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The 100 most-recommended books

Ranked by the number of episodes a book comes up in. An author talking about their own book doesn't count towards its rank, so this is what guests and the host reach for when they recommend something else.

  1. Cover of Lost connectionsGuest's
    Lost connectionsJohann Hari5 episodes
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  2. Cover of Sapiens
    SapiensYuval Noah Harari3 episodes · 1 guest
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  3. Cover of The Anxious GenerationGuest's
    The Anxious GenerationJonathan Haidt3 episodes · 2 guests
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  4. The BibleMichio Kaku3 episodes · 3 guests
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  5. Cover of Meditations
    MeditationsMarcus Aurelius2 episodes · 1 guest
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  6. Cover of The Innovator's Dilemma
    The Innovator's DilemmaClayton M. Christensen2 episodes · 1 guest
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  7. Cover of Tao Te Ching
    Tao Te ChingLao Tzu2 episodes · 2 guests
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  8. Cover of 10% Happier
    10% HappierDan Harris2 episodes · 2 guests
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  9. Economic Possibilities for Our GrandchildrenJohn Maynard Keynes2 episodes · 2 guests
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  10. Cover of The Book of Mormon
    The Book of MormonJoseph Smith2 episodes · 2 guests
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  11. The QuranUnknown2 episodes · 2 guests
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  12. Cover of The Blind Watchmaker
    The Blind WatchmakerRichard Dawkins2 episodes · 1 guest
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  13. Cover of Atomic HabitsGuest's
    Atomic HabitsJames Clear2 episodes · 2 guests
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  14. Cover of The Psychology of MoneyGuest's
    The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel2 episodes · 1 guest
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  15. Cover of Nuclear WarGuest's
    Nuclear WarAnnie Jacobsen2 episodes · 1 guest
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  16. Cover of Fooled by randomness
    Fooled by randomnessNassim Nicholas Taleb1 episode · 1 guest
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  17. Cover of Skin in the Game
    Skin in the GameNassim Nicholas Taleb1 episode · 1 guest
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  18. Cover of The Black Swan
    The Black SwanNassim Nicholas Taleb1 episode · 1 guest
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  19. Cover of The Matter With Things
    The Matter With ThingsIain McGilchrist1 episode · 1 guest
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  20. Cover of I Am That
    I Am ThatNisargadatta Maharaj1 episode · 1 guest
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  21. Cover of Flow
    FlowMihaly Csikszentmihalyi1 episode · 1 guest
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  22. Cover of Generations
    GenerationsWilliam Strauss1 episode · 1 guest
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  23. Cover of Getting Things Done
    Getting Things DoneDavid Allen1 episode · 1 guest
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  24. Cover of The Inner Game of Tennis
    The Inner Game of TennisW. Timothy Gallwey1 episode · 1 guest
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  25. Cover of The Alignment Problem
    The Alignment ProblemBrian Christian1 episode · 1 guest
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  26. Cover of 30 Lessons for Living
    30 Lessons for LivingKarl A. Pillemer1 episode · 1 guest
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  27. Cover of The doors of perception
    The doors of perceptionAldous Huxley1 episode
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  28. Cover of The great work of your life
    The great work of your lifeStephen Cope1 episode · 1 guest
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  29. Cover of How to Get Rich
    How to Get RichDonald Trump1 episode · 1 guest
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  30. Cover of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
    If Anyone Builds It, Everyone DiesEliezer Yudkowsky1 episode
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  31. Cover of The Second Machine Age
    The Second Machine AgeErik Brynjolfsson1 episode
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  32. Cover of The Prince
    The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli1 episode · 1 guest
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  33. Cover of Under Saturn's shadow
    Under Saturn's shadowJames Hollis1 episode · 1 guest
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  34. Cover of Dad Brain
    Dad BrainDarby Saxbe PhD1 episode
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  35. Cover of The Limits to Growth
    The Limits to GrowthDonella H. Meadows1 episode
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  36. Cover of The Denial of Death
    The Denial of DeathErnest Becker1 episode · 1 guest
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  37. Cover of Ai 2027
    Ai 2027Daniel Kokotajlo, Scott Alexander, Thomas Larsen, Eli Lifland & Romeo Dean1 episode · 1 guest
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  38. Cover of The God Delusion
    The God DelusionRichard Dawkins1 episode · 1 guest
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  39. Cover of Silent Spring
    Silent SpringRachel Carson1 episode · 1 guest
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  40. Cover of The general theory of employment, interest and money
    The general theory of employment, interest and moneyJohn Maynard Keynes1 episode · 1 guest
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  41. Cover of Hamlet's mill
    Hamlet's millGiorgio De Santillana1 episode · 1 guest
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  42. Cover of Mankind in amnesia
    Mankind in amnesiaImmanuel Velikovsky1 episode · 1 guest
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  43. Corporate Bullsh*tNick Hanauer, Joan Walsh & Donald Cohen1 episode
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  44. Cover of Progress and poverty
    Progress and povertyHenry George1 episode
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  45. Cover of The distribution of wealth
    The distribution of wealthJohn Bates Clark1 episode
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  46. Cover of Homo Deus
    Homo DeusYuval Noah Harari1 episode · 1 guest
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  47. Cover of Communion
    CommunionWhitley Strieber1 episode
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  48. Cover of The End of History and the Last Man
    The End of History and the Last ManFrancis Fukuyama1 episode · 1 guest
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  49. Foundations of Geopolitics : the Geopolitical Future of RussiaAlexander Dugin1 episode · 1 guest
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  50. Cover of Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital
    Technological Revolutions and Financial CapitalCarlota Perez1 episode · 1 guest
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  51. Cover of The Slight Edge
    The Slight EdgeJeff Olson1 episode
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  52. Cover of The Hard Truth
    The Hard TruthRena Malik, MD1 episode
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  53. Cover of The theory of moral sentiments
    The theory of moral sentimentsAdam Smith1 episode
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  54. Cover of The Wealth of Nations
    The Wealth of NationsAdam Smith1 episode · 1 guest
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  55. Cover of Now we are six
    Now we are sixA. A. Milne1 episode · 1 guest
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  56. Cover of Indistractable
    IndistractableNir Eyal1 episode
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  57. Cover of Obedience to Authority
    Obedience to AuthorityStanley Milgram1 episode · 1 guest
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  58. Cover of Blue ocean strategy
    Blue ocean strategyW. Chan Kim1 episode · 1 guest
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  59. Cover of River out of Eden
    River out of EdenRichard Dawkins1 episode · 1 guest
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  60. Cover of The Last Battle
    The Last BattleC. S. Lewis1 episode · 1 guest
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  61. Cover of The Origin of Species
    The Origin of SpeciesCharles Darwin1 episode · 1 guest
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  62. Cover of The Problem of Pain
    The Problem of PainC. S. Lewis1 episode
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  63. Cover of The 5 Resets
    The 5 ResetsAditi Nerurkar M.D.1 episode
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  64. Cover of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleStephen R. Covey1 episode · 1 guest
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  65. Cover of The Power of Habit
    The Power of HabitCharles Duhigg1 episode · 1 guest
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  66. Cover of The Prophet
    The ProphetKahlil Gibran1 episode · 1 guest
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  67. How I Lost Money in Real Estate Before It Was FashionableCollins, J. L.1 episode
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  68. Cover of Pathfinders
    PathfindersCollins, J. L.1 episode
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  69. Cover of The Intelligent Investor
    The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin Graham1 episode · 1 guest
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  70. Cover of Amusing Ourselves to Death
    Amusing Ourselves to DeathNeil Postman1 episode · 1 guest
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  71. Cover of Infinite Jest
    Infinite JestDavid Foster Wallace1 episode · 1 guest
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  72. Cover of The Alchemist - The Pilgrimage - By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
    The Alchemist - The Pilgrimage - By the River Piedra I Sat Down and WeptPaulo Coelho1 episode · 1 guest
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  73. Cover of The Paradox of Choice
    The Paradox of ChoiceBarry Schwartz1 episode · 1 guest
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  74. Cover of Range
    RangeDavid Epstein1 episode · 1 guest
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  75. Cover of The Sports Gene
    The Sports GeneDavid Epstein1 episode · 1 guest
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  76. Cover of The Lean Startup
    The Lean StartupEric Ries1 episode
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  77. Cover of Influence
    InfluenceRobert B. Cialdini1 episode · 1 guest
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  78. Cover of The Humane Interface
    The Humane InterfaceJef Raskin1 episode · 1 guest
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  79. Cover of The Lord of the Rings
    The Lord of the RingsJ.R.R. Tolkien1 episode · 1 guest
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  80. Cover of ketoCONTINUUM
    ketoCONTINUUMAnnette Bosworth MD1 episode
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  81. Cover of The Fertility Formula
    The Fertility FormulaNatalie Crawford, M.D.1 episode
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  82. Cover of The New Menopause
    The New MenopauseMary Claire Haver, MD1 episode
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  83. Cover of The Demon-Haunted World
    The Demon-Haunted WorldCarl Sagan1 episode · 1 guest
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  84. Cover of Consciousness explained
    Consciousness explainedDaniel C. Dennett1 episode
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  85. Cover of Fox's book of martyrs
    Fox's book of martyrsJohn Foxe1 episode
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  86. Cover of The myth of Sisyphus
    The myth of SisyphusAlbert Camus1 episode
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  87. Cover of A Guide to the Good Life
    A Guide to the Good LifeWilliam B. Irvine1 episode
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  88. Cover of Outliers
    OutliersMalcolm Gladwell1 episode · 1 guest
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  89. Cover of The culture code
    The culture codeDaniel Coyle1 episode · 1 guest
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  90. Cover of The War of Art
    The War of ArtSteven Pressfield1 episode · 1 guest
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  91. Bhagavad GitaUnknown1 episode · 1 guest
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  92. Cover of The Diary of a CEO
    The Diary of a CEOSteven Bartlett5 episodes · 2 guests
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  93. Cover of Our Own Worst EnemiesGuest's
    Our Own Worst EnemiesRobert A. Pape3 episodes · 1 guest
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  94. Cover of Lifestyle Business PlaybookGuest's
    Lifestyle Business PlaybookDaniel Priestley2 episodes · 1 guest
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  95. Cover of Bombing to winGuest's
    Bombing to winRobert Anthony Pape2 episodes · 1 guest
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  96. Cover of The Creative ActGuest's
    The Creative ActRick Rubin1 episode
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  97. Cover of CaptivateGuest's
    CaptivateVanessa Van Edwards1 episode · 1 guest
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  98. Cover of ConversationGuest's
    ConversationVanessa Van Edwards1 episode
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  99. Cover of CuesGuest's
    CuesVanessa Van Edwards1 episode · 1 guest
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  100. Cover of Poisonous PeopleGuest's
    Poisonous PeopleLeanne ten Brinke1 episode
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