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Books recommended by A.J. Jacobs

A.J. Jacobs

  1. Holy Bible: (by -). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Barack Obama , Caterina Fake , Hillary Clinton , Kevin Kelly , Laird Hamilton , Neil deGrasse Tyson , Peter Thiel , Ricardo Semler , Ryan Flaherty , Tim Draper , Walter Isaacson , Wim Hof , Christopher Hitchens , Cathie Wood , Kanye West , Maya Angelou , Russell Moore , Winston Churchill
  2. What We Owe the Future: (by William MacAskill). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Elon Musk , Ezra Klein , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Julia Galef , Liv Boeree , Sam Harris , Stephen Fry
  3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: (by Rebecca Skloot). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs
  4. I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: (by Rachel Bloom). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs
  5. Free Will: (by Sam Harris). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs
  6. The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University (by Kevin Roose). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs
  7. Go the F**k to Sleep: (by Adam Mansbach). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Charlize Theron
  8. Lying: (by Sam Harris). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Brian Armstrong , Elon Musk , Tim Ferriss , Vinod Khosla
  9. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (by Steven Pinker). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Bill Gates , Jordan Peterson , Sam Harris , Yuval Noah Harari , David Deutsch , David Friedberg , Michael Mauboussin , Richard Dawkins
  10. You Can Be Right (or You Can Be Married): Looking for Love in the Age of Divorce (by Dana Adam Shapiro). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Esther Perel , Elizabeth Gilbert
  11. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (by Jonathan Haidt). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Ann Miura-Ko , Derren Brown , Russell Moore
  12. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (by Steven Pinker). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Ben Silbermann , Bill Gates , Chris Anderson , Eric Schmidt , Jack Kornfield , John Arnold , Lex Fridman , Mark Zuckerberg , Stewart Brand , Anthony Pompliano , Mark Manson , Penn Jillette
  13. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (by Tim Ferriss). Recommended by A.J. Jacobs , Blake Mycoskie , Caterina Fake , Charles Poliquin , Daniel Pink , David Heinemeier Hansson , Derek Sivers , Eric Weinstein , Ev Williams , Gary Keller , Jason Silva , Laura R Walker , Marc Andreessen , Marc Goodman , Mark Bell , Maurice Ashley , Mike Maples, Jr. , Mike Shinoda , Rolf Potts , Tim Draper , Tristan Harris , Walter Isaacson , Lewis Howes , Jodie Cook , Brian Dean , Michael Hyatt