Books Recommended by Jon Stewart
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Then They Came for Me
Maziar Bahari
Source: "I really connected to [the author]'s story. It’s a personal story but one with universal appeal about what it means to be free." - Jon Stewart
Without You, There Is No Us
Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite
Suki Kim
Source: "It’s like no other book I’ve ever read. It’s a look into a society and culture objectively, yet humanizing, terrifying, amazing." - Jon Stewart
The Reason I Jump
The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
Naoki Higashida
Source: "One of the most remarkable books I’ve ever read. It’s truly moving, eye-opening, incredibly vivid." - Jon Stewart
The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling
Source: "There is a social aspect to this book, that I think is informed by [the author]'s early years of struggle." - Jon Stewart
Empty Mansions
The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
Bill Dedman
Source: "One of those incredible stories that you didn’t even know existed. It filled a void." - Jon Stewart
The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson
Source: "I took the test, and I'm happy to report I'm just neurotic." - Jon Stewart
Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--and Themselves
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Source: "The story of [the banks] that had to be bailed out." - Jon Stewart
The Breakthrough
Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer
Charles Graeber
Source: "A very interesting story." - Jon Stewart
Life, Animated
A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism
Ron Suskind
Source: "An incredible story." - Jon Stewart
The Signal and the Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
Nate Silver
Source: "Absolutely fascinating book." - Jon Stewart
No God but God
The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
Reza Aslan
Source: "A fascinating book." - Jon Stewart
Absence of Mind
The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self
Marilynne Robinson
Source: "A fascinating study." - Jon Stewart
Packing for Mars
The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Mary Roach
Source: "Hilarious." - Jon Stewart
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