Book · recommended on 8 episodes
Little, Big
John Crowley ISBN 0061120057
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John Crowley ISBN 0061120057
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This book by John Crowley has come up 8 times on Tim Ferriss. 8 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-04-21 and the most recent from 2025-03-25. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“John Crowley, also a poet, Little Big is the name of the book. It checks the boxes that you're talking about.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Craig Mod: Writer, photographer, and book designer based in Japan; runs the Special Projects membership and craigmod.com, and authored the Random House book Things Become Other Things about a 600km COVID-era walk on Japan's Kii Peninsula. Craig Mod tells Tim Ferriss how a working-class kid from Connecticut became a Japan-based bookmaker, writer, and walker.
“it's called Little Big the alternate title is the fairies Parliament by John Crowley this book has the most profound effect on time perception”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Derren Brown: British mentalist, illusionist, and author known for psychological TV specials (Sacrifice, The Push, Apocalypse) and books including Happy; began as a university hypnotist and close-up magician. Mentalist Derren Brown unpacks hypnosis, cold reading, skepticism, and making peace with life's difficulty through his shows and books.
“the one that blew my mind, and nine out of 10 people hate this book... it's Little, Big by John Crowley... It is so unbelievably good.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Claire Hughes Johnson: Former COO of Stripe (and prior Google executive); author of Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building. Stripe's former COO Claire Hughes Johnson on radical ownership, saying hard truths, renegotiating commitments, and building self-awareness as a leader.
“the little the little comma big by John Crowley that's the novel that I was describing earlier”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Rolf Potts: Author of the bestseller Vagabonding and the new book The Vagabond's Way; travel writer reporting from 60+ countries for National Geographic Traveler, The New Yorker, Outside, and the New York Times Magazine; based on a Kansas farmhouse with his wife, actress Kristen Bush. Travel writer Rolf Potts returns to discuss vagabonding, attention, slow travel, marriage later in life, and filling the vessel of midlife.
“That is one of the best novels I've ever read in my life. It leaves you in an altered state for at least a few weeks after you read this book.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Kevin Rose: Tech entrepreneur, founder of Digg and the Proof Collective, and Tim Ferriss's longtime friend and co-host of The Random Show. He is deeply involved in the NFT and crypto space, including the Moonbirds and Grails projects. Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose riff on books, men's therapy groups, frugal habits, and the realities of investing in NFTs.
“i read little big little comma big by i want to say the author's name is john crowley this is from memory it's this incredible fantastical novel that is one of those tour de force”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Jessica Lahey: New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure and The Addiction Inoculation who taught grades 6-12 for over 20 years and worked five years in an adolescent drug-and-alcohol rehab. She is in long-term recovery and serves as a recovery coach at Sana, a medical detox center in Stowe, Vermont. Teacher and author Jessica Lahey on raising self-sufficient kids, preventing addiction, her own sobriety, and learning to write through failure.
“I'm in the middle of little big by John Crowley which is this fantastic goal I suppose surreal yet realistic tale of fairies”— Elizabeth Gilbert
The guest here is Elizabeth Gilbert: Number one New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and the novel City of Girls. A former award-winning magazine journalist whose career spans acclaimed fiction and nonfiction. Elizabeth Gilbert on grief, creativity as spiritual practice, trusting bodily intuition, and saying a clean, guilt-free no.
“So it's this book here which is I'll read it. Little Big so little little , big by John Crowley.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Rana el Kaliouby: Egyptian-American computer scientist and pioneer of 'emotion AI,' co-founder and CEO of Affectiva. She holds a PhD from Cambridge, did a postdoc at MIT, and wrote the memoir Girl Decoded. Emotion AI pioneer Rana el Kaliouby on teaching machines emotional intelligence, her journey from Cairo to CEO, and embracing her own emotions.
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