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Every book Andrew Wilkinson recommended on podcasts
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Andrew Wilkinson appears on, in one place — not just one.
Andrew Wilkinson’s most recommended books
- The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
- Influence by Robert B. Cialdini
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- Clash of the Titans by Unknown
- Dream Big by Cristiane Correa
- Endurance; Shackleton's incredible voyage by Alfred Lansing
- How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis
- Mastery by Robert Greene
- Rabbit is rich by John Updike
- Same as Ever by Morgan Housel
Andrew Wilkinson is a Canadian politician. He is the former leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party and served as the leader of British Columbia's Official Opposition from 2018 to 2020. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election and re-elected in 2017 and 2020, representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Quilchena. During his appearances on podcasts such as Modern Wisdom and Never Enough, Wilkinson discussed several books that served as major influences or that he routinely recommended to entrepreneurs and readers. He brought up Michael E. Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited as a huge influence that expedited his insights, and he read Robert Cialdini's Influence to gain a broad overview of common causes of human misjudgment. Wilkinson strongly recommended Felix Dennis's How to Get Rich, describing the author as a magazine publishing mogul and praising the book as a helpful tool for inversion. Furthermore, he recommended Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See in the context of complex storytelling, and he advised readers to check out Robert Greene's works, specifically mentioning The Laws of Human Nature, The 48 Laws of Power, and Mastery, which he suggested could be read over and over. Wilkinson also discussed John Updike's Rabbit Is Rich as a work that provided insight and comfort regarding societal anxieties across generations.
Books recommended by Andrew Wilkinson
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The Laws of Human Nature
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene is an exhaustive examination of human psychology, social behavior, and the underlying motivations that drive people's actions.
Recommended“there's a really good Robert Green book called the laws of human nature have you read that no not you you got to read it”
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Influence
Influence by Robert B.
Recommended“I read a book called influence by Robert seini which kind of it's kind of a broad overview of all of the most common um causes of human misjudgment”
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All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a celebrated historical novel set during World War II that follows the lives of a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France.
Recommended“if you like that you'd like um all the light you cannot see I love that amazing”
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Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans is a business and media history book detailing the parallel trajectories and eventual rivalries of prominent media moguls Ted Turner and Rupert Murdoch.
Recommended“so i read this really great book that sam i think you'd love called clash of the titans it's from the late 90s and it's two parallel stories one is ted turner and one is rupert murdoch right from the beginning and the stories are kind of interwoven and at various times they clash and uh you know try and”
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Dream Big
Dream Big by Cristiane Correa is a biographical business book detailing the remarkable journey of billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann and his partners.
Recommended“And um there there's a book about him. It's called like greatness, I think. I I couldn't find I only saw it in Portuguese. Don't know if there's an English version. Yeah, it's called uh what is it? The Dream Big. It's on Amazon. Yeah, it's quite good. I read it maybe 4 or 5 years ago.”
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Endurance; Shackleton's incredible voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing is a gripping historical account of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 Antarctic expedition and the crew's remarkable survival against impossible odds.
Recommended“i just read this book uh called endurance have you guys heard of this book called endurance oh my god it's amazing”
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How to Get Rich
Felix Dennis's book How to Get Rich is a candid and unconventional guide offering pragmatic advice on building wealth from the perspective of an experienced magazine publishing mogul.
Recommended“one of the most impactful books that I recommend to every entrepreneur is a book called How to get rich It Is by a guy named Felix Dennis who was a magazine publishing Mogul”
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Mastery
Mastery by Robert Greene is a non-fiction book that explores the paths to achieving high-level expertise through historical examples and psychological insights.
Recommended“I would say if you read 48 Laws of Power Mastery and the laws of human nature you could read those three books over and over”
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Rabbit is rich
Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that chronicles the life of protagonist Harry Rabbit Angstrom during the late 1970s as he navigates middle age, family dynamics, and a shifting American economic landscape.
Recommended“I read this book called rabbit is Rich by John upake have you heard”
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Same as Ever
Same as Ever by Morgan Housel is a popular finance and self-improvement book that explores timeless lessons about risk, opportunity, and human behavior through a collection of short stories.
Recommended“And then on the flip side, at the same time to counterbalance the anxiety of reading that, I've been reading Morgan Housel Morgan Housel's new book, Same As Ever, which is about how things don't change. What are the things that stay the same over the long term?”
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The 48 Laws of Power
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers is a provocative guide examining the historical mechanics of influence, strategy, and social dynamics.
Recommended“I would say if you read 48 Laws of Power Mastery and the laws of human nature you could read those three books over and over”
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The E-Myth Revisited
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E.
Recommended“Michael Gerbers the emth Revisited for instance makes me think when you're talking aboutt about that is there anything else that comes to mind the eth was huge for me”
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The Outsiders
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success by William N.
Recommended“i've read this really good book called the outsiders i know that's probably your bible is that right i love that book”
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The Wager
The Wager by David Grann is a historical non-fiction book detailing the harrowing 18th-century shipwreck of a British naval vessel and the dramatic mutiny and survival trials that followed.
Recommended“And then I second the book The Wager. Like Sam, before I go to bed, uh I always read books about people in terrible situations or in worlds that are very different than the world I inhabit. And The Wager is amazing.”
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Wanting
Wanting by Luke Burgis explores the concept of mimetic desire, explaining how human beings unconsciously copy the desires, ambitions, and envies of the people around them.
Recommended“well i think um we got to talk about this book i read called wanting have you guys heard of this book”
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Dopamine Nation
Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke is a prominent exploration of how modern society's constant pursuit of pleasure leads to compulsive overconsumption and mental distress, written by a Stanford medical school psychiatrist and addiction expert.
Discussed“I listened to a really fascinating interview with Dr. Anna Lemi uh that Huberman did. She wrote a book called uh Dopamine Nation. And her background is in addiction and recovery.”
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster is a comprehensive book by Bill Gates that outlines practical technological and policy strategies for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and addressing global climate change.
Discussed“like so like here's an example it's like i read bill gates new book about climate change right and i'm going oh it's okay i don't have enough money to really do anything in this right”
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a classic self-help manual focused on interpersonal communication, relationship building, and effective social influence.
Discussed“I've just realized that everybody wants to talk about themselves and it's the Dale Carnegie thing. Find out what someone likes to talk about and then talk to them about that and just keep asking questions. And I realized that if they if I make them feel good, if they get to talk about the thing that they're interested in,”
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Howard Marks' Book Of Dope Stories
Discussed“I remember I read uh Howard Mark's book so he's like a famous billionaire uh investor value investor and specializes in distressed debt”
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I will teach you to be rich
I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi is a comprehensive personal finance guide that emphasizes practical money management, conscious spending, and building a wealthy life through intentional choices rather than extreme frugality.
Discussed“there's a great book called I will teach you to be rich by ramit Safi and I read it like 15 years ago and he makes a really good point he goes look you're not you don't get rich by paying attention to like lattes and like building budgets and like not buying lunch out you get rich by paying”
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The other 6 books Andrew Wilkinson recommended or discussed, ranked
- Play Nice but Win by Michael Dell
- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
- The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
- The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman
- The Premonition by Michael Lewis
- The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
Books Andrew Wilkinson wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“what does never enough to you well it's a phenomenon that I see in everything um you know if you think about um when you talk to people”
“or they can go check out my book it's never enough.com um and yeah I would love to hear what people think”
“so the two times we've recently done this is with James Clear from Atomic habits and Dr Andrew huberman”