Amanda Palmer is a musician, performer, and author best known as the founding member of the punk cabaret band The Dresden Dolls. Beyond music, she has built a career as a multimedia artist, exploring vulnerability and authenticity through various creative mediums. Her work spans music, performance art, and written word, consistently challenging conventional boundaries.
13 Books Recommended by Amanda Palmer
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
7 people recommendedAmanda Palmer mentioned this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
Also recommended by: Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, Dominic Dagostino, Shah Rukh Khan, Stewart Brand, Derek Sivers
A Collaboration with Nature
2 people recommendedWhen I found [this book], I fell in love. Just open it, I'll shut up.
Also recommended by: Tim Ferriss
How to Be a Woman
2 people recommendedThe new feminist manifesto.
Also recommended by: Emma Watson
Dropping Ashes on the Buddha
One of those life-changing books that finally popped the light off in my little brain, when I read this at 24.
The Velveteen Rabbit
About what love is. A classic, but oh man. As I age, every time I read this aloud I cry a little harder.
Voluptuous Panic
[The author] didn't have to find these images and compile this book; but he did.
Blood and Guts in High School
Made me want to write, to write more honestly than I had ever written before.
The Hotel New Hampshire
The first book I ever read that made me jump up and down in bed and pump my fist while reading.
Dirty Plotte
I only read one comic when I was young. It was this. It changed everything.
The Steppenwolf
Has a fantastical realism that pierces to the bottom of the psyche. I've re-read and re-read this sucker every five years.