The seven books Neil Strauss picked on Tim Ferriss's Books I've Loved — all of them about fear, codependence and repair.
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What books does Neil Strauss recommend?
Neil Strauss has publicly recommended the 7 books
listed below. Every title on this page is traced to a specific interview, podcast,
article or post where Neil Strauss named it — each one linked so you can check the
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This is the most tightly themed list on the site, and given who wrote The Game, the theme
is the point. Every one of the seven is about the same thing: what happened to you early, why
it keeps happening, and what to do about it.
Two Cheri Hubers, two Pia Mellodys, two James Hollises. That is not a man sampling a genre;
that is someone who worked through specific authors thoroughly. Strauss has written publicly
about sex addiction treatment and about the collapse of the persona he built in The Game,
and this list reads like the reading from that period rather than a set of picks assembled for
a podcast.
Worth noting what isn’t here: nothing about seduction, persuasion, journalism or music, all of
which he has written books about.
Every book Neil Strauss has recommended
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The Fear Book: Facing Fear Once and for AllCheri Huber