Guests who recommended the most books in 2024

The podcast guests who recommended the most books in 2024, counted across every show they appeared on.

1. 1

   Greg Cowles · 97 recommendations

   • The Days of Abandonment
   • The Fortress of Solitude
   • Stay True
   • A Separate Peace
2. 2

   Joumana Khatib · 36 recommendations

   • The Coin
   • My Friends
   • Life of the Mind
   • Asymmetry
3. 3

   Billy Carson · 35 recommendations

   • The Epic of Gilