Kara Swisher Recommended Books
Kara Swisher has recommended 12 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Kara Swisher is an American technology business journalist and co-founder of Recode.
(Read more on Wikipedia)12 Books Recommended
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Markings
"I’m not a religious person but [this book] really had an impact on me." - Kara Swisher (Source)
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Essays
"I read over and over again, like three or four times a year. It’s so beautifully constructed. She’s so wise." - Kara Swisher (Source)
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The Elements of Style
"I reread it every year. It’s a great book." - Kara Swisher (Source)
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Trick Mirror
Reflections on Self-Delusion
"Hearing her deliver these blue-flame insights, one after another, that are so exactly right on the internet landscape, inspires. Highly recommend." - Kara Swisher (Source)
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The White Album
Essays
"[One] of my favorite books." - Kara Swisher (Source)
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The Trial
"Another book I read again and again." - Kara Swisher (Source)
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A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories
"I love that Ray Bradbury story, the one where he goes back and steps on the butterfly and suddenly we have Nazis kind of thing." - Kara Swisher (Source)
The Araboolies of Liberty Street
"Highly recommend this children’s book about colorful people and those who try to call out the army against them." - Kara Swisher (Source)
Permanent Record
"Quite good and surprisingly a love letter to the Internet as it was." - Kara Swisher (Source)
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She Said
Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
"Buy it, I command." - Kara Swisher (Source)
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Super Pumped
The Battle for Uber
"Great book [on Uber]." - Kara Swisher (Source)
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How to Change Your Mind
What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
"Wonderful." - Kara Swisher (Source)
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Amelia Boone, Aubrey Marcus, Hamilton Morris, Michael Mauboussin, Naval Ravikant, Paul Stamets, Peter Attia, Stewart Butterfield, Tim Ferriss, Vinod Khosla, Yuval Noah Harari
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