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Here are some notable facts about the personal library of Bruce Lee:

  • Bruce Lee had 22 books on or about Krishnamurti; he bought his first Krishnamurti book Think on These Things on November 19, 1966 at Pickwick Bookshop in Hollywood, along with Charles Lohse's Creative Selling and the 1916 book The Fighting Man
  • Lee had 68 books on the art of fencing
  • Lee had about 300 boxing books
  • Lee had 140 books on physical fitness, kinesiology, weight training, bodybuilding, and physiology
  • Lee reportedly had 200 books on acting and filmmaking
  • There were 63 books about wrestling in Bruce Lee's personal library
  • Lee's library contained six books on Gestalt Therapy
  • Lee had several papers on Newtonian Physics
  • Although an important figure in the development of Western philosophy, Bruce Lee's personal library contained no books written by Frederich Nietszche