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Ernest Hemingway Recommended Books
Ernest Hemingway has recommended 31 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and sportsman.
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War And Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Also recommended by
5 people
Jordan Peterson recommended this bookJordan Peterson
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.
Jordan Peterson's recommendation of this book 
Larry King recommended this bookLarry King
Larry King mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
Larry King's recommendation of this book 
Christopher Hitchens recommended this bookChristopher Hitchens
"At the age of twelve I had summoned the nerve to borrow from the headmaster, and to read [this book]." - Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens's recommendation of this book 
Nelson Mandela recommended this bookNelson Mandela
"One book that I returned to many times." - Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela's recommendation of this book 
Mark Manson recommended this bookMark Manson
Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
Mark Manson's recommendation of this book
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Also recommended by
10 people
Oprah Winfrey recommended this bookOprah Winfrey
"[The author] weaves an extravagant web." - Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey's recommendation of this book - Jordan Peterson recommended this book
Jordan Peterson
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.
Jordan Peterson's recommendation of this book 
Chelsea Handler recommended this bookChelsea Handler
"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
Chelsea Handler'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
Jennifer Lawrence's recommendation of this book 
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
Laura R Walker's recommendation of this book +4
More recommendations
- Austen Allred
Austen Allred recommended this book on Twitter.
- Jen Wilkin
"Such good writing, so many pages." - Jen Wilkin
- 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
- Austen Allred
Mr. Midshipman Easy
by Frederick Marryat
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Frank Mildmay
by Frederick Marryat
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Peter Simple
by Frederick Marryat
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
L'Éducation Sentimentale
by Gustave Flaubert
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Buddenbrooks
The Decline of a Family
by Thomas Mann
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Dubliners
by James Joyce
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Also recommended by
1 person
Jim Carrey recommended this bookJim Carrey
"[The author] says the greatest of art, the masterpieces, are the ones that stop you. It causes a stasis in your brain. Stops time and makes it last longer." - Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey's recommendation of this book
Ulysses
by James Joyce
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Also recommended by
3 people
Neil Strauss recommended this bookNeil Strauss
"The book that’s most influenced me." - Neil Strauss
Neil Strauss's recommendation of this book 
Debbie Millman recommended this bookDebbie Millman
"I also really love a line from [this book], which is 'The longest way around is the shortest way home.'" - Debbie Millman
Debbie Millman's recommendation of this book - Christopher Hitchens recommended this book
Christopher Hitchens
"[Appears] not to be written by [a human being]." - Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens's recommendation of this book
Tom Jones
by Henry Fielding
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Joseph Andrews and Shamela
by Henry Fielding
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Le Rouge et le Noir
by Stendhal
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
La Chartreuse de Parme
by Stendhal
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Also recommended by
3 people- Jordan Peterson recommended this book
Jordan Peterson
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.
Jordan Peterson's recommendation of this book 
Hillary Clinton recommended this bookHillary Clinton
"[This book] made a lasting impression on me when I read it as a young woman." - Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton's recommendation of this book 
Russell Moore recommended this bookRussell Moore
Russell Moore recommended this book on Twitter.
Russell Moore's recommendation of this book
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Also recommended by
9 people- Jordan Peterson recommended this book
Jordan Peterson
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.
Jordan Peterson's recommendation of this book 
Esther Perel recommended this bookEsther Perel
"You can reread the Russians. They are timeless." - Esther Perel
Esther Perel's recommendation of this book - Larry King recommended this book
Larry King
Larry King mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
Larry King's recommendation of this book - Christopher Hitchens recommended this book
Christopher Hitchens
"I couldn’t sleep for two nights after first reading [this book]." - Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens's recommendation of this book 
PewDiePie recommended this bookPewDiePie
"Sometimes this book was very hard to get through, but the parts that shine truly shine." - PewDiePie
PewDiePie's recommendation of this book 
Jim Cramer recommended this bookJim Cramer
"It would take you more than a weekend to bank out [this book]! Great book, though." - Jim Cramer
Jim Cramer's recommendation of this book +3
More recommendations
- Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey mentioned this book in an Amazon Book Review interview.
- Brian Dean
"Classic for a reason: great story, great characters, great writing." - Brian Dean
- Jack Edwards
"Great." - Jack Edwards
- Jim Carrey
Demons
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Also recommended by
2 people
Ben Shapiro recommended this bookBen Shapiro
"There's some light reading for you." - Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro's recommendation of this book - Jordan Peterson recommended this book
Jordan Peterson
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.
Jordan Peterson's recommendation of this book
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, Book 3
by Mark Twain
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Also recommended by
3 people
Daniel Pink recommended this bookDaniel Pink
Daniel Pink mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
Daniel Pink's recommendation of this book 
Richard Branson recommended this bookRichard Branson
Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
Richard Branson's recommendation of this book 
Walter Isaacson recommended this bookWalter Isaacson
"Read [this book]." - Walter Isaacson
Walter Isaacson's recommendation of this book
The Open Boat and Other Stories
by Stephen Crane
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
The Blue Hotel
by Stephen Crane
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Hail and Farewell
Ave, Salve, Vale
by George Moore
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. III
Autobiographies
by William Butler Yeats
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
The Best Short Stories
by Guy de Maupassant
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling
by Rudyard Kipling
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Essential Turgenev
by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Far Away and Long Ago
by W. H. Hudson
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
Collected Stories Volume 1
by Henry James
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
The American
by Henry James
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book. (Source)
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