Jordan Peterson’s Top Book Recommendations

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[Darket]

Modern man in search for a soul
The gulag archipelago
Anything Dostoyevsky wrote
Beyond good and evil
Crime and punishment
Man's search for meaning

[philtheo]

Speaking of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Dostoevsky's own life reads like an over-the-top tale of tremendous suffering and woe, even though it is completely true. He was born and grew up in a hospital for the poor. His father was murdered (and patricide is a theme that occurs and reoccurs in Dostoevsky's writings). Dostoevsky was arrested and almost executed but got an 11th hour reprieve from the tsar, literally mere moments after he was already tied up, blindfolded, and facing the firing squad. Instead he was sent to Siberia for something like a decade of his life. He lost his first wife early. One of his children died as a toddler. If I recall, it was his favorite son named Alyosha who fell off a balcony as a toddler and died (and note in his stories how he often named the good characters Alyosha and the bad Fyodor). Dostoevsky struggled with alcoholism for much of his life. And Dostoevsky had epilepsy for his entire life. There's much more to say but this should be sufficient to show Dostoevsky didn't have an easy life to put it mildly. And I think that's in part why his novels and shorter stories are so great, because he wrote what he lived, he gave voice to his pains, a voice that, though dead, still speaks to so many struggling with pain and suffering and the most fundamental existential questions of life, the universe, God, everything.

[delduked]

I read all of Jordan’s recommendations, and they are all masterpieces. Truly enlightening. If you couldn’t think for yourself, you will after you read those books.

[moonshineman]

I don't always agree on much that Peterson's saying, but I got to say that of he gets young people into reading then that's already in itself a huge contribution to the future of humankind. Hats off!

[Chatterfangsquirrel]

He was too modest to add 12 rules for life. That book pretty much saved me.

[eternalprobie]

Mans search for meaning has to be my all time favorite book

[delduked]

I read modern man in search for a soul. It changed my life. I never knew someone could think like that and now thinking for myself as jung did has been monumental for my mental development and career. Thanks JBP.

[Swoozy]

I just finished mans search for meaning and I truly believe everybody should read that book

[yellowjackboots]

Legion Of The Damned by Sven Hassel. Read it 25 years ago and it shaped my view of humans and humanity. Always expect the worst from other people

[davidisenhower]

Never read mans search meaing its literally being delivered on friday now... one day i wish to be one of the many men who get to shake jordans and tear up and thank him for completely changing my life.... my apartment(which wouldnt even exist without him) now has soviet era propaganda on the walls, because of the books hes showed me. When i first discovered jordan my then girlfriend(now wife) was pregnant we were living in a van subsiding off heroin and mcdonalds.... (im tearing up just thinking about it...doing that guy thing where i try to not haha) but the idea that i even have walls much less framed art on them is ....nothing but a testimate to this man

I know im one of thousands and i hope i become one of millions

[McKenzieIdeality]

Anything by Orison Swett Marden is a good old fashioned, wholesome, kick in the pants. And I love everything he has ever written.

[jamesdurant]

DOAWK - Rodrick Rules was what he meant to say

[johnfairweather]

The universe has no meaning for anyone’s life. You make your own meaning for your life.

[frankiecal]

200 years together....but he's too much of a coward to tell the truth behind that book.

[matthewhammond]

200 years together. Don't forget to avoid that book Jordan.

[Azeteck_casual]

Metro 2033 because it teaches humanity

[ai_robozen]

JORDAN PETERSON IS NOT AN AUTHORITY IN HAPPINESS BUT IN USING REASON TO FIND SEPARATION FROM SUFFERING

[LukeC]

I feel like I need a more solid base before being able to understand where these books are coming from. Am I right or should I just go for it?

[SceneSips]

P.Diddy - Freak off Nights
Gone be the hardest Book ever

[JustAMan]

Yeah dude. Check out the Bible and the teaching of the Holy Orthodox Fathers.