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Larry King Recommended Books
Larry King has recommended 9 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Larry King is an American television and radio host.
(Read more on Wikipedia)9 Books Recommended
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A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
"I like Scrooge. He wasn’t a bad guy." - Larry King (Source)
Lou Gehrig
A Quiet Hero
by Frank Graham
Larry King mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
Nevertheless
A Memoir
by Alec Baldwin
Larry King mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
"I love [this book]. I read it at four different times in my life. Teenager and later." - Larry King (Source)
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7 people
Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
"My favorite book." - Bill Gates
Bill Gates's recommendation of this book 
Jennifer Lawrence recommended this bookJennifer Lawrence
"I'm so drawn to [the author]'s view of society back then, and to his sarcasm." - Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence's recommendation of this book 
Gretchen Rubin recommended this bookGretchen Rubin
"Was not written to be a young adult book. It’s an adult book. But it sort of drifted there because the protagonist is a teenager." - Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin's recommendation of this book 
Ev Williams recommended this bookEv Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
Ev Williams's recommendation of this book 
Tim Draper recommended this bookTim Draper
"My [mother] recommended [this book]." - Tim Draper
Tim Draper's recommendation of this book 
Kathie Lee Gifford recommended this bookKathie Lee Gifford
"It was the first 'anti-hero' I had ever encountered and I thoroughly fell for Holden Caulfield." - Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathie Lee Gifford's recommendation of this book +1
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- Sarah Jessica Parker
"Things to do to pass the time before Friday night’s event at Ulta in New Jersey? Re-read [this book]." - Sarah Jessica Parker
- Sarah Jessica Parker
Al Franken
Giant of the Senate
by Al Franken
"Fantastic. Funny, on the mark, funny." - Larry King (Source)
Also recommended by
1 person
Howard Stern recommended this bookHoward Stern
"[I] loved [this book]." - Howard Stern
Howard Stern's recommendation of this book
Richard Nixon
The Life
by John A. Farrell
"Terrific." - Larry King (Source)
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Larry King mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
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9 people
Jordan Peterson recommended this bookJordan 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 
Christopher Hitchens recommended this bookChristopher 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 
Ernest Hemingway recommended this bookErnest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.
Ernest Hemingway's recommendation of this book +3
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- 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
Shattered
Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign
by Jonathan Allen
Larry King mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
Also recommended by
2 people
Peter Attia recommended this bookPeter Attia
Peter Attia mentioned reading this book on an interview for thereadinglists.com
Peter Attia's recommendation of this book 
Marc Andreessen recommended this bookMarc Andreessen
"Best (?) book so far on the Democratic side of the 2016 race, most provocatively on the impact of the press coverage of the email hacks on the last stages of the race." - Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen's recommendation of this book
War And Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
Larry King mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
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5 people- Jordan Peterson recommended this book
Jordan Peterson
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.
Jordan Peterson's recommendation of this book - Christopher Hitchens recommended this book
Christopher 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 - Ernest Hemingway recommended this book
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway recommended this book in the "Ernest Hemingway on Writing" book.
Ernest Hemingway'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
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