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Trevor Noah's Reading List

South African comedian, former host of The Daily Show (2015–2022), and author of Born a Crime. Hosts the What Now? podcast.

Trevor Noah's Top 10 — One Grand Books (2018)

Top 10 books with personal commentary.

Source: onegrandbooks.com

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

Roald Dahl · 1977 · Buy on Amazon

"I loved fantasy books as a kid. I lived in my head, and Roald Dahl was the best of the best."

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1943 · Buy on Amazon

"A wonderful fable, beautifully told. So simple and yet so complicated at the same time."

My Traitor's Heart

Rian Malan · 1990 · Buy on Amazon

"A brutal excavation of a white South African's conscience during the final days of apartheid."

To Quote Myself

Khaya Dlanga · 2015 · Buy on Amazon

"A hilarious memoir by a great South African essayist."

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi · 2016 · Buy on Amazon

"A fascinating novel about the legacy of slavery and white supremacy on both continents."

Born Standing Up

Steve Martin · 2007 · Buy on Amazon

"One of the best accounts ever written about the art of stand-up."

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

J.K. Rowling · 1997 · Buy on Amazon

"Rowling's creation is a masterpiece of fantasy."

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela · 1994 · Buy on Amazon

"He was as good a writer as he was a freedom fighter and president."

But What If We're Wrong?

Chuck Klosterman · 2016 · Buy on Amazon

"A question I try to ask about my own deeply held convictions every day."

Native Life in South Africa

Sol Plaatje · 1916 · Buy on Amazon

"Some of the most compelling and celebrated accounts of the early days of apartheid."

Books from The Diary Of A CEO: Trevor Noah on Depression, ADHD, leaving The Daily Show (2024)

Extracted via LLM from auto-captions of Diary of a CEO (2024-10-17).

Source: www.youtube.com

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Charlie Mackesy · 2019 · Buy on Amazon

"Books that I loved — The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, The Little Prince — there's so many books like that that inspired me to think."

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1943 · Buy on Amazon

"The Little Prince — there's so many books like that that inspired me to think."

Books from What Now? with Trevor Noah: Meet Derek Fordjour (2025)

Extracted via LLM from auto-captions of What Now (2025-05-08).

Source: www.youtube.com

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Alex Haley · 1976 · Buy on Amazon

"Roots created a narrative for African-Americans that explained their multi-generational story. Even after factual issues were exposed, the power of the story didn't change."

Nexus

Yuval Noah Harari · 2024 · Buy on Amazon

"In Nexus, Harari talks about all the intersubjective fictions — gravity is objective, the US dollar is fiction. That is real because we agree upon it."

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