Reading List
Joe Rogan
Comedian & Podcast Host · The Joe Rogan Experience
Joe Rogan is a stand-up comedian, UFC commentator, and host of The Joe Rogan Experience, one of the most listened-to podcasts in the world. Across thousands of long-form conversations he regularly discusses the books that shaped his thinking on consciousness, creativity, history, and martial arts.
The Book of Five Rings
by Miyamoto Musashi · 1645 · Philosophy
“My right arm, I have a tattoo of Miyamoto Musashi because I read a quote when I was 16 years old when I was doing martial arts. I read the Book of Five Rings, and this is – that's Miyamoto Musashi on my right arm. And he wrote this book, the Book of Five Rings, which was a book on strategy. And Miyamoto Musashi was a samurai who killed 62 men in one-on-one combat.” — via Podcast, November 2022
Best Evidence
Disguise and deception in the assassination of John F. Kennedy
by David S. Lifton · 1980 · History
“Thanks! My favorite JFK book is Best Evidence by David Lifton. Probably my favorite conspiracy book ever.” — via Tweet, May 2017
Fingerprints of the Gods
A quest for the beginning and the end
by Graham Hancock · 1995 · History
“And to get started on Graham, you've got to get this. Fingerprints of the Gods. It's one of my all-time favorite books. If I was leaving and going to go on the space station for the rest of my life, I'd bring that one with me.” — via Podcast, September 2011
Food of the Gods
The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution
by Terence McKenna · 1992 · Science
Recommended via Book List, November 2017
The War of Art
Winning the Inner Creative Battle
by Steven Pressfield · 2002 · Self-Help
“Today the author of one of my favorite books, The War Of Art @SPressfield joins @WarriorPoetUS @redban & me at 3pm PT” — via Tweet, October 2013