pink
- Ev Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
- Bryan Johnson
"His basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life." - Bryan Johnson
- Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz recommended this book on Twitter.
- Sam Altman
This book was on Sam Altman's bookshelf.
- Ryan Holiday
"Looks at how we find purpose by dedicating ourselves to a cause, learning to love and finding a meaning to our suffering." - Ryan Holiday
- Maria Popova
"A meditation on what the gruesome experience of Auschwitz taught [the author] about the primary purpose of life: the quest for meaning, which sustained those who survived." - Maria Popova
- Aniela Gregorek
"A book I have gifted to many people because it changed the way I think about human suffering and grace in life." - Aniela Gregorek
- Fedor Holz
"[From it] I interpreted that we cannot avoid suffering, but we can choose how to cope with it, and that having meaning in our life is essential." - Fedor Holz
- Turia Pitt
"[If people are] doing a bit of soul searching, hands down [I give them this book]." - Turia Pitt
- Chip Conley
"If I were to take the meaning of [this book], and turn it into an equation, it would be despair equals suffering minus meaning." - Chip Conley
- Dave Elitch
Dave Elitch mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
- PewDiePie
"A great tool to help people. [...] In case something really bad happens, I feel like, from reading this book, I'm better equipped to handle it." - PewDiePie
- Shane Parrish
"As hard as you think your life is, it pales in comparison to Auschwitz." - Shane Parrish
- Phil Jackson
"An important book for me." - Phil Jackson
- Tom Bilyeu
Tom Bilyeu recommended this book on his website.
- Lex Fridman
"I reread [this book] quite often." - Lex Fridman
- Mark Manson
Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
- Alastair Humphreys
"Slim but packed with wisdom that I often come back to. I really recommend you read it." - Alastair Humphreys
- Steve Kerr
"Incredibly inspiring." - Steve Kerr
- Robin Black
"One of the great books ever written exists because of one of the worst times in human history. From suffering comes beauty." - Robin Black
- Jim Kwik
"Illustrates that it’s not our circumstances but the decisions we make that diminish or develop us." - Jim Kwik
- Michael Hyatt
Michael Hyatt recommended this book on his website.
- Patrick Bet-David
Patrick Bet-David recommended this book on his website.
- Terry Crews
On Booze
"Just because..." - Chelsea Handler (Source)
The House of Mirth
"A timeless story we have seen play out for hundreds of years — yet, it feels like it would only apply to modern day society in the form of a Kardashian." - Chelsea Handler (Source)
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Mindy Kaling recommended this bookMindy Kaling
"I read [this book] in 9th grade, and [it] completely changed my life." - Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling's recommendation of this book
Slavery
All you Need to Know
"A great, comprehensive introduction for the many people who don't know the history of The Atlantic Slave Trade or the history of slavery." - Chelsea Handler (Source)
Mawson's Will
The Greatest Polar Survival Story Ever Written
"One man's story of surviving in Antartica when he lost everyone and everything and still managed to make it back to his ship under the worst possible conditions." - Chelsea Handler (Source)
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Saagar Enjeti recommended this bookSaagar Enjeti
"Tale of survival in the Antarctic all by himself." - Saagar Enjeti
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Sit Down to Rise Up
How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World
"Incredible." - Chelsea Handler (Source)
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