Books Recommended by Amanda Palmer
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Steppenwolf
A Novel
Hermann Hesse
Source: "Has a fantastical realism that pierces to the bottom of the psyche. I've re-read and re-read this sucker every five years." - Amanda Palmer
The Hotel New Hampshire
John Irving
Source: "The first book I ever read that made me jump up and down in bed and pump my fist while reading." - Amanda Palmer
The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams
Source: "About what love is. A classic, but oh man. As I age, every time I read this aloud I cry a little harder." - Amanda Palmer
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha
The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn
Seung Sahn
Source: "One of those life-changing books that finally popped the light off in my little brain, when I read this at 24." - Amanda Palmer
Blood and Guts in High School
Kathy Acker
Source: "Made me want to write, to write more honestly than I had ever written before." - Amanda Palmer
Dirty Plotte
The Complete Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet
Source: "I only read one comic when I was young. It was this. It changed everything." - Amanda Palmer
Voluptuous Panic
The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
Mel Gordon
Source: "[The author] didn't have to find these images and compile this book; but he did." - Amanda Palmer
A Collaboration with Nature
Andy Goldsworthy
Source: "When I found [this book], I fell in love. Just open it, I'll shut up." - Amanda Palmer
Not the End of the World
Kate Atkinson
Source: "Dark as fuck. And not what you think." - Amanda Palmer
Only Don't Know
Selected Teaching Letters of Zen Master Seung Sahn
Seung Sahn
Source: Amanda Palmer mentioned this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Source: Amanda Palmer mentioned this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
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