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Books recommended by Walter Isaacson

American author, journalist and professor (born 1952)

American author, journalist and professor (born 1952). Their picks here come from a Five Books interview, on Einstein.

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This is a selection of sourced recommendations, not a complete list of everything Walter Isaacson has read or praised. How we choose.

Written by Walter Isaacson

Books Walter Isaacson wrote

Their most-published books, from Open Library. These are books they wrote, not recommendations.

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Picks others agree on

1 book Walter recommends that at least one other person in the directory also recommends, each from their own source.

Cross-recommendations

Who agrees with Walter

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