Books Recommended by Tim Ferriss
Who is Tim Ferriss:
Host of the popular podcast with over 900 million downloads, author of multiple bestselling books, investor, thinker and reader.
What’s on the list:
Manually going through all 700+ transcripts of the Tim Ferriss show to find the books he recommends, and when possible, separate them from the books recommended by his guests, some of which will have separate book lists.
Books by Tim Ferriss: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans, Tribe of Mentors
Man’s Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankl
Letters from a Stoic, by Seneca
The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene
The Obstacle is the Way, by Ryan Holiday
Ego is the Enemy, by Ryan Holiday
Daily Rituals, by Mason Currey
The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg McKeown
Influence, by Robert B. Cialdini
The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield
The Art of Learning, by Josh Waitzkin
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert Pirsig
A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky
Fooled By Randomness, by Nassim Taleb
The Bed of Procrustes, by Nassim Taleb
Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius
The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell
The Hero’s Journey, by Joseph Campbell
Walden, by by Henry David Thoreau
Chicken Soup for the Soul, co-written by Jack Canfield
Ben Franklin, by Walter Isaacson
How to Live, by Sarah Bakewell
The fish that ate the whale, by Rich Cohen
Venture Deals, by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
Choose Yourself!, by James Altucher
The Control of Nature, by John McPhee
The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less, by Barry Schwartz
Freakonomics, by Stephen Dubner
Levels of the Game, by John McFee
Blue Ocean Strategy, by W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
Business Model Generation, by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur
Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, by Austin Kleon
Play It Away: A Workaholic’s Cure for Anxiety, by Charlie Hoehn
The Graveyard Book, and other Neil Gaiman books
The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron
Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead, by Neil Strauss
The Power of No, by James Altucher
Losing My Virginity, by Richard Branson
Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein
Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero, by James S. Romm
Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
What Technology Wants, by Kevin Kelly
The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future, by Kevin Kelly
The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need, by Daniel H. Pink
What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars, by Brendan Moynihan
Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, by Roger Lowenstein
Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street 1920-1928, by John Brooks
I Will Teach You to Be Rich, by Ramit Sethi
Age of Propaganda, by Anthony Pratkanis, Elliot Aronson
Social Animal, by David Brooks
As a Man Thinketh, by James Allen
Awaken the Giant Within, by Tony Robbins
Money Master the Game, by Tony Robbins
Open: An Autobiography by Agassi, Andre
Adventures in the Screen Trade, by William Goldman
Wilderness Essays, by John Muir
Radical Acceptance, by Tara Brach
On Writing Well, by William Zinsser
The Art of Nonfiction, by Ayn Rand
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, by Robert McKee
Save The Cat!, by Blake Snyder
Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
Managing Oneself, by Peter Drucker
Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
How to Measure Anything, by Douglas W. Hubbard
Don’t Make Me Think, by Steve Krug
Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition, by Michael J. Mauboussin
Getting to Yes, by Roger Fisher
Getting Past No, by William Ury
Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis
The Magic of Thinking Big, by David Schwartz
The Straight-A Conspiracy, by Hunter Maats, Katie O’Brien
If This Is a Man and The Truce, by Primo Levi
Future Crimes, by Marc Goodman
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!, by Richard P. Feynman
Mistakes Were Made, But Not By Me, by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson
Ten Percent Happier, by Dan Harris
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life, by Thich Nhat Hanh
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, by Joshua Foer
Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It, by Kenneth L. Higbee
Spectacle, by David Rockwell, Bruce Mau
In Praise of Idleness, by Bertrand Russell
Deadlift Dynamite, by Pavel Tsatsouline, Andy Bolton
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, by Peter H. Diamandis
Total Recall, by Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Year Without Pants, by Scott Berkun
Field Guide to Getting Lost, by Rebecca Solnit
The Effective Executive, by Peter F. Drucker
Words That Work, by Dr. Frank Luntz
The Art of the Start, by Guy Kawasaki
The Starfish and the Spider, by Ori Brafman, Rod A. Beckstrom
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, by Stephen LaBerge
What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars, by Jim Paul, Brendan Moynihan
Getting Things Done, by David Allen
The Art of Asking, by Amanda Palmer
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha, by Zen Master Seung Sahn
A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson
Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way, by Bill Bryson
We Learn Nothing, by Tim Kreider
Book of Virtues, by William J. Bennett
Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain
English as a Second F*cking Language, by Sterling Johnson
Who, by Geoff Smart, Randy Street
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing, by Al Ries, Jack Trout
Ogilvie on Advertising, by David Ogilvy
Small Giants, by Bo Burlingham
Starting Strengths, by Mark Rippetoe
Recession Proof Graduate, by Charlie Hoehn
Sacred Cows: The Truth about Divorce and Marriage by Danielle Teller
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, by Randall Munroe
The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
Motherless Brooklyn, by Jonathan Lethem
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
Wherever You Go, There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Hell Yeah or No: what’s worth doing, by Derek Sivers
Anything You Want, by Derek Sivers
Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely
The Man Who Quit Money, by Mark Sundeen
The Flavor Bible, by Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page
The Drama of the Gifted Child, by Alice Miller
The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg
The Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle
The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson
Gates of Fire, by Steven Pressfield
On Combat, by Dave Grossman, Loren W. Christensen
The New Toughness Training for Sports, by James E. Loehr
Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, by General Stanley McChrystal
Superintelligence, by Nick Bostrom
Stumbling On Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert
The Road to Character, by David Brooks
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why, by Laurence Gonzales
Natural Born Heroes: Mastering the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance, by Christopher McDougall
Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World, by Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler
Fifty Nine Seconds: Change Your Life in Under a Minute, by Richard Wiseman
SuperBetter, by Jane McGonigal
Suffering Is Optional: Three Keys to Freedom and Joy, by Cheri Huber
A Path with Heart, by Jack Kornfield
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, by William B. Irvine
It’s All Too Much, by Peter Walsh
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondō
Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It, by Kamal Ravikant
Pleasure of Finding Things Out, by Richard P. Feynman
The Book of Life, by Jiddu Krishnamurti
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Harari
The Rational Optimist, by Matt Ridley
The Evolution of Everything, by Matt Ridley
Poor Charlie’s Almanac, by Charles T. Munger
The Origins of Virtue, by Matt Ridley
Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynche
What Do You Care What Other People Think?, by Richard P. Feynman
Start with Why, by Simon Sinek
Daring Greatly, by Brené Brown
The Gifts of Imperfection, by Brené Brown
The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey
The Startup of You, by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha
The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age, by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha
The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential, by Wim Hof
How to Be a Star at Work, by Robert E. Kelley
Topgrading, by Bradford D. Smart Ph.D.
The Year of Living Biblically, by A. J. Jacobs
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, by Dale Carnegie
How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
Guerrilla Financing, by Bruce Blechman & Jay Conrad Levinson
Autobiography of a Yogi, by Yogananda
The Way of the Animal Powers, by Joseph Campbell
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life, by Scott Adams
God’s Debris: A Thought Experiment, by Scott Adams
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy
The Conquest of Happiness, by Bertrand Russell
More Money Than God, by Sebastian Mallaby
Liar’s Poker, by Michael Lewis
You Can Be a Stock Market Genius, by Joel Greenblatt
The Smartest Investment Book You’ll Ever Read, by Daniel R. Solin
Random Walk Down Wall Street, by Burton G. Malkiel
The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less, by Richard Koch
The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide To Becoming A Whiskey Know-It-All, by Richard Betts
In Praise of Shadows, by Junichiro Tanizaki
The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion, by Elle Luna
Margin of Safety, by Seth A. Klarman
Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You, by John Warrillow
The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael E. Gerber
Letters to a Young Poet, by Rainer Maria Rilke
Let My People Go Surfing, by Yvon Chouinard
The Guide to the I Ching, by Carol K. Anthony
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, by Lisa Randall
It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be, by Paul Arden
Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis
The Language of God, by Francis S. Collins
The Emperor of All Maladies, by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Essays In Love, by Alain de Botton
How Proust Can Change Your Life, by Alain de Botton
Status Anxiety, by Alain de Botton
The Architecture of Happiness, by Alain de Botton
Cook With Jamie, by Jamie Oliver
Seven Fires, by Francis Mallmann
Essays, by Michel de Montaigne
The Explorers Guild: A Passage to Shambhala, by Kevin Costner
The NeverEnding Story, by Michael Ende
The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman
Reasons and Persons, by Derek Parfit
The Most Good You Can Do, by Peter Singer
Doing Good Better, by William MacAskill
Mindfulness, by Mark Williams and Danny Penman
The Power of Persuasion, by Robert Levine
Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes, by Frans de Waal
The Book with No Pictures, by B. J. Novak
A Complaint Free World, by Will Bowen
The Bassoon King, by Rainn Wilson
The Family Virtues Guide, by Linda Kavelin Popov
Chew on Life’s Big Questions, by Rainn Wilson
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger, by Peter Bevelin
Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan
Happy Money: the Science of Happier Spending, by Elizabeth Dunn
The Power of Broke, by Daymond John
Buddhism Without Beliefs, by Stephen Batchelor
The Hard Thing About Hard Things, by Ben Horowitz
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford
The Lessons of History, by Will Durant, Ariel Durant
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart, by Gordon Livingston
Permission Marketing, by Seth Godin
The Art of Possibility, by Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander
Guns, Germs and Steel, by Jared Diamond
In Defense of Elitism, by Joel Stein
What I’ve Learned, by Cal Fussman
The Power Broker, by Robert A. Caro
One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabrielle Garcia Marquez
Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln, by James C. Humes
Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Baron in the Trees, by Italo Calvino
Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon, Mary G. Enig
The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure, by Caroline Paul
A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death, by Dr. BJ Miller
Keto Clarity, by Jimmy Moore, Eric Westman
Crucial Conversations, by Joseph Grenny and others
River Cottage A to Z, by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
A Curious Discovery, by John S. Hendricks
Coming into the Country, by John McPhee
About Face, by Col. David H. Hackworth
Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
Essential Zen Habits, by Leo Babauta
Sacred Economics, by Charles Eisenstein
The Perfect Storm, by Sebastian Junger
At Play in the Fields of the Lord, by Peter Matthiessen
Four Steps to the Epiphany, by Steve Blank
High Output Management, by Andrew S. Grove
Born Standing Up, by Steve Martin
Secrets of Power Negotiation, by Roger Dawson
I Will Teach You to Be Rich, by Ramit Sethi
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, by Mohsin Hamid
Strangers to Ourselves, by Rachel Aviv
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, by Ashlee Vance
The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
The Miracle of Mindfulness, by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Mind of Mnemonist, by Aleksandr R. Luria
The Wisdom of Crowds, by James Surowiecki
The Distracted Mind, by Adam Gazzaley
On Food and Cooking, by Harold McGee
Mythical Man-Month, by Frederick Brooks Jr.
Becoming Wise, by Krista Tippett
Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, by Peter Attia
Suggestible You, by Erik Vance
Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection, by John E. Sarno
Rework, by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Remote: Office Not Required, by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. by Daniel H. Pink
The Myth of the Spoiled Child, by Alfie Kohn
Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World’s Most Unusual Workplace, by Ricardo Semler
The Origins of Political Order, by Francis Fukuyama
The Age of Absurdity, by Michael Foley
Understanding Exposure, by Bryan Peterson
On War, by Carl von Clausewitz
Body by Science, by John Little, Doug McGuff
The Loom of Language, by Frederick Bodmer
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, by Mark Manson
The Rise of Superman, by Steven Kotler
How to Bake Everything, by Mark Bittman
Buck Up, Suck Up, by James Carville
Creativity, Inc., by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace
What It Takes, by Richard Ben Cramer
On Death and Dying, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
On Grief and Grieving, by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Gift of Fear, by Gavin de Becker
Breakthrough Advertising, by Eugene M. Schwartz
Drop Dead Healthy, by A. J. Jacobs
The Better Angels of Our Nature, by Steven Pinker
The Righteous Mind, by Jonathan Haidt
The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig
Stories of Your Life and Others, by Ted Chiang
I’m Fine… And Other Lies, by Whitney Cummings
The One Minute Workout, by Martin Gibala
The Inner Game of Tennis, by W. Timothy Gallwey
The Smartest Investment Book You’ll Ever Read, by Daniel R. Solin
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, by John C. Bogle
The Little Book that Beats the Market, by Joel Greenblatt
The Big Secret for the Small Investor, by Joel Greenblatt
When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chodron
The Time Paradox, by Philip Zimbardo
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil, by Philip Zimbardo
The Happy Body, Food for Your Soul, by Jerzy Gregorek
The Seven-Day Weekend, by Ricardo Semler
Brave Enough, by Cheryl Strayed
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed
Tiny Beautiful Things, by Cheryl Strayed
The Lives of Girls and Women, by Alice Munro
The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson