books recommended by Stewart Brand

Stewart Brand is an American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. He founded a number of organizations, including The WELL, the Global Business Network, and the Long Now Foundation.

Stewart Brand is an American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. He founded a number of organizations, including The WELL, the Global Business Network, and the Long Now Foundation.

books recommended by Stewart Brand

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Dune

Dune

Frank Herbert

Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

Foundation

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Finite and Infinite Games

Finite and Infinite Games

James Carse

The Better Angels of Our Nature

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Steven Pinker

The Singularity Is Near

The Singularity Is Near

Ray Kurzweil

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

Homer

A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson

A Pattern Language

A Pattern Language

Christopher Alexander et al.

The Player of Games

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

Scale

Scale

Geoffrey West

Consider Phlebas

Consider Phlebas

Iain M. Banks

The Iliad

The Iliad

Homer

The Gift

The Gift

Lewis Hyde

The Prince

The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli

What Technology Wants

What Technology Wants

Kevin Kelly

State of the Art

State of the Art

Iain M. Banks

Excession

Excession

Iain M. Banks

The Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Anonymous

Triumph of the City

Triumph of the City

Edward Glaeser

Use of Weapons

Use of Weapons

Iain M. Banks

Look to Windward

Look to Windward

Iain M. Banks

The Oxford Shakespeare

The Oxford Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Second Foundation

Second Foundation

Isaac Asimov

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon

Beowulf

Beowulf

Seamus Heaney

Foundation and Empire

Foundation and Empire

Isaac Asimov

A History of the World in 100 Objects

A History of the World in 100 Objects

Neil Macgregor

On the Nature of Things

On the Nature of Things

Lucretius

Collapse

Jared Diamond

The Landmark Herodotus

The Landmark Herodotus

Herodotus

The Long Summer

The Long Summer

Brian Fagan

The Causes of War

The Causes of War

Geoffrey Blainey

The Discoverers

The Discoverers

Daniel J. Boorstin

Governing the Commons

Governing the Commons

Elinor Ostrom

The Revenge of Gaia

The Revenge of Gaia

James Lovelock

Adventures of a Bystander

Adventures of a Bystander

Peter F. Drucker

Memory of the World

Memory of the World

UNESCO

One True God

One True God

Rodney Stark

Medieval Civilization

Medieval Civilization

Jacques Le Goff

The Future of Life

The Future of Life

Edward O. Wilson

Learning to Breathe Fire

Learning to Breathe Fire

J.C. Herz

Why the West Rules—for Now

Why the West Rules—for Now

Ian Morris

The Eternal Frontier

The Eternal Frontier

Tim Flannery

Homo Ludens

Homo Ludens

Johan Huizinga

The Rise of the West

The Rise of the West

William H. Mcneill

The Civilization of the Middle Ages

The Civilization of the Middle Ages

Norman F. Cantor

Elements

Elements

Theodore Gray

Conceptual Physics

Conceptual Physics

Paul G. Hewitt

The Complete Greek Tragedies

The Complete Greek Tragedies

David Grene & Richmond Lattimore

Military Misfortunes

Military Misfortunes

Eliot A. Cohen

Turing's Cathedral

Turing's Cathedral

George Dyson

The Past From Above

The Past From Above

Charlotte Trumpler

Dirt

Dirt

David R. Montgomery

The Pattern on the Stone

The Pattern on the Stone

William Daniel Hillis

Venice

Venice

Frederic C. Lane

Imagined Worlds

Imagined Worlds

Freeman Dyson

The Coming Population Crash

The Coming Population Crash

Fred Pearce

Powers of Ten

Powers of Ten

Philip Morrison & Phylis Morrison

The Western Canon

The Western Canon

Harold Bloom

The Art of the Long View

The Art of the Long View

Peter Schwartz

A History of Civilizations

A History of Civilizations

Fernand Braudel

The Landmark Thucydides

The Landmark Thucydides

Thucydides

Our Bodies, Ourselves

Our Bodies, Ourselves

Boston Womens Health Book Collective

The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook

The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook

Robert Porter

The Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance

The Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance

Carl Demrow

Across Realtime

Across Realtime

Vernor Vinge

Thinking in Time

Thinking in Time

Richard E. Neustadt

Time Travel

Time Travel

James Gleick

Machines of Loving Grace

Machines of Loving Grace

John Markoff

Star Maker

Olaf Stapledon

The Sleepwalkers

The Sleepwalkers

Arthur Koestler

The Idea of Decline in Western History

The Idea of Decline in Western History

Arthur Herman

The Way Life Works

The Way Life Works

Mahlon Hoagland

The Encyclopedia of Earth

The Encyclopedia of Earth

Michael Allaby

The Map Book

The Map Book

Peter Barber

The Story of Writing

The Story of Writing

Andrew Robinson

The King and the Corpse

The King and the Corpse

Heinrich Zimmer

Infinite in All Directions

Infinite in All Directions

Freeman J. Dyson

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Samuel P. Huntington

Book recommendations coming soon!

Book recommendations coming soon!

explore all books

Books written by Stewart Brand

Book cover overlay

How Buildings Learn

How Buildings Learn

Stewart Brand

Book cover overlay

Whole Earth Discipline

Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand

Book cover overlay

The Clock of the Long Now

The Clock of the Long Now

Stewart Brand

explore all books

Need better sleep, more energy, and faster recovery? Try Eight Sleep — the ultimate smart mattress. Up to $350 off.

People also viewed

explore all people

No items found.

FAQs

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse varius enim in eros elementum tristique.

Did Stewart Brand recommend all these books?

This book list has Stewart Brand's must-read recommendations, it can also be comprised of mentions, suggestions or social media posts.

How do you know Stewart Brand mentioned these books?

Every suggestion made by Stewart Brand is validated by our editors either via reaching out to the featured person, their social media or mentions from interviews.

Did Stewart Brand actually create this list?

A few of our lists have been created by the featured person. The rest are either crowdsourced or created by the Good Books staff.

Still have questions?

If you have any questions or you believe there is an error in our information, please contact us.

Explore our book lists

Best Fiction Books

Best Mental Health Books

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Book by Bessel van der Kolk

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Book by Lori Gottlieb

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story about Anxiety Book by Sarah Wilson

Best Books For Women

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Nell Scovell and Sheryl Sandberg

My Body by Emily Ratajkowski

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Books Billionaires Read

Best Books For Men

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson

Best Environment Books

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates

The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells

explore all our lists

Stewart Brand's book recommendations

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Meditations

Dune

+