Midnight's Children

This book by Salman Rushdie was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, depression & mood, psychedelics. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

Midnight's Children is a 1981 novel by author Salman Rushdie. It portrays India's transition from British colonial rule to independence and the partition of India. It is considered an example of postcolonial, postmodern, and magical realist literature. The story is told by its chief protagonist, Saleem Sinai, and is set in the context of actual historical events. The style of preserving history with fictional accounts is self-reflexive. Midnight's Children won both the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1981.

• “I'm listening to Midnight's Children by Salman Rushy right now, which is one of the books, if not the book that really put him on the map. A beautiful pros, amazing voice performance.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “A beautiful pros, amazing voice performance”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · May 202500:24:28

  Said during "Three Life Commandments, AI, Stoicism, & More". The episode features Kevin Rose: Investor, entrepreneur, and Tim Ferriss's longtime co-host on The Random Show. Referenced in this solo community episode rather than appearing in conversation. Tim Ferriss fields community Q&A on his three life commandments, AI, stoicism, writing, and the future of his fiction projects.