Joe Rogan

Actor, Celebrity, Comedian, Influencer, Podcaster

Joseph James Rogan is an American podcaster, Ultimate Fighting Championship color commentator, comedian, actor, and former television presenter. He hosts The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast in which he discusses current events, comedy, politics, philosophy, science, and hobbies with a variety of guests.

Joe Rogan's 138 Book Recommendations

• Tribe
• Going Clear
• Coyote America
• The War of Art
• Best Evidence
• Fingerprints of the Gods
• The Immortality Key: “There's a great book called the immortality key by Brian Murescu. He's been on this podcast a few times and brilliant guy.”
• A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: “A fantastic book by two amazing and brilliant friends, “A Hunter-Gather’s Guide To The 21st Century” by Heather Heying and @bret.weinstein”
• The Hustler: “The Hustler is one of my all time favorite movies, and the book is great too.”
• Irresistible: “I just started “Irresistible” by Adam Alter ( @adamleealter )and it’s a sobering read.”
• Industrial-Strength Denial: “author of the excellent book “Industrial Strength Denial.” ... It’s a very well written and disturbing account of corporations defending the indefensible.”
• Joe Beef: Surviving the Apocalypse: “the perfect book before bed. @joebeefmtl ’s “Surviving The Apocalypse.””
• Your Dad Stole My Rake: “My good friend @tompapa has a book out! Tom is an awesome, hilarious guy, so if you’re looking for a great read your search is over!”
• Stealing Fire: “listening to @kotler.steven ’s “Stealing Fire”. @benaskren recommended it to me, and it’s an excellent book on the power of meditation and alternate states of consciousness on performance.”
• The Journey of Crazy Horse: “The latest book on Native American History I’m getting into: The Journey Of Crazy Horse by Joseph M. Marshall III.”
• Son of the Morning Star: ““Son Of The Morning Star” by Evan S. Connell. I can’t recommend it enough.”
• Blood and Thunder: “This is another amazing one, “Blood and Thunder” by Hampton Sides.”
• Sex at Dawn
• Guns, Germs, and Steel
• The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
• Sapiens
• Meditations
• The Happiness Hypothesis
• DMT: The Spirit Molecule
• Freak Power: Hunter S. Thompson's Campaign for Sheriff: “A HUGE thank you to Daniel Joseph Watkins and Bob Braudis for the awesome book about Hunter S. [Thompson]”
• Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion: “I picked this up as well, Continental Reckoning. That is, that's a hell of a book.”
• American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology: “I'll recommend this book to people. It's called American Cosmic.”
• The 12th Planet: “read Zecharia Sitchin's "The 12th Planet" that's the best book for whacky summerian translations. Fascinating shit.”
• It: “IT is one of my all time favorite books.”
• Heart-Shaped Box: “I've been reading "Heart Shaped Box" from Stephen King's son, Joe Hill and it's great stuff.”
• One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey 'The Kid' Ungar, the World's Greatest Poker Player: “I read it. Fascinating book, and I don't even play poker.”
• Turning Pro: “Reading Steven Pressfield's "Turning Pro." A great motivational book for creative types and those prone to procrastination.”
• Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter: “I'm really enjoying my friend @StevenRinella's book "Meat Eater" really intelligent and well written stuff on hunting”
• The Lost Civilization Enigma: A New Inquiry Into the Existence of Ancient Cities, Cultures, and Peoples Who Pre-Date Recorded History: “Check out his book, "The Lost Civilization Enigma" it's really interesting so far”
• Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable—And Couldn't: “Go pick up his book Fringe-ology, it's very interesting.”
• The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life: “Author of many amazing books including his most recent: [link] Go buy it!”
• The Disaster Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse: “His new book "the disaster diaries" is outstanding!”
• Texts from Bennett: “check out his hilarious book, Texts From Bennett”
• Mastery: “author of "Mastery" and many other awesome books, @RobertGreene”
• High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society: “Check out his book... it's excellent and eye-opening.”
• Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia: “Thank you my brother! Always a pleasure! I’m enjoying your new book!”
• Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity: “Check his book out, it’s excellent.”
• Hidden War: How Special Operations Game Wardens Are Reclaiming America's Wildlands from the Drug Cartels: “...author of “Hidden War” a great book on how game wardens... are uncovering secret marijuana farms put in place by Mexican cartels.”
• Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe: “...physicist and author of many amazing books including the new “Until The End Of Time” which is out now.”
• I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: “My brother @seguratom has a new book out, and it’s fucking hilarious.”
• Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History: ““Dissolving Illusions” is a really great book.”
