Books recommended by PewDiePie
PewDiePie, a prominent online personality and YouTuber, gained fame through his Let’s Play videos of horror games, particularly Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Official website: https://www.pewdiepie.com.
Recommended books showcase a blend of philosophical introspection (12 Rules for Life) and classic literature, with elements of mythology and folklore woven throughout (Mythos). These works often explore themes of human nature, morality, and the search for meaning, drawing from various literary and mythological traditions.
- The Old Man and the Sea: (by Ernest Hemingway). Recommended by Jack Dorsey , Jordan Peterson , Josh Waitzkin , Lex Fridman , Phil Keoghan , PewDiePie , Mark Manson , Jack Edwards
- 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (by Jordan Peterson). Recommended by Dominic D’Agostino , George Raveling , Jocko Willink , Marc Andreessen , Naval Ravikant , PewDiePie
- Mythos: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths, Book 1 (by Stephen Fry). Recommended by PewDiePie
- The House of the Dead: (by Fyodor Dostoyevsky). Recommended by PewDiePie
- The Inferno: (by August Strindberg). Recommended by PewDiePie
- The Metamorphosis: (by Franz Kafka). Recommended by David Lynch , Lex Fridman , PewDiePie
- No Longer Human: (by Osamu Dazai). Recommended by PewDiePie
- The Sound of Waves: (by Yukio Mishima). Recommended by PewDiePie
- American Psycho: (by Bret Easton Ellis). Recommended by PewDiePie
- Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death (by Yoel Hoffmann). Recommended by PewDiePie
- Flowers for Algernon: (by Daniel Keyes). Recommended by Jordan Peterson , Naval Ravikant , PewDiePie
- Runaway Horses: The Sea of Fertility, 2 (by Yukio Mishima). Recommended by PewDiePie
- Bushido: The Soul of Japan (by Inazo Nitob). Recommended by PewDiePie
- The Woman in the Dunes: (by Kobo Abe). Recommended by PewDiePie
- The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea: (by Yukio Mishima). Recommended by PewDiePie
- Spring Snow: The Sea of Fertility, 1 (by Yukio Mishima). Recommended by PewDiePie
- Discourses and Selected Writings: (by Epictetus). Recommended by PewDiePie
- The Temple of the Golden Pavilion: (by Yukio Mishima). Recommended by PewDiePie
- Sun and Steel: (by Yukio Mishima). Recommended by PewDiePie
- In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (by Bhikkhu Bodhi). Recommended by PewDiePie
- Norwegian Wood: (by Haruki Murakami). Recommended by Emma Watson , PewDiePie , Jack Edwards , Harry Styles
- I Am Legend: (by Richard Matheson). Recommended by PewDiePie , Feng Zhu
- Dune: Dune, Book 1 (by Frank Herbert). Recommended by Ryan Shea , PewDiePie
- Don Quixote: (by Miguel De Cervantes). Recommended by Dr. Gabor Maté , PewDiePie
- Man's Search for Meaning: (by Viktor E. Frankl). Recommended by Aniela Gregorek , Bryan Johnson , Chelsea Handler , Chip Conley , Daniel Pink , Dave Elitch , David Blaine , Dustin Moskovitz , Emma Watson , Esther Perel , Ev Williams , Fedor Holz , Jim Kwik , Jimmy Fallon , Jocko Willink , Jordan Peterson , Lex Fridman , Maria Popova , Michael Gervais , Naval Ravikant , Ryan Holiday , Sam Altman , Simon Sinek , Terry Crews , Tony Robbins , Turia Pitt , PewDiePie , Shane Parrish , Mark Manson , Phil Jackson , Tom Bilyeu , Michael Hyatt , Alastair Humphreys , Steve Kerr , Robin Black
- The Dice Man: (by Luke Rhinehart). Recommended by Richard Branson , PewDiePie
- The Picture of Dorian Gray: (by Oscar Wilde). Recommended by Sam Altman , PewDiePie , Jenn Im
- Beyond Good & Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (by Friedrich Nietzsche). Recommended by Jordan Peterson , Lex Fridman , Marc Andreessen , PewDiePie
- Children of Time: Children of Time, Book 1 (by Adrian Tchaikovsky). Recommended by Ezra Klein , PewDiePie , Brian Dean
- Kafka on the Shore: (by Haruki Murakami). Recommended by Brian Koppelman , PewDiePie , Jenn Im
- Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (by Max Tegmark). Recommended by Barack Obama , Bill Gates , Elon Musk , Keith Rabois , Lex Fridman , PewDiePie
- Consider Phlebas: Culture, Book 1 (by Iain M. Banks). Recommended by Max Levchin , PewDiePie
- Either/Or: A Fragment of Life (by Søren Kierkegaard). Recommended by David Heinemeier Hansson , PewDiePie
- The Book of Disquiet: (by Fernando Pessoa). Recommended by PewDiePie , Tyler Cowen
- The Count of Monte Cristo: (by Alexandre Dumas). Recommended by Mike Maples, Jr. , Patrick Collison , PewDiePie , Nassim Taleb , James Clear
- Brave New World: (by Aldous Huxley). Recommended by Jordan Peterson , Matt Mullenweg , Sam Altman , Stewart Brand , Tristan Harris , Yuval Noah Harari , PewDiePie , Christopher Hitchens , Sahil Lavingia , Winston Churchill
- Lolita: (by Vladimir Nabokov). Recommended by Ev Williams , J.K. Rowling , PewDiePie , Tavi Gevinson , Bryan Callen
- Stoner: (by John Williams). Recommended by PewDiePie , Bret Easton Ellis , Tom Hanks
- The Book of Five Rings: (by Miyamoto Musashi). Recommended by Jocko Willink , Joe Rogan , Lex Fridman , Naval Ravikant , Ryan Holiday , PewDiePie
- The Master and Margarita: (by Mikhail Bulgakov). Recommended by Jack Dorsey , Jordan Peterson , Max Levchin , Peter Thiel , PewDiePie , Jack Edwards
- Crime and Punishment: (by Fyodor Dostoevsky). Recommended by Esther Perel , Jordan Peterson , Larry King , PewDiePie , Christopher Hitchens , Jim Cramer , Ernest Hemingway , Jim Carrey , Brian Dean , Jack Edwards
- Moby Dick: (by Herman Melville). Recommended by Barack Obama , Steve Jobs , PewDiePie , Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Penn Jillette , Jack Edwards
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (by Yuval Noah Harari). Recommended by Ashton Kutcher , Bill Gates , Bill Gurley , Daniel Ek , Demis Hassabis , James Cameron , Joe Rogan , Karlie Kloss , Keith Rabois , Kishore Biyani , Lex Fridman , Mark Zuckerberg , Naval Ravikant , Peter Attia , Ray Dalio , Reid Hoffman , Richard Branson , Ryan Shea , Sam Kass , Sebastian Junger , Vinod Khosla , Whitney Cummings , PewDiePie , Melinda Gates , Anthony Pompliano , Changpeng Zhao , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Chris Evans , Mark Manson , Simon Mayo , Penn Jillette , James Clear