Books Recommended by Sam Harris
Behave
Robert M. Sapolsky
Source: "Among the best insights into our brain and behavior." - Vinod Khosla
The Flight of the Garuda
Keith Dowman
Source: "Especially beautiful and wise." - Sam Harris
The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
Source: "The book is changing my perspective on what I thought smart was. This is transformative." - Mark Bell
Enlightenment Now
Steven Pinker
Source: "It is the most optimistic book I’ve read in a long time." - Yuval Noah Harari
Stumbling on Happiness
Daniel Todd Gilbert
Source: "Harvard professor of psychology has studied happiness for years, and shares factual findings that will change the way you look at the world." - Derek Sivers
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
Source: "If you just want to forget about the future and lose yourself in the book that forever changed how narrative nonfiction is written, read [this book]." - Sam Harris
Machete Season
Jean Hatzfeld
Source: Jocko Willink covered this book in "Jocko Podcast" Ep. 16
History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
Source: "Just a great example of how English should be written and just a great voice to have in your head as a result." - Sam Harris
The Qur'an
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Source: "Supposed to be the words of God." - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Hitch-22
Christopher Hitchens
Source: "You can get the benefit of both his voice and his writing if you listen to [this audiobook]." - Sam Harris
Reasons and Persons
Derek Parfit
Source: "One of the most important books written in the 20th century." - Will MacAskill
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
Source: "Very important book." - Will MacAskill
On Having No Head
Douglas Edison Harding
Source: "Finished reading." - Jack Dorsey
Our Final Invention
James Barrat
Source: "I think is the best overall resource on AI." - Tim Urban
Mortal Questions
Thomas Nagel
Source: "There are some very good essays in there that were very influential in philosophy and should be more influential in the culture, generally." - Sam Harris
The Last Word
Thomas Nagel
Source: "Champions rationality in a very compelling way." - Sam Harris
I Am That
Nisargadatta Maharaj
Source: "He said a few crazy things, as many gurus do. But if you stick to what he was claiming about the nature of experience, I think you’re on firm ground." - Sam Harris
Humiliation
William Ian Miller
Source: "Just on the phenomenon of being humiliated and differentiating it from embarrassment and other similar emotions." - Sam Harris
God Is Not Great
Christopher Hitchens
Source: "You can get the benefit of both his voice and his writing if you listen to [this audiobook]." - Sam Harris
