Johnny Depp's Reading List

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

Favorite books (2023)

Favorite books recommended by Johnny Depp, as compiled by radicalreads.com. Source article: https://radicalreads.com/johnny-depp-favorite-books/.

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Entertainment Weekly

· · Buy on Amazon

The People’s Act of Love

James Meek · Buy on Amazon

"A darkly epic, grisly, beguiling journey set amid the frozen tundra of wartime Russia. Delicious prose. Once its dirty claws break skin, that icy death grip won’t be letting go anytime soon. Unforgettable."

In the Hand of Dante

Nick Tosches · Buy on Amazon

"A modern masterpiece. Utterly superior to almost everything published within the last 50 years. I won’t bother trying to describe it. Just go get it."

The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and The Crusade for America

Douglas Brinkley · Buy on Amazon

"A fascinating, immensely readable book regarding Teddy Roosevelt’s intense love for nature and how, during his presidency, he essentially became one of the very first eco-warriors."

The Ginger Man

J.P. Donleavy · Buy on Amazon

"The adventures of one incorrigible Sebastian Dangerfield. Unruly, willful, and wholly devious. This lyrical, comic wonder was introduced to me by Hunter. Every man should read this, and spend at least one evening in his life impersonating this unapologetic horror of an individual!"

Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates

Tom Robbins · Buy on Amazon

"A shockingly good yarn, as only Tom Robbins can spin. Only a few writers have made me laugh out loud — Robbins does it with ease."

On the Road

Jack Kerouac · Buy on Amazon

"There is nothing I can really say here that hasn’t been said before, or even add to that hasn’t been added. Safe to say, these books are as important to me as they have been to many. Two pivotal, historical works that will never rest happily at home upon a dusty shelf."

A Season in Hell & Illuminations

Arthur Rimbaud and The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire · Buy on Amazon

"Possibly the most divine writings in the history of the word. Throughout my life, more trustworthy pocket companions I could not imagine."

The Rum Diary

Hunter S. Thompson · Buy on Amazon

"Two of my personal favorites, both authored, of course, by a dear friend. The first, a deft, feral bastard of a novel. The second, simply epochal. Life-defining genius."

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