PewDiePie
Influencer
PewDiePie, the Swedish YouTuber Felix Kjellberg, ran YouTube's most-subscribed channel from 2013 to 2019 and in 2019 became the first individual creator to pass 100 million subscribers. He began with Let's Play videos in 2010 and wrote This Book Loves You (2015).
PewDiePie's 49 Book Recommendations
- Sapiens: “It's a super easy read... very gripping and interesting.”
- In the Buddha's Words: “This book is amazing.”
- Japanese Death Poems: “That may sound very depressing to read but for me I thought it was very uplifting.”
- Dice Man: “Now first book I read was The Dice Man written by Luke Rhinehart... I think it's the kind of book I would probably appreciate if I was younger as well.”
- Spring Snow: “Enjoyed it, very nice, four out of five.”
- No Longer Human: “Next up, we have No Longer Human with Osamu Dazai... It's just such a sad story.”
- Lolita: “Lolita, loved it.”
- The Temple of the Golden Pavilion: “I read The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and I absolutely loved it.”
- The Book of Disquiet: “Book of Disquiet, amazing, loved it.”
- Man's Search For Meaning: “I am so glad that I picked it. I think this book is incredibly important.”
- The Book of Five Rings: “This is like the coolest book ever.”
- The Woman in the Dunes: “I really recommend reading it even if you heard me spoil it, because it is a really fun nice read.”
- The Metamorphosis: “The Metamorphosis with Franz Kafka is one I read. It's so quick.”
- The Sound of Waves: “I also read Sound of Waves.”
- Moby Dick: “And I remember reading it thinking, wow, this is so silly and it's so funny. And so easy to follow.”
- The Count of Monte Cristo: “The Count of Monte Cristo. Woah! ... Incredible. ... Definitely a kiss from Pewds.”
- The House of the Dead: “House of the Dead, yeah it- it was... yeah.”
- Stoner: “A novel that I really enjoyed.”
- Mythos: “I enjoyed it very much regardless.”
- The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea: “I was so entranced by it. I felt so lost reading this book and in the best possible way and I absolutely loved it.”
- Either/Or: A Fragment of Life: “I picked up Either/Or because that's one of his first greater works and it's genius. I absolutely loved it.”
- Crime and Punishment: “The parts that shine in this novel truly shine and I do understand why it's a classic.”
- Flowers for Algernon: “Great recommendation, really enjoyed this one.”
- 12 Rules for Life: “It gave me a lot of new perspectives that I never thought I would even have.”
- American Psycho: “Just following that was so funny.”
- Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future: “I'm really glad despite this being clearly above my reading comprehension, I'm really glad I still gave it a try.”
- Brave New World: “I love this book. I think it's a masterpiece, 5 out of 5. It's an incredible piece of literature. I could not recommend this enough.”
- Children of Time: “I think this is what I wanted to read.”
- I Am Legend: “I think this is a great book if you haven't read anything in a while. It's very light and it's very gripping from the beginning to the end.”
- Kafka on the Shore: “I will rate this book still four out of five. I still really loved it.”
- Life 3.0: “Following all these steps in the book was so interesting and so immersive.”
- The Picture of Dorian Gray: “Another fine piece of literature.”
- Dune: “It's really just a badass space adventure. Giving it four out of five stars.”
- The Art of Happiness: “Read the book, it's great... I recommend the book, check it out.”
- The Plague: “I read his other works, The Plague as well, which is equally amazing.”
- Our Mathematical Universe: “I love this book. It's so good. It's really good. This book is basically everything in physics that is cool.”
- Siddhartha: “I love this book. Read this book. It's great. You'll feel great reading it.”
- The Stranger: “I picked it up randomly and I was like, "This is so good."”
- Norwegian Wood: “Another great book I read actually, I recommend, is Norwegian Wood by Murakami.”
- Discourses and Selected Writings: “I really really like this book. It's one of the few books that make me feel fortunate as a human to be able to experience.”
- Bushido: “For anyone that wants to learn more about Japanese culture and the history of it, I think Bushido is a great starting point.”
- The Inferno of Dante Alighieri: “What a shame that would have been cuz this is an amazing book... I think definitely pick it up, it's really good.”
- Blame!: “You might love it like I do.”
- The Old Man And The Sea: “The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. You know about this book, everyone knows about this book. This is the quintessential teacher-wants-you-to-read-in-school kind of book, which is actually why I picked it as well because I want you to be part of this.”
- The Master and Margarita: “The first one is The Master and Margarita written by Mikhail Bulgakov... I think it's safe to say I never read a book like this. It's a black satire comedy around Christianity. It's very weird, but I really loved it.”
- Don Quixote: “It is very humorous but after reading it I realized that it's so much more than just that and I'm so glad I read it. It's my favorite piece of classical literature that I've ever read.”
- Runaway Horses: “Runaway Horses, where do I begin with this book... Runaway Horses is vastly different from Spring Snow but it still shares common themes around the purity of youth versus the corruption of the adult. It's about the willingness to sacrifice yourself for the greater good and what you believe in.”
- Consider Phlebas: “It's overall just a fun space adventure, I think that's really all it is... I would rate this 3 out of 5 stars.”
- Sun and Steel: “Next up, I read Yukio Mishima's Sun and Steel. I'm not going to discuss this book because I think I want to save Mishima for another time. I couldn't find one before I left to Japan and I really, really wanted to read it.”