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Stephen Fry Recommended Books
Stephen Fry has recommended 6 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Stephen Fry is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer.
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Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women
Unique, Eccentric and Amazing Entertainers
by Ricky Jay
"A masterpiece." - Stephen Fry (Source)
Words Are My Matter
Writings on Life and Books
by Ursula K. Le Guin
"My favourite book on the subject of writing itself." - Stephen Fry (Source)
Sum
Forty Tales from the Afterlives
by David Eagleman
"If you read it and aren't enchanted I will eat 40 hats." - Stephen Fry (Source)
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Patrick Collison recommended this bookPatrick Collison
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."
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Derek Sivers recommended this bookDerek Sivers
"Awesomely creative think-piece. 40 very short fictional stories about what happens when you die." - Derek Sivers
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Stolen Focus
Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
by Johann Hari
"A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind’s ability to pay attention." - Stephen Fry (Source)
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Adam Grant recommended this bookAdam Grant
"A gripping analysis of why we’ve lost the capacity to concentrate, and how we might find it again." - Adam Grant
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Arianna Huffington recommended this bookArianna Huffington
"If you want to get your attention and focus back, you need to read this remarkable book." - Arianna Huffington
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Hillary Clinton recommended this bookHillary Clinton
"Rings the alarm bell for what all of us must do to protect ourselves, our children, and our democracies." - Hillary Clinton
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Mark Manson recommended this bookMark Manson
Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
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Susan Cain recommended this bookSusan Cain
"Read this book to save your mind." - Susan Cain
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What We Owe the Future
by William MacAskill
"A book of great daring, clarity, insight and imagination." - Stephen Fry (Source)
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A.J. Jacobs recommended this bookA.J. Jacobs
"So good and so important." - A.J. Jacobs
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Ezra Klein recommended this bookEzra Klein
"Will change your sense of how grand the sweep of human history could be, where you fit into it, and how much you could do to change it for the better." - Ezra Klein
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt recommended this bookJoseph Gordon-Levitt
"Both terrifying and uplifting." - Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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Julia Galef recommended this bookJulia Galef
"A fascinating, profound read." - Julia Galef
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Liv Boeree recommended this bookLiv Boeree
"Our guidebook to navigating this critical moment." - Liv Boeree
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Sam Harris recommended this bookSam Harris
"Altogether thrilling and necessary." - Sam Harris
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- Elon Musk
"Worth reading. This is a close match for my philosophy." - Elon Musk
- Elon Musk
The Coming Wave
Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
by Mustafa Suleyman
"Deeply rewarding and consistently astonishing." - Stephen Fry (Source)
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7 people
Alain de Botton recommended this bookAlain de Botton
"An extraordinary and necessary book . . . One leaves energized and thrilled to be alive right now." - Alain de Botton
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Al Gore recommended this bookAl Gore
"Deeply researched and highly relevant." - Al Gore
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Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
"An excellent guide for navigating unprecedented times." - Bill Gates
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Eric Schmidt recommended this bookEric Schmidt
"Extraordinary... Utterly unmissable." - Eric Schmidt
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Tristan Harris recommended this bookTristan Harris
"A brave wake-up call... Indispensable reading." - Tristan Harris
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Yuval Noah Harari recommended this bookYuval Noah Harari
"A fascinating, well-written, and important book." - Yuval Noah Harari
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- Daniel Kahneman
"Essential reading." - Daniel Kahneman
- Daniel Kahneman
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