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Tucker Max's book recommendations
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Tucker Max appears on, in one place — not just one.
Tucker Max is an American author and public speaker. He chronicles his drinking and sexual encounters in the form of short stories on his website TuckerMax.com, which has received millions of visitors since Max launched it as the result of a bet in 2000. During podcast interviews, Max discussed several impactful books across personal growth, writing, and philosophy. He mentioned George Orwell's 1984 to illustrate how language relates to the thoughts that people hold in their brains. When discussing the craft of writing and book titles, Max referenced Beryl Markham's memoir West with the Night to praise its incredible life story and writing quality, using it to argue that titles do not always need to follow a rigid formula to succeed. He also spoke about David Goggins's book Can't Hurt Me, mentioning that his company helped publish the highly successful work. Furthermore, Max discussed James P. Carse's Finite and Infinite Games as the original source for the concept of finite and infinite games, clarifying that the idea did not originate with Simon Sinek. Finally, he referenced Michael A. Singer's The Untethered Soul as an example of reaching personal growth through meditation.
Books recommended by Tucker Max
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West with the night
Discussed“West With the Wind you know barel oh my goodness the writing in that is unbeliev amazing life and amazing writing”
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a classic dystopian novel depicting a totalitarian regime characterized by extreme surveillance, historical denial, and psychological manipulation.
Recommended“read 1984 write read 1984 and that tells you all that you need to know about how language is related to the thoughts that we have in our brains”
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Can't Hurt Me
Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins is a powerful memoir detailing the author's harrowing journey from a brutal, abusive childhood and severe obstacles to becoming a Navy SEAL, ultra-marathon runner, and symbol of extreme mental toughness.
Discussed“and it's five years later and you know we did David Goggins book which is huge at Tiffany Haddish and a bunch of others”
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Finite and Infinite Games
Finite and Infinite Games by James P.
Discussed“I think that's from a book called finit in infinite games I forget the author simon Sinek design mistake on that... Simon's book about infinite games he got... There's a book called infinite and infinite games which is like where he got that a lot of that idea”
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The Untethered Soul
The Untethered Soul by Michael A.
Discussed“and people like Michael singer you know who wrote the untethered soul like you know a huge book that dude just sat in a [ __ ] swamp and meditated two hours a day”
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Books by Tucker Max
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I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
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Assholes finish first
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Mate
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Hilarity ensues
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Belligerence and Debauchery
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What women want
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hidden Power of Telling Your Raw Truth (Tucker Max Interview) | How I Write | 2024-10-16 | 2 |
| Personal Growth, Dating & Psychedelics - Tucker Max - #136 | Modern Wisdom | 2020-01-23 | 4 |
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I I for years I thought I was a marketing genius because of I hope they serve be and hell”
“then all the publishing companies came back and they were like we want to do your write your books and then that became I hope they serve beer in Hell”
“i've written four new york times bestsellers hope they serve beer and hell is the famous one”
“and then um so ended up writing a book became I hope they serve beer in hell which the New York Times that invented a literary genre called flat tire and it's sold a billion and a half copies now or more worldwide translated into whatever it is 30 or 40 languages something”
“and it's five years later and you know we did David Goggins book which is huge at Tiffany Haddish and a bunch of others”
“no I wrote a book with Jeff Miller called what women want which is my guide for guys about how to deal with women kind of understand women how to deal with women”