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Sebastian Junger's Reading List

The author of "The Perfect Storm" and, most recently, "Tribe" avoids books likely to anger him: "The newspapers make me furious enough. I don't add to that by reading books that do. Perhaps I should."

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By the Book: Sebastian Junger (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-05-12).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Cover of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · 2011 · Buy on Amazon
"Thank God someone finally wrote that exact book. It's like a bible for people who don't believe in God."
Cover of Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon
Sam Gwynne · 2010 · Buy on Amazon
"The last really well-written book I've read was "Empire of the Summer Moon," by Sam Gwynne."
Cover of Dispatches
Dispatches
Michael Herr · 1977 · Buy on Amazon
Johnny Got His Gun
Dalton Trumbo · Buy on Amazon
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The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane · Buy on Amazon
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway · Buy on Amazon
""For Whom the Bell Tolls," by Hemingway, is also indispensable."
Cover of The Road
The Road
Cormac McCarthy · 2006 · Buy on Amazon
"I remember crying at the end of "The Road," by Cormac McCarthy."
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Peter Matthiessen · Buy on Amazon
"Peter Matthiessen's "At Play in the Fields of the Lord" was the first modern novel that I read, at age 16."
Far Tortuga
Peter Matthiessen · Buy on Amazon
"After that I read his "Far Tortuga," another national treasure."
Utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill · Buy on Amazon
"John Stuart Mill's "Utilitarianism" gave me the kind of ethical guidance that every person needs — religious or otherwise."
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The Age of Reason
Thomas Paine · 1794 · Buy on Amazon
"I would also insist that she read "The Age of Reason," by Thomas Paine."

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