
David Blaine Recommended Books
David Blaine has recommended 8 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
David Blaine is an American illusionist, endurance artist and extreme performer.
(Read more on Wikipedia)8 Books Recommended
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Cervantes
"The book that blows me away beyond anything." - David Blaine (Source)
Man's Search for Meaning
"One of my favorite books." - David Blaine (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
Emma Watson's recommendation of this book
Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"Wow it's dark." - Naval Ravikant
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Terry Crews recommended this bookTerry Crews
"Incredible." - Terry Crews
Terry Crews's recommendation of this book +29
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- 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.
- Chelsea Handler
"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
- 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.
- Jimmy Fallon
The Macrobiotic Way
The Definitive Guide to Macrobiotic Living
David Blaine mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
American Prometheus
The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
"One of the more fascinating men that I’ve read about." - David Blaine (Source)
Siddhartha
"[He] says, 'Love is stronger than hate. Soft is stronger than hard. Water is stronger than stone.'" - David Blaine (Source)
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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"So good that it may as well be non-fiction." - Naval Ravikant
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Emma Watson recommended this bookEmma Watson
"Was recommended to me by a friend." - Emma Watson
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Wim Hof recommended this bookWim Hof
Wim Hof's answer to "What do you give to people as gifts?"
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Neil Strauss recommended this bookNeil Strauss
Neil Strauss recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
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Bryan Johnson recommended this bookBryan Johnson
"Love [this book]." - Bryan Johnson
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Navdeep Chandel recommended this bookNavdeep Chandel
"It’s a nice book about a journey of an evolution of a young man into an adult." - Navdeep Chandel
Navdeep Chandel's recommendation of this book +9
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- Tim Ferriss
"Consider reading or rereading this short gem." - Tim Ferriss
- Fred Wilson
"I loved [this book] when I read it in college. I think it really impacted me." - Fred Wilson
- Patrick O'Shaughnessy
"An old classic." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
- Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson recommended this book on Twitter.
- Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.
- Justin Kan
"One of two books I’ve lived my life by since I read 20 years ago!" - Justin Kan
- Harry Styles
"A friend gave me [this book] when we started travelling together. It makes a lot of sense to me. I think it’s a really important book." - Harry Styles
- James Clear
"[One of] the 10 best fiction books." - James Clear
- Jack Edwards
"About a man who is searching for his faith but finds everything he needs within himself." - Jack Edwards
- Tim Ferriss
If This Is a Man and The Truce
"Amazing." - David Blaine (Source)
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Esther Perel recommended this bookEsther Perel
"One of the most powerful books one ought to read." - Esther Perel
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A Hunger Artist
David Blaine mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
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Lex Fridman recommended this bookLex Fridman
Lex Fridman mentioned this book on Instagram.
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Naked
"It’s hilarious." - David Blaine (Source)
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