• True Believer: “This is my 3rd jackcarrusa book in the past month. I’m hooked!”
• Race Matters: “Well, I can't recommend your book Race Matters enough.”
• Pandemic: “Scott Sigler's amazing book "Pandemic" is out today!”
• Drawing Blood: “Check out her excellent book "Drawing Blood"”
• Way of the Warrior Kid: “.@jockowillink's new kids book is out, and it's excellent! If you're a parent you'll love it!”
• Brother Sam: The Short, Spectacular Life of Sam Kinison: “His brother Bill wrote a book called Brother Sam... it's a really good book if you're a Sam Kinison fan, I recommend it highly.”
• Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary: “I’m reaching the end of “Black Elk, the life of an American Visionary” and it’s one of the most moving books I’ve ever taken in.”
• Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me: “I was listening to his audiobook. It's very interesting. He's had some real bouts with anxiety.”
• The God Delusion: “One of the things that I really enjoyed about The God Delusion is that you kind of outlined every single possible argument against atheism and then how to counter it in advance.”
• The Talent Code: “I'm reading this book, The Talent Code... it's a really interesting book.”
• American Buffalo: “I'm listening to this book on tape by my friend Steve Rinella... American Buffalo... it's an amazing book.”
• Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties: “I can’t recommend this book enough... It’s an INSANE story that took Tom [20 years to write].”
• 21 Lessons for the 21st Century: “Yuval Noah Harari has a great book, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. I read that, it's great.”
• The Tipping Point: “I'm reading The Tipping Point from Malcolm Gladwell. And hearing him do the audio part is great... really fascinating things about the tipping point.”
• Something Deeply Hidden: “Over the weekend I got into your book... it's really excellent and really perplexing at the same time.”
• Empire of the Summer Moon: “I can’t recommend this book enough... it just fucking grips you. It’s an incredibly detailed account of some of the history of the plains Indians and the European settlers that they battled.”
• Entangled: “@Graham__Hancock's amazing "Entangled" DMT/time-travel adventure novel”
• The 4-hour Body: “Today reading the excellent 4 Hour Body by @tferriss”
• Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself: “Motivated by his audacity, resolve, and gutsiness, I have no doubt you'll begin living your life a little bit more like Tim after reading this.”
• Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering: “Cameron Hanes is a master at one of the art forms that gets the least amount of attention: the art of the maximized life.”
• Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Development, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race: “Dr. Shanna Swan from Harvard, she wrote this great book called... Countdown... It's a really fascinating book and she's really interesting.”
• Outliers: “Have you ever read Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers? ... it's a great book and one of the things in the book it talks about why something became extraordinary.”
• Blitzed: “And then we had Norman Ohler... he wrote this book Blitzed and it's all about the Blitzkrieg.”
• The Book of Enoch: “And one of them is the Book of Enoch. So, Anna Paulina Luna told me about... 'You really have to read that.' ... So, I listened to it on tape in the sauna.”
• The Real Anthony Fauci: “And the RFK Jr. book was bananas. I mean, people had told me to read it.”
• Can't Hurt Me: “David Goggins is a being of pure will and inspiration. Just listening to this guy talk makes you want to run up a mountain.”
• Playing Off the Rail: A Pool Hustler's Journey: “There's a great book about that place. There's a break great book uh called Playing Off the Rail by this guy David McCumber. ... And he took my friend Tony Anagoni who was a worldclass professional pool player and they traveled around the country gambling and wrote this book. It's a great book.”
• Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives: “I had this guy said Darth Car [Siddharth Kara] on the podcast. Uh he wrote a book. ... His uh book on cobalt mining in the Congo. ... that is cobalt red. The blood of the Congo powers our lives. It's a very disturbing conversation.”
• Ladies and Gentlemen--Lenny Bruce!!: “Chris just gifted me, ladies and gentlemen, Lenny Bruce, which is a [ __ ] amazing book.”
• The Book of Five Rings: “one of the most impactful books for me was a book that I read when I was very young called the book of five rings ... I've read that I don't even know how many times. ... I read it a lot when I was young.”
• Turtles All the Way Down: Vaccine Science and Myth: “I read Robert F. Kennedy's book. I read your book and I started reading uh Turtles All the Way Down which uh also which is really interesting”
• The Coddling of the American Mind: “have you read Jonathan hates books on that Jonathan hate who he's been on my podcast ... but he wrote a book called the coddling of the American mind and part of the book was about the influence of social media ... he's brilliant okay he's brilliant I really enjoyed talking to him”
• The Singularity Is Near: “I'm reading "The Singularity is Near"”
• The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time: “Reading "The Great Shark Hunt" by Hunter S Thompson. What a great fucking writer that guy was”
• Drownproof: Eight Life Lessons to Keep Your Head Above Water: “My friend @andystumpf212 is one of the best people I know. He's got a book out now, and it will genuinely inspire you and help you get your shit together.”
• The Madness of Crowds: “author of the excellent “The Madness of Crowds,” an insightful take on the lunacy infecting much of the world today.”
• Breath: “Since using the techniques I learned in @mrjamesnestor ’s “breath” book I’ve changed the nature of my daily sauna sessions from uncomfortable mind tempering to a slow, rhythmic meditation session.”
• The Four Agreements: “This is a seriously powerful book. Especially potent for someone like me who talks for a living and often talks too much.”
• The Art of Living and Dying: “This is a book written by Bagwan Rashneesh. ... It’s a surprisingly profound and interesting read.”
• The Terminal List: “I went to the first in his series, “The Terminal List” and fuck this is good stuff.”
• Black Elk Speaks: “My obsession with Native American history books continues, and with “Black Elk” I’ve found my favorite one yet.”
• Savage Son: “This book is fucking excellent! @jackcarrusa knocked it out of the park! I’m riveted!”
• The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety: “I'm reading this Allan Watts book from 1952 and it's so interesting because he's talking about the age of anxiety in 1952 ... Just so people know what I'm talking about I'll I'll give you the title of the book. ... it's called the wisdom of insecurity.”
• The Case Against Sugar: “Buy his book "the case against sugar" it's a mind blower”
• The Deep Self: Consciousness Exploration in the Isolation Tank: “John Lilly had instructions in his book 'the deep self'”
• Contact: “Carl Sagan, who's obviously like one of the most famous astronomers of all time, he had uh and wrote that great movie Contact, that great book, Contact.”
• Carrie: “So I mean if you look at his bibliography it's it's insane. I mean so many bangers. Carrie's number one and then it's like Carrie Salem's Lot The Shining a couple other it like and then Christine”
• 'Salem's Lot: “So I mean if you look at his bibliography it's it's insane. I mean so many bangers. Carrie's number one and then it's like Carrie Salem's Lot The Shining a couple other it like and then Christine”
• The Shining: “So I mean if you look at his bibliography it's it's insane. I mean so many bangers. Carrie's number one and then it's like Carrie Salem's Lot The Shining a couple other it like and then Christine”
• Christine: “So I mean if you look at his bibliography it's it's insane. I mean so many bangers. Carrie's number one and then it's like Carrie Salem's Lot The Shining a couple other it like and then Christine”
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: “God damn it's good it's it's good dude he's got some great passages in it there's some some great moments that he captured on on paper that just make you go”
• Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72: “to this day if you read Fear and Loathing on the campaign trail or if you read read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or you know any of his work you know the Kentucky Dave uh Derby is decadent and depraved like”
• Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga: “to this day if you read Fear and Loathing on the campaign trail or if you read read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or you know any of his work you know the Kentucky Dave uh Derby is decadent and depraved like”
• The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Program to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence, and Happiness: “I'm reading this book, The Chimp Paradox, recommended by Ronnie O'Sullivan. ... Very good book on mental management.”
• UFOs for the 21st Century Mind: The Definitive Guide to the UFO Mystery: “I'm in the middle of a great book. Richard Dolan has ... UFOs for the 21st Century Mind. ... There's a lot of stuff in there that I had never considered before.”
• The Chaos Agent: “I'm reading a book about it right now, a fiction book, one of the Gray Man books ... It's The Chaos Agent by Mark Greaney.”
• The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story: “I know The Last Indian War is available and I'm listening to that right now”
• Mother of God: “your book, which is available right now, Mother of God ... I'm listening to it on audio right now. It's incredible.”
• Only the Dead: “Thank you for your awesome books. ... [Only] The Dead, it's out right now ... I'm in the middle of it and I love it.”
• Sierra Six: “I'm on the 11th book ... the whole Gray Man series. I'm on Sierra Six.”
• The Gray Man: “I'm in the middle of ... The Gray Man ... fun movie but very different than the book. The book is dark.”
• The Kill Chain: “I'm reading this book now, that's a terrifying book. ... I'm listening to it on audio ... it's called The Kill Chain”
• Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within: “Never Finished, it's out right now, ladies and gentlemen. I can't recommend it enough. It's a fantastic book, as good if not better than Can't Hurt Me.”
• Amusing Ourselves to Death: “I'm in the middle of another book ... Amusing Ourselves to Death ... Neil Brennan recommended it, I think when he was on my podcast”
• The War on the West: “I'm reading this about it in this Douglas Murray book called The War on the West”
• In the Blood: “the books are awesome and I really, really enjoy them, and this is the latest, In the Blood, and it's available right now. Go get it, folks”
• Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy: “Well, I'm enjoying your book. ... I'm in the middle of Inner Engineering.”
• The Obstacle Is the Way: “@ryanholiday did a great job of compiling some very powerful and interesting thoughts in his book, “The Obstacle Is The Way.” I feel like it’s one I’m going to go over often.”
• A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca: “There's a book that someone recommended ... I'm listening to it, this is my sauna reading ... it is called A Land So Strange”
• The Devil's Hand: “It's out now, Devil's Hand. It's ... awesome, like all these books.”
• Hate Inc: “I'm in the middle of Matt Taibbi's book Hate Inc. ... it's very good”
• Survivor Song: “I'm in the middle of a book right now ... this is ... excellent ... it's called Survivor Song, it's a novel by Paul Tremblay ... it's excellent but it is terrifying”
• Dimensions: A Casebook of Alien Contact: “I'm in the middle of Jacques Vallée's book ... it's called Dimensions”
• Confrontations: A Scientist's Search for Alien Contact: “I'm going through Jacques Vallée's stuff because he's coming on the podcast again and so I've been going through all of his books. He's got several books and he's got a very nuanced perspective on this whole UFO thing”
• Homo Deus: “the guy who wrote Sapiens ... Homo Deus is this book that I'm in the middle of now, and it's stunning”
• Talking to Strangers: “what is this, Talking to Strangers? I'm in the second chapter right now”
• Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers: “I'm going through Jacques Vallée's stuff because he's coming on the podcast again and so I've been going through all of his books. He's got several books and he's got a very nuanced perspective on this whole UFO thing”
• The Invisible College: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race: “I'm going through Jacques Vallée's stuff because he's coming on the podcast again and so I've been going through all of his books. He's got several books and he's got a very nuanced perspective on this whole UFO thing”
• Revelations: Alien Contact and Human Deception: “I'm going through Jacques Vallée's stuff because he's coming on the podcast again and so I've been going through all of his books. He's got several books and he's got a very nuanced perspective on this whole UFO thing”
• Freedom: “I think Tribe is a fantastic testament to that and I think you're doing more of the same with Freedom ... look at our communities in that way”
• I'll Be Gone in the Dark: “Can you can you look I don't know what the name of the book is. It's by Michelle McNamera about the East Area Rapist. That's an incredible book. I'll I'll be gone in the dark or something.”
• The Yugas: Keys to Understanding Our Hidden Past, Emerging Energy Age, and Enlightened Future: “Let me tell you the book I'm reading. ... It's by a guy named David Steinmetz and the book is called The Yugas.”
• Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens: “I've read John Mack's book. John Mack was a psychiatrist at Harvard ... he wrote a book called Abduction that was all about hypnotic regression therapy”
• Blindsight: “Blindsight, by a guy named Peter Watts. I've been listening to the au- and it's about an actual vampire...”
• The Art of Mindful Living: How to Bring Love, Compassion, and Inner Peace into Your Daily Life: “I listened to this guy talk about mindfulness while sitting in the sauna at 185 degrees for 25 minutes practicing breathing exercises and the time just flew by.”
• So You've Been Publicly Shamed: “I read the publicly shamed book though. ... It's great.”
• American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains: “Yeah, that's great too. The, what his theory is, and I think it's valid, that the time where they saw millions of buffalo was because the Native Americans had been wiped out by disease.”
• The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire: “Well, I should say I listened to it. I listened to the book a while ago. ... Now we have rise of East India Company. That's it. The anarchy. The relentless rise of the East India Company. Crazy book.”
• Letters to a Young Contrarian: “He was so... Hitch-22, and there's a... there's a book that he wrote about politics, the, um, Letters to a Young Contrarian.”
• Hitch-22: “Oh, he's genius. He was so... Hitch-22, and there's a... there's a book that he wrote about politics, the, um, Letters to a Young Contrarian.”
• The Emperor Wears No Clothes: “I got to hang out with some of the leaders in the cannabis movement, like the great Jack Herer, author of “The Emperor Wears No Clothes,” THE definitive book on marijuana and the history of it’s use, a fantastic, eye opening resource that’s changed the way a lot of people look at the plant.”
• The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham: “I’ve been listening to this audio book on the Law of Attraction. ... On paper it sounds completely loony, but she says some really interesting, powerful shit on thinking, and how your focus and energy affects the course of your life.”