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The Stand (and other Stephen King novels)
Stephen King
“i like stephen king a lot great narratives great and great characterization”
“stephen king i was reading a lot of stephen king when i was on tour last time that was good i like stephen king a lot great narratives”— Jordan Peterson
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The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
“the greatest book ever written... it's an amazing book and there's no doubt about it”
“is there a case to be made that brothers karmazov is the greatest book ever written yeah there's a case to be made for that”— Jordan Peterson
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Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
“i think i like crime and punishment”
“i think i like crime and punishment because while you identified with michigan i think i identified more with raskolnikov”— Jordan Peterson
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The Idiot
Fyodor Dostoevsky
“the idiot was my favorite book uh of all”
“for the longest time the idiot was my favorite book uh of all because i identified with the ideas represented by prince michigan”— Lex Fridman
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The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov (inferred)
“that's a deadly book i've read that i think four times... it's unbelievably deep”
“the master in margarita that's a deadly book i've read that i think four times and i still there's still it's unbelievably deep”— Jordan Peterson
The guest's own work
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Maps of Meaning
Jordan Peterson
“author of maps of meaning 12 rules for life and beyond order this is the lex friedman podcast”— Lex Fridman
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12 Rules for Life
Jordan Peterson
“author of maps of meaning 12 rules for life and beyond order this is the lex friedman podcast”— Lex Fridman
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Beyond Order
Jordan Peterson
“author of maps of meaning 12 rules for life and beyond order this is the lex friedman podcast”— Lex Fridman
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ABC of Childhood Tragedy
Jordan Peterson
“some books i'm going to release in the fall terrible books abc of childhood tragedy they're called dark dark books”— Jordan Peterson
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
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The Language of Creation (book on symbolism in Genesis)
Matthieu Pageau
“i found out from matthew pagio who wrote a great book on symbolism in genesis that cherubim are the supporting monsters of god”— Jordan Peterson
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The Gulag Archipelago
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“i have to ask you about gulag archipelago by soulja nitzin that speak to this very point there's so many layers of this book”— Lex Fridman
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