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Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. His main areas of study are in abnormal, social, and personality psychology, with a particular interest in the psychology of religious and ideological belief and the assessment and improve
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71 books recommended by Jordan Peterson

1984 Book Cover — Recommendations
1984

1984

George Orwell

The Brothers Karamazov Book Cover — Recommendations
The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Bible Book Cover — Recommendations
The Bible

The Bible

Man's Search for Meaning Book Cover — Recommendations
Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

Harry Potter Book Cover — Recommendations
Harry Potter

Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

Anna Karenina Book Cover — Recommendations
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

The Selfish Gene Book Cover — Recommendations
The Selfish Gene

The Selfish Gene

Richard Dawkins

Crime and Punishment Book Cover — Recommendations
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

12 Rules for Life Book Cover — Recommendations
12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life

Jordan Peterson

War and Peace Book Cover — Recommendations
War and Peace

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

Brave New World Book Cover — Recommendations
Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Enlightenment Now Book Cover — Recommendations
Enlightenment Now

Enlightenment Now

Steven Pinker

The Rational Optimist Book Cover — Recommendations
The Rational Optimist

The Rational Optimist

Matt Ridley

Factfulness Book Cover — Recommendations
Factfulness

Factfulness

Hans Rosling

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Book Cover — Recommendations
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Robert M. Pirsig

Animal Farm Book Cover — Recommendations
Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

Endurance Book Cover — Recommendations
Endurance

Endurance

Alfred Lansing

The Old Man and the Sea Book Cover — Recommendations
The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway

The Denial of Death Book Cover — Recommendations
The Denial of Death

The Denial of Death

Ernest Becker

The Master and Margarita Book Cover — Recommendations
The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

The Hobbit Book Cover — Recommendations
The Hobbit

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

Hamlet Book Cover — Recommendations
Hamlet

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Paradise Lost Book Cover — Recommendations
Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

John Milton

To Kill a Mockingbird Book Cover — Recommendations
To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Lord of the Flies Book Cover — Recommendations
Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

East of Eden Book Cover — Recommendations
East of Eden

East of Eden

John Steinbeck

For Whom the Bell Tolls Book Cover — Recommendations
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

The Grapes of Wrath Book Cover — Recommendations
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

The Gulag Archipelago Book Cover — Recommendations
The Gulag Archipelago

The Gulag Archipelago

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Beyond Good & Evil Book Cover — Recommendations
Beyond Good & Evil

Beyond Good & Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

Going Clear Book Cover — Recommendations
Going Clear

Going Clear

Lawrence Wright

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living Book Cover — Recommendations
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Dale Carnegie

On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo Book Cover — Recommendations
On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo

On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Idiot Book Cover — Recommendations
The Idiot

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat Book Cover — Recommendations
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

Oliver Sacks

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Book Cover — Recommendations
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

William L. Shirer

Wuthering Heights Book Cover — Recommendations
Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

A Farewell to Arms Book Cover — Recommendations
A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway

Beowulf Book Cover — Recommendations
Beowulf

Beowulf

Seamus Heaney

The Gay Science Book Cover — Recommendations
The Gay Science

The Gay Science

Friedrich Nietzsche

DMT Book Cover — Recommendations
DMT

DMT

Rick Strassman

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Book Cover — Recommendations
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

Demons Book Cover — Recommendations
Demons

Demons

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Flowers for Algernon Book Cover — Recommendations
Flowers for Algernon

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

Don't Burn This Book Book Cover — Recommendations
Don't Burn This Book

Don't Burn This Book

Dave Rubin

Island Book Cover — Recommendations
Island

Island

Aldous Huxley

Modern Man In Search of a Soul Book Cover — Recommendations
Modern Man In Search of a Soul

Modern Man In Search of a Soul

Carl Jung

Of Mice and Men Book Cover — Recommendations
Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck

Notes from Underground Book Cover — Recommendations
Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Stalin Book Cover — Recommendations
Stalin

Stalin

Edvard Radzinsky

The Female Brain Book Cover — Recommendations
The Female Brain

The Female Brain

Louann Brizendine

The Long Goodbye Book Cover — Recommendations
The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

Raymond Chandler

The Madness of Crowds Book Cover — Recommendations
The Madness of Crowds

The Madness of Crowds

Douglas Murray

Maps of Meaning Book Cover — Recommendations
Maps of Meaning

Maps of Meaning

Jordan Peterson

Ordinary Men Book Cover — Recommendations
Ordinary Men

Ordinary Men

Christopher R. Browning

Panzram Book Cover — Recommendations
Panzram

Panzram

Thomas E. Gaddis

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception Book Cover — Recommendations
The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

James J. Gibson

The Rape of Nanking Book Cover — Recommendations
The Rape of Nanking

The Rape of Nanking

Iris Chang

Genius Book Cover — Recommendations
Genius

Genius

James Gleick

On Becoming a Person Book Cover — Recommendations
On Becoming a Person

On Becoming a Person

Carl Rogers

Stalin Book Cover — Recommendations
Stalin

Stalin

Oleg V. Khlevniuk

The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious Book Cover — Recommendations
The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious

The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious

Carl Jung

The Big Sleep Book Cover — Recommendations
The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler

The Charterhouse of Parma Book Cover — Recommendations
The Charterhouse of Parma

The Charterhouse of Parma

Stendhal

The Great Escape Book Cover — Recommendations
The Great Escape

The Great Escape

Angus Deaton

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Book Cover — Recommendations
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Tom Wolfe

The Mystery of Capital Book Cover — Recommendations
The Mystery of Capital

The Mystery of Capital

Hernando de Soto

The Road to Wigan Pier Book Cover — Recommendations
The Road to Wigan Pier

The Road to Wigan Pier

George Orwell

The Painted Bird Book Cover — Recommendations
The Painted Bird

The Painted Bird

Jerzy Kosiński

Thus Spoke Zarathustra Book Cover — Recommendations
Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross Book Cover — Recommendations
The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross

The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross

John M. Allegro

Zorba the Greek Book Cover — Recommendations
Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek

Nikos Kazantzakis

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Jordan Peterson on Demons
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Jordan Peterson on The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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Jordan Peterson on Factfulness
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Jordan Peterson on The Idiot
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Jordan Peterson on The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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Jordan Peterson on Enlightenment Now
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Jordan Peterson on To Kill a Mockingbird
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Jordan Peterson on War and Peace
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Jordan Peterson on Stalin
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Jordan Peterson on The Great Escape
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Jordan Peterson on The Mystery of Capital
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Jordan Peterson on Animal Farm
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Jordan Peterson on Notes from Underground
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Jordan Peterson on Zorba the Greek
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Jordan Peterson on Wuthering Heights
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Jordan Peterson on The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious
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Jordan Peterson on The Big Sleep
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Jordan Peterson on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Jordan Peterson on Anna Karenina
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Jordan Peterson on A Farewell to Arms
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Jordan Peterson on The Long Goodbye
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Jordan Peterson on Lord of the Flies
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Jordan Peterson on For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Jordan Peterson on On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Jordan Peterson on Endurance
"Read [this] book."

Jordan Peterson on Panzram
"He made friends with this physician in the prison [...] and the physician encouraged him to write his autobiography."

Jordan Peterson on The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
"One of the most influential books I ever read."

Jordan Peterson on DMT
"A very interesting book."

Jordan Peterson on The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross
"A book to bend your mind."

Jordan Peterson on The Rational Optimist
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Jordan Peterson on The Denial of Death
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Jordan Peterson on Brave New World
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Jordan Peterson on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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Jordan Peterson on The Gay Science
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Jordan Peterson on East of Eden
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Jordan Peterson on Modern Man In Search of a Soul
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Jordan Peterson on The Road to Wigan Pier
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Jordan Peterson on On Becoming a Person
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Jordan Peterson on Of Mice and Men
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Jordan Peterson on The Brothers Karamazov
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Jordan Peterson on Genius
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Jordan Peterson on The Grapes of Wrath
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Jordan Peterson on Flowers for Algernon
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Jordan Peterson on The Charterhouse of Parma
Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website.

Jordan Peterson on The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
"A great book."

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