Bradley Cooper's Reading List

Notable reader profiled on radicalreads.com. 10 favorite books recommended in their radicalreads feature.

Favorite books (2023)

Favorite books recommended by Bradley Cooper, as compiled by radicalreads.com. Source article: https://radicalreads.com/bradley-cooper-favorite-books/.

Source: radicalreads.com

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain (also rec’d by Dick Cavett & Stephen King ) · Buy on Amazon

"What can I say? I remember reading it in school, and it was one of the first books that made me realize I loved reading. There’s something about traveling down the river—the flow—and how he made me see and smell the environment. It really transported me to a different time."

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov · 1955 · Buy on Amazon

"Nabokov’s writing is brilliant, especially considering that English was his third language."

Geek Love: A Novel

Katherine Dunn (also rec’d by Kurt Cobain ) · Buy on Amazon

"There’s a fantastical nature to this family, yet you can really relate to all the richly drawn characters."

Revolutionary Road

Richard Yates (also rec’d by David Sedaris , Kate Winslet & Philip Seymour Hoffman ) · Buy on Amazon

"I’ve never seen suburbia portrayed in such a way that was so riveting. He really captured it."

Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy (also rec’d by Bruce Springsteen , Kazuo Ishiguro , Nick Cave & Stephen King ) · Buy on Amazon

"You can pick any book by Cormac McCarthy, really, but all the characters—the judge, in particular—are just incredible."

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera · Buy on Amazon

"The idea of playing with the structure of a traditional novel, and the characters he creates, and the author’s voice in them, was really eye-opening."

The Way to Rainy Mountain

N. Scott Momaday · Buy on Amazon

"N. Scott Momaday is a poet, and there’s a musicality to the poetry that’s great."

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

Sherman Alexie · Buy on Amazon

"An amazing series of short stories that really allowed you to relate to these Native American characters."

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein · Buy on Amazon

"Just the sadness; the utter sadness of their simplistic relationship really struck me as a young kid."

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand (also rec’d by Hunter S. Thompson & Mark Cuban ) · Buy on Amazon

"The characters were insane. Howard Roark, man."

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