Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Singer-Songwriter and Nobel Prize Winner

American musician and poet who revolutionized popular music by infusing rock with literary complexity and social commentary.

Authors & Thinkers

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter born Robert Allen Zimmerman in 1941. He became a cultural icon in the 1960s, known for protest songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'." In 2016, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his poetic contributions to music and literature.

4 Books Recommended by Bob Dylan

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On the Road book cover
#1

On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

6 people recommended

It changed my life like it changed everyone elseโ€™s.

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Also recommended by: Steve Jobs, Ev Williams, Josh Waitzkin, Lex Fridman, Walter Isaacson

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#2

Last Train to Memphis

by Peter Guralnick

Elvis steps from the pages. You can feel him breathe. This book cancels out all others.

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#3

Bound for Glory

by Woody Guthrie

I went through it from cover to cover like a hurricane, totally focused on every word.

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#4

The Slave

by Isaac Singer

I must have thought about [this book] for months [after reading it].

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