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James Altucher and Brian Koppelman on reading fiction to be smarter

Author/investor James Altucher recently had Brian Coppelman (writer/producer of Rounders and Oceans 13) on his show to discuss the importance of reading fiction — no matter what do or want to accomplish in life.

You can listen to the podcast here, in which James and Brian talk about how important fiction is to all of us because writing has become so important to all of us.

James and Brian also reference a ton of authors and books. I think I have the full list here, along with Amazon links if you’re looking for some summer reading.

David Benioff City of Thieves When the Nines Roll Over: And Other Stories

Tim O’ Brien In The Lake of The Woods The Things They Carried

Charles Bukowski

Albert Camus The Stranger

Raymond Carver

Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Theodore Dreiser The Financier

Bret Easton Ellis American Psycho Less Than Zero

James Ellroy American Tabloid L.A. Confidential

John Fante Ask the Dust

Malcom Gladwell

Joel Greenblatt

Ernest Hemmingway

Pam Houston Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories

Dennis Johnson Jesus’ Son: Stories

Thom Jones The Pugilist at Rest

Franz Kafka

Amy Koppelman I Smile Back

W. Somerset Maugham

Lorrie Moore

Haruki Murakami Kafka on the shore Norwegian Wood What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Jerzy Kosinski Pinball Steps The Painted Bird Being There Cockpit

Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner

Curzio Malaparte Kaputt

Frank McCourt Angela’s Ashes: A Memoir

J.D. Salinger

George Saunders

Hunter S. Thompson

Francois Voltaire Candide

David Foster Wallace

Tom Wolfe Electric Kool Aid Acid Test

Don Winslow The Winter of Frankie Machine

Looks like my summer list is set and then some.

Any other recommendations?