3 Books With Neil Pasricha

3 Books With Neil Pasricha

3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 22-year-long quest to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter discusses the 3 most formative books of one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Brené Brown, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Roxane Gay, Cheryl Strayed, Rich Roll, Soyoung the Variety Store Owner, Derek the Hype Man, Kevin the Bookseller, Shirley The Nurse, Vishwas the Uber Driver, Angie Thomas, David Mitchell, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Mark Manson, Seth Godin, Judy Blume, and Quentin Tarantino. 3 Books is published on the lunar calendar with each of the 333 chapters dropped on the exact minute of every single full moon all the way up to 10:37 PM EST on April 26, 2040. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and is 100% non-profit with no ads, no sponsors, no commercials, and no interruptions. 3 Books has 3 clubs including the End of the Podcast Club, the Cover to Cover Club, and the Secret Club, which operates entirely through the mail and is only accessible by calling 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person at the guest's preferred location by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc. For more info check out: https://www.3books.co

Episodes

July 10, 2025 76 mins
Born in 1934, the 18th of 19 children in the small blue-collar town of Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, Jean Chrétien has risen to become the "grandfather of Canada" and a definitive force in global politics for over 50 years.
 

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Long before I oriented my life around reading, I would get the majority of my (4-5!) books per year read during the summer.

But summ...

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BIG NEWS!

I just finished writing CANADA IS AWESOME: A Little Book About A Big Country.

This podcast is me reading the whole book!

The book is about all the weird, wonderful, beautiful things that make Canada ... Canada.

Did you ever notice Canadians speak in the collective?

“What do you think of the weather we’re having?”

“Shall we grab a Tims before the meeting?”

“Think we have a shot at the playoffs?”

W...

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It started with a modern plea for help:

"Can I charge my dead phone in your bookstore?"

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Loneliness rates have doubled since the 1980s and Vivek Murthy, former US Surgeon General, says loneliness will be the next major epidemic. So if loneliness is being alone and sad … then what’s being alone and happy?

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Ginny Yurich (@1000hoursoutside) drove 5 ho...

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Let's go for a walk!

 

I've sometimes imagined 3 Books as a long walk with a friend. So today—let's take one! Nickisha moved to Toronto from Jamaica when she was 16 to reunite with her mom and after working as a travel agent she broke out on her own to run a succes...

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Is porn good sex education? Why does body autonomy matter for kids? Does talking about sex kill the mood?

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What do you know about James Frey?

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Don't use mouthwash.
 
Why?
 
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We live in interesting times. 
 
And they're getting interestinger!
 
I keep my eyes open for big thinkers to help guide and inform me as I keep trying to make sense of the world.

My friend Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) is one of those people:
 
Tim has a giant mind willing to engage with our fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. The big...
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Who else loves David Sedaris?

I discovered him in 1997 when an old mentor/editor at Golden Words, my college humor papers, suggested I pick up his book 'Naked' to become a better writer myself.

I found the essays sardonic, witty, uncannily observational, and laugh-out-loud funny. I couldn't believe how gently and elegantly he wrote about topics rangi...

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Happy Solstice!
 
As we do every December solstice it's time for our 7th Annual "Best Of" episode of 3 Books.
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Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world with over a million employees in the U.S. alone. A monolith responsible for trillions of dollars of revenue through retail, entertainment, and infrastructure.
 
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Once you find purpose, and once you find style… what’s left?

Beauty.

What’s left is finding and putting out beauty into the world.
 
There are not many writers who have genuinely figured this out … but one of them is Mitch Albom.

Are you ready for a writing masterclass from one of the best self-help writers in the world?
 
After graduating from Cambridge, Oliver Burkeman wrote the popular column “This Co...
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Let's jump into the backseat of Vishwas Aggrawal's Uber and take a trip you won't forget.

This is a story about setting your own standards in a world constantly hammering us into "human resources."

This is a story about setting your own winning lines in a world that wants us to be widgets.

This is a story about raising the bar for yourself and deeply valuing the human connection and love that has the potent...
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