Austin Kleon Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Dune
Frank HerbertAustin Kleon“Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” I picked up Frank Herbert’s Dune this week and it’s basically the perfect novel for August in Texas.
Paperback, 2005
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Tao Te Ching: Gilded Pocket Edition
Lao TzuAustin Kleon“Those who know don’t talk. Those who talk don’t know.” —Lao Tzu, TAO TE CHING “Those that’ll tell don’t know, and those that know won’t tell.” —Da Mayor, DO THE RIGHT THING https://t.co/khOWJOqi5e
Hardcover, 2020
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Station Eleven: A Novel (National Book Award Finalist)
Emily St John MandelAustin KleonI know a lot of people love the STATION ELEVEN tv series but honestly it’s just making me appreciate the book more, and specifically, the book’s booky-ness (very articulate, I know) the way the book unfolds in a way only books can really do
Paperback, 2015
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The Information
Martin AmisAustin KleonI started reading Martin Amis’s THE INFORMATION, and of the main character, I wondered, “how old is this sad sack?” readers, I regret to inform you of the answer: my age 😭
Paperback, 1996
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The Prophet
Kahlil GibranAustin Kleon“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.” —Kahlil Gibran, THE PROPHET https://t.co/zlBZRK0APm
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Two Heads: A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains
Uta FrithAustin KleonAll I know is that I don’t know nothing (Panels from TWO HEADS: A GRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF HOW OUR BRAINS WORK WITH OTHER BRAINS, drawn by @DanielULocke) https://t.co/hG7nvGlgc1
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Small Things Like These (Oprah's Book Club)
Claire KeeganAustin KleonHer most recent book, Small Things Like These, had me in tears at 3 A.M. Only 80 pages, but packs the punch of 400.
Hardcover, 2021
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Leaves of Grass
Walt WhitmanAustin KleonWalt Whitman is quoted by Ted Lasso and tons of others as saying, “Be curious, not judgmental,” but I haven’t been able to track down the actual text or context. (He uses the word “curious” about 50 times in LEAVES OF GRASS.)
Leather / Fine Binding, 2018
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Tape for the Turn of the Year
A. R. AmmonsAustin KleonOh this is excellent: Cornell has a PDF scan of the original tape that Ammons used to write TAPE FOR THE TURN OF THE YEAR https://t.co/hJZtXWQfsa https://t.co/JVpVSKYSgW
Paperback, 2007
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Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties
Ian MacDonaldAustin Kleon“If any single recording shows why The Beatles broke up, it is MAXWELL’S SILVER HAMMER.” —Ian MacDonald, REVOLUTION IN THE HEAD https://t.co/TOkJXQSiFV
Paperback, 2007
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