Brian Cox's Reading List

Notable reader profiled on radicalreads.com. 4 favorite books recommended in their radicalreads feature.

Favorite books (2024)

Favorite books recommended by Brian Cox, as compiled by radicalreads.com. Source article: https://radicalreads.com/brian-cox-favorite-books/.

Source: radicalreads.com

Meetings with Remarkable Men

George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (also rec’d by Steve Jobs ) · Buy on Amazon

"Gurdjieff’s own book about his wanderings. He formed his teachings around the series of people he met. It’s kind of a classic road book—and wonderful."

Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl (also rec’d by Drew Barrymore ) · Buy on Amazon

"This book traces the beginnings of Frankl’s theory of logotherapy, an approach to psychotherapy drawn from his experiences as a concentration-camp inmate. Frankl was interested in why certain people survived the Holocaust emotionally and others didn’t. Out of this horrific incident Frankl wrote a totally groundbreaking book that’s been constantly republished for 40 or 50 years."

The Dice Man

Luke Rhinehart (also rec’d by Leonard Cohen , Richard Branson & Richey Edwards ) · Buy on Amazon

"Published in 1971, this novel about a psychiatrist who makes decisions by rolling dice is very much a book about the ’60s, about luck and fortune and the arbitrary nature of life. Psychologist George Cockcroft wrote The Dice Man under the pen name Luke Rhinehart. It is entertaining, thrilling, and very funny."

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë (also rec’d by Brian Cox , Ernest Hemingway , Joan Didion , Patti Smith & Stevie Nicks ) · Buy on Amazon

"One of the great stories. The quintessential obsessive love story. Truly amazing."

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