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- Cristina LePortInterview
I derive my characters by combining elements from people I know in person or through books and media. I often relate to male characters better than females.
- Awais KhanInterview
I like to read several books at the same time. At the moment, I am reading Family of Liars by E. Lockhart, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton and No One Home by Tim Weaver.
- Carol E. ReileyInterview
The books I recommend the most are also my all-time favorite books, and they are: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. All for very different reasons. I’ve reread them multiple times. Growing up, I also loved Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud…
- Adele Paula RoyceInterview
- Mark SissonInterview
The three books I’d recommend for people to read on my career path would be; Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, Money: Master the Game by Tony Robbins, The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. Atlas Shrugged sets a stage for becoming a self-determined moral capitalist; Money: Master the Game puts wages and wealth into…
- Bob BurgInterview
Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek, Everybody Matters by Bob Chapman, Leading with Noble Purpose by Lisa Earle McLeod, Psycho-Cybernetics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, Peace, Power and Plenty by Orison Swett Marden, Career Moves by Dondi Scumaci, Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt, The Speed of…
- Michael ShermerInterview
In my youthful 20s it was Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. After that, Stephen Jay Gould’s essay collections, such as The Panda’s Thumb, The Flamingo’s Smile, and his short treatise Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle. Later, Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Now, The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker.
- Mark MansonInterview
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. As much as I loathe Rand’s political philosophy, that book was a big wake up call for me personally when I read it when I was 19. A couple years later, I showed it to my girlfriend at the time, who also happened to be about 19, and it ended up having a similar influence on her. As a result…
- Todd ZywickiInterview
Two other books I’ve read more than once are more conventional. First, I have read the Lonesome Dove tetralogy twice. The series is the single greatest meditation on male friendship that I have come across. I’ve read each of Ayn Rand’s novels (We the Living, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, and Anthem) three times…
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