108 Books recommended by Tim Ferriss

The Art of Asking
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
Author :Amanda Palmer

"I was so inspired by the book that I put it down to start asking people around me for all of the help that I'd been too ashamed or embarrassed to ask for." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The E-Myth Revisited
Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Author :Michael E. Gerber

"If you’re stuck in your own business, this book can help you get unstuck." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Poor Charlie's Almanack
The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Author :Charlie Munger

Tim Ferriss mentioned this book on Twitter. [Source]

Getting Past No
Negotiating in Difficult Situations
Author :William Ury

"I think [this book and 'Getting to Yes'] go together really, really nicely." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Biocentrism
How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe
Author :Robert Lanza

"Although I disagree with some of the things in the book, it’s an interesting read." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Solve for Happy
Engineer Your Path to Joy
Author :Mo Gawdat

"This good/bad chapter is worth rereading." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Author :Charles Duhigg

"A very good book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Art of Spirited Away
Author :Hayao Miyazaki

"Awe-inspiring and shows the depth of world-creation that makes [the author] a legend." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Travels with Charley
In Search of America
Author :John Steinbeck

"Beautifully written, simply written, and hilarious." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Daily Rituals
How Artists Work
Author :Mason Currey

"There were gems everywhere, and I underlined nearly every page." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Obstacle Is the Way
The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
Author :Ryan Holiday

"It has helped me to turn problems upside-down, become the calm within the storm, and even uncover unique opportunities." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Checklist Manifesto
How to Get Things Right
Author :Atul Gawande

"A great book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Zorba the Greek
Author :Nikos Kazantzakis

"Highly highly recommend." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

A Collaboration with Nature
Author :Andy Goldsworthy

"It’ll blow your mind." - Tim Ferriss [Source]


How to Change Your Mind
What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Author :Michael Pollan

"One of my favorite books of the last five years." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Neverending Story
Author :Michael Ende

"That was my favorite book growing up for three or four years in elementary school." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Author :Douglas Adams

"If 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' and 'Star Wars' had a love-child, it would read something like this." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Author :Junot Díaz

"A fun read with lots of geek culture, great history, and oh, it also won the Pulitzer Prize." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Where Mountains Roar
A personal report from the Sinai and Negev Deserts
Author :Lesley Hazleton

"I was given the excerpts by a tour guide while trekking through the Negev not long ago." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Letters to a Young Poet
Author :Rainer Maria Rilke

"Very powerful book that I recommend to everyone." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Author :Dale Carnegie

"Surprisingly sophisticated." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

On Grief and Grieving
Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
Author :Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

"Very useful for preparing yourself for the inevitable losses that you will face." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
Author :John Wood

"If you ever wonder what you can do to really change the world [...] this is a book you need to read." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Little, Big
Author :John Crowley

"One of the best novels I’ve ever read." - Tim Ferriss [Source]


How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Author :Mohsin Hamid

"A fun novel." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Hansel and Gretel
A TOON Graphic
Author :Neil Gaiman

"[People] should read it before their kids read it." - Tim Ferriss [Source]


Play It Away
A Workaholic's Cure for Anxiety
Author :Charlie Hoehn

"For all Type-A driven readers — especially those who struggle with the shut-off switch — this one is for you." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

One Simple Idea
Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work
Author :Stephen Key

"An excellent book about licensing." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

High Fidelity
Author :Nick Hornby

"After his girlfriend leaves him for another man, Rob embarks on a journey of self-discovery and evaluation by contacting ex-girlfriends to see what went wrong in each relationship." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Prophet
Author :Kahlil Gibran

"A fantastic book. I would recommend people get the edition with the illustrations by the author." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

A Walk in the Woods
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Author :Bill Bryson

"A great way to invigorate." - Tim Ferriss [Source]



In Praise of Shadows
Author :Junichiro Tanizaki

"A weird little book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]


The Art of Memoir
Author :Mary Karr

"Highly recommended if you work with the written word in any capacity." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Healing Journey
Pioneering Approaches to Psychedelic Therapy
Author :Claudio Naranjo

"The introduction alone is worth the price of admission with the book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]


The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
Violate Them at Your Own Risk
Author :Al Ries

"I have reread this before every product launch that I have done." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Fahrenheit 451
A Novel
Author :Ray Bradbury

"If you wonder why some people take censorship so seriously, this book will give you the answer." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Plants of the Gods
Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers
Author :Richard Evans Schultes

"A fantastic book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Benjamin Franklin
An American Life
Author :Walter Isaacson

"I’ve recommended [this book] to thousands and thousands of people." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Siddhartha
Author :Hermann Hesse

"Consider reading or rereading this short gem." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Secrets of Power Negotiating
Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator
Author :Roger Dawson

"I would suggest getting the audio if you can." - Tim Ferriss [Source]


Four Thousand Weeks
Time Management for Mortals
Author :Oliver Burkeman

"Quite unlike anything I’ve ever read." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Radical Acceptance
Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha
Author :Tara Brach

"It exceeded all expectations." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Consciousness Medicine
Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth
Author :Françoise Bourzat

"Brand-new, but I’m already on my second read." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Letters from a Stoic
Author :Lucius Seneca

"[The author] is an outstanding thinker and this is, I think, one of his most accesible books." - Tim Ferriss [Source]



The Artist's Way
Morning Pages Journal
Author :Julia Cameron

"Nearly every morning, I sit down with a hot cocktail of turmeric, ginger, pu-erh tea, and green tea. Next, I crack open [this book]." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

In Other Words
The Science And Psychology Of Second-language Acquisition
Author :Ellen Bialystok

"Adults can learn languages much faster than children83 when constant 9–5 work is removed." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Motherless Brooklyn
Author :Jonathan Lethem

"One of my absolute favorites." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Getting Real
The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application
Author :37signals

"It does have a software focus, but all of it can be applied to entrepreneurs in general." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Getting to Yes
Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
Author :Roger Fisher

"A really important concept to grasp." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Magic of Thinking Big
Author :David J. Schwartz

"I still personally read the first two chapters of this book whenever doubt creeps in." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

We Learn Nothing
Essays
Author :Tim Kreider

"[A] dazzling collection of humor and insight." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Joy on Demand
The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within
Author :Chade-Meng Tan

"Fantastic." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Author :Jack Weatherford

"Has been recommended to me by several billionaires." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Stories of Your Life and Others
Author :Ted Chiang

"Incredible collection of short stories." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
Author :Richard P. Feynman

"One of my favorite books." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

On Writing Well
An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Author :William Zinsser

"I have read this book more than a dozen times, more often for thinking than for writing." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Principles
Life and Work
Author :Ray Dalio

"I highly, highly recommend this book. It has already changed how I think about making decisions in my life and in my business." - Tim Ferriss [Source]
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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
Author :Eric Jorgenson

"Will give you a good taste of what that cocktail of bullets looks like in Naval’s head." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Graveyard Book
Author :Neil Gaiman

"The best audiobook I've ever heard." - Tim Ferriss [Source]


Biography of the Dollar
How the Mighty Buck Conquered the World and Why It's Under Siege
Author :Craig Karmin

"After 50 pages, I was able to hold my own discussing currency trading with a vice president at JP Morgan Chase." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Blue Ocean Strategy
How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
Author :W. Chan Kim

"Study [this book]." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Author :Milan Kundera

"A tremendous work." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Lessons of History
Author :Will & Ariel Durant

"It’s excellent." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

COAN The Man, The Myth, The Method
The Life, Times & Training of The Greatest Powerlifter of All-Time
Author :Marty Gallagher

"A fucking great book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Save The Cat!
The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Author :Blake Snyder

"A very helpful book as a starting point when thinking of screenwriting and also calls me on my own bullshit." - Tim Ferriss [Source]


The Things They Carried
Author :Tim O'Brien

"Be forewarned that it contains beautiful prose and graphic violence in equal measure." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Don't Shoot the Dog!
The New Art of Teaching and Training
Author :Karen Pryor

"There are principles in this that you can take away, even if you have no interest in training a dog, having a dog, or dogs in general." - Tim Ferriss [Source]


How to Make Millions with Your Ideas
An Entrepreneur's Guide
Author :Dan S. Kennedy

"Like steroids for your entrepreneurial cortex." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Ride of a Lifetime
Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
Author :Robert Iger

"The negotiation stories with Steve Jobs alone make this book worth the read." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read
The Proven Way to Beat the "Pros" and Take Control of Your Financial Future
Author :Daniel R. Solin

"The title may not deliver but it is a smart investment book, at the very least." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

One Blade of Grass
Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir
Author :Henry Shukman

"I definitely recommend people check it out. [The author's] stories are insane." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

I Wrote This Book Because I Love You
Essays
Author :Tim Kreider

"I’ve been eager to revisit [the author]'s work, and I’m now digging into [this book]." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Bird by Bird
Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Author :Anne Lamott

"Fantastic book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Delivering Happiness
A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Author :Tony Hsieh

"What I also enjoyed is that it's entirely in Tony's voice." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

More Money Than God
Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
Author :Sebastian Mallaby

"A fantastic book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Vagabonding
An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
Author :Rolf Potts

"The book that got me to stop making excuses and pack for an extended hiatus trip overseas." - Tim Ferriss [Source]


The Moth Presents All These Wonders
True Stories About Facing the Unknown
Author :Catherine Burns

"Reading one short (2–5-page) story over tea or coffee in the morning is a nice jumpstart to the day." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Levels of the Game
Author :John McPhee

"About one epic tennis match." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Writing Down the Bones
Freeing the Writer Within
Author :Natalie Goldberg

"A great book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Draft No. 4
Author :John McPhee

"One of the best books about non-fiction writing that I’ve ever read." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Ender's Game
Ender Saga, Book 1
Author :Orson Scott Card

"Through Ender’s journey, you’ll learn how to capitalize on your strengths and those of your teammates, as well as exploit your adversaries’ weaknesses." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Suggestible You
The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to Deceive, Transform, and Heal
Author :Erik Vance

"An excellent book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Stranger in a Strange Land
Author :Robert A. Heinlein

"Incredible." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Extreme Ownership
How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Author :Jocko Willink

"I am really enjoying this book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Author :Ben Horowitz

"A great book." - Tim Ferriss [Source]

Happy Money
The Science of Happier Spending
Author :Elizabeth Dunn

"It answers the question 'can money buy happiness?'" - Tim Ferriss [Source]
FAQs
Q1: What types of books does Tim Ferriss recommend?
Tim Ferriss recommends books across many different genres, including biographies, self-help, entrepreneurial, and business books.
Q2: Where can I find lists of books recommended by Tim Ferriss?
Lists of books recommended by Tim Ferriss can be found on his website, or through book recommendation sites such as ours i.e readupnext.com.
Q3: Does Tim Ferriss recommend any books specifically for entrepreneurs?
Yes, he recommends several books specifically for entrepreneurs, including Principle by Ray Dalio, How to Fail at Almost Everything and still Win Big by Scott Adams, and Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss himself.
Q4: Does Tim Ferriss recommend any self-help books?
Yes, he recommends several self-help books, such as The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, and The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday.
Q5: Does Tim Ferriss have any book recommendations specifically for business professionals?
Yes, he recommends several books specifically for business professionals, such as Good to Great by Jim Collins, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, and The Entrepreneurial Operating System by Gino Wickman.