38 books Casey Neistat mentioned, ranked!

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I don't think people read enough anymore and well I don't think that's a good thing! Reading is like leaving the house. Yes, you can go your whole life without doing it, but you're not really experiencing all life has to offer if you never leave the house. Books are the same!

— Casey Neistat

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This list is curated from 60 mentions and sorted by most mentioned, then by date of most recent mention. The more a book is mentioned, the more likely it's recommended and a favorite... or they just like talking about it a lot!

Last updated: 28 April 2023.

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Hatching Twitter
by Nick Bilton

Nick wrote the book called Hatching Twitter and I've talked about this here on this show before, because it was reading his book Hatching Twitter which is about how Twitter came to be, that literally motivated me inspired me, gave me the confidence to start my own technology company.

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Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline

The book is called Ready Player One. It's a sci-fi book. I'm not particularly into sci-fi books, but this book, this book was a wild ride. I thought it was really, really fantastic.

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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink

Extreme Ownership
by Jocko Willink

such a great read

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Conspiracy
by Ryan Holiday

this is an amazing read.. highly recommend

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Mr. Wizard's 400 Experiments in Science
by Don Herbert

You take moth balls and you put them in vinegar the mothballs sink but then bubbles go on them and then they rise the bubbles pop and then they fall and they start dancing. Art! And we did a bunch of those, we learned all of those from a book called Mr Wizard's world's science experiments you can do at home. Great book!

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The Obstacle is the Way
by Ryan Holiday

It's Ryan being like talking about, yeah, talking about Marcus Aurelius and like how you apply that to life. And it's like, these are sort of the ponderings, is that a word? The things that I pull from his books that I underline that mean so much to me. And now, he's delivering them to me in a medium that actually works better, which is these little clips, still read his books. I just mean it's better than underlining a chapter and trying to find that dog eared page. And that's been really brilliant.

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Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave by Ryan Holiday

Courage Is Calling
by Ryan Holiday

strong recommend

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Happy People Are Annoying
by Josh Peck

hey @ItsJoshPeck my sister is housesitting for us and found my copy of your book. also appears that she’s reading it in the bath. anyway, great book pic.twitter.com/U258szXugC

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Bravey
by Alexi Pappas

yeah, maybe start with @AlexiPappas BRAVEY

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The Spy and the Traitor
by Ben Macintyre

read it. Loved it

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Always Day One
by Alex Kantrowitz

Can confirm; GREAT READ pic.twitter.com/KLAvHuhOvE

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The Hellfire Club
by Jake Tapper

Congrats! Fantastic book

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The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown

[The American Kingpin] reads like The Da Vinci Code

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Extra Focus
by Jesse J. Anderson

A lot of the themes, ideas and even like direct quotes in this video around ADHD and ADD, a lot of those were taken from an author named Jesse J Anderson. He writes about uh he writes about those things and he does it in a very like relatable humorous way. So if any of this kind of stuck with you, or felt familiar to you, or any of these ideas uh discussed in the video you should definitely check him out!

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Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga by Hunter S. Thompson

Hell's Angels
by Hunter S. Thompson

I'm a huge fan of Hunter Thompson like huge. I've read every one of his books.

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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System by Paul Fussell

Class
by Paul Fussell

There's this amazing book written in like 1980 by Paul Fussell called "Class." And it's about social classes, socioeconomic classes. And the highest class is called the X class, which is a class like above and beyond. I might be butchering this. And what they have in common with the lowest class, which are the destitute, is that the richest people in the world never handle money and don't have to deal with phones or anything like that. And then the destitute have no money to handle and they don't deal with phones or other people or anything like that. So like there is this, the polar ends of the spectrum.

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Meditations
by Marcus Aurelius

It's Ryan being like talking about, yeah, talking about Marcus Aurelius and like how you apply that to life. And it's like, these are sort of the ponderings, is that a word? The things that I pull from his books that I underline that mean so much to me. And now, he's delivering them to me in a medium that actually works better, which is these little clips, still read his books. I just mean it's better than underlining a chapter and trying to find that dog eared page. And that's been really brilliant.

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Think Again
by Adam Grant

BOOK RECOMMEND! I’m a big fan of Adam Grant, his new book is fantastic.

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The Youtube Formula
by Derral Eves

I haven’t read it yet but I know Derral and Derral knows youtube. I call him for advice all the time.

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Permanent Record
by Edward Snowden

Read it

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Cry Like a Man
by Jason Wilson

just bought your book. very excited to dive into it

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No Filter
by Sarah Frier

Awesome story about how IG came to be and its impact broadly on human interaction. Def recommended quarantine reading.

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Obviously
by Akilah Hughes

Obviously I already got my copy of @AkilahObviously new book. Maybe you should get one too?

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Stillness is the Key
by Ryan Holiday

new read by one of the greats 👉 @RyanHoliday pic.twitter.com/HNt0VkJzgB

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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

Midnight in Chernobyl
by Adam Higginbotham

i read this, it was fantastic

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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

A Spy Among Friends
by Ben Macintyre

read it. so so so good. btw did you know George Blake is still alive and living in Moscow? he's apparently friendly with Putin

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A Book of Bears
by Katie Viggers

Georgina's favorite book is A BOOK OF BEARS by @katieviggers

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Thirst
by Scott Harrison

incredible story of a guy who went from being a partying club promoter to leading a charity that helps those without the most basic need; water. check it out

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Collaboration is King
by Brady Sadler

My friend and marketing guru @BradySadler released his first book today. if you work or live in the world of marketing CHECK IT OUT

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How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars
by Billy Gallagher

Just finishing @GallagherBilly new book about Snapchat. super insightful read. highly recommend

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Us
by Curtis Wiklund

Dear @curtiswiklund congrats on the book and THANK YOU for this incredible drawing of Candice, Francine and me. pic.twitter.com/n93BQP9PlT

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Crushing It!
by Gary Vaynerchuk

so much congrats to my friend @garyvee on the release of his new book. out now! do yourself a favor a pick up a copy.

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Tribe of Mentors
by Tim Ferriss

thanks for the book @tferriss and the kind words!! I'll read this on one of my 37 upcoming flights.

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American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton

American Kingpin
by Nick Bilton

Everything in here is factual, but it reads like The Da Vinci Code. It is unbelievably riveting it does that thing where at the end of every chapter it leaves you with just enough... like aah and you have to read the first paragraph of the next chapter and then before you know it it is a downward spiral and you end up finishing this book.

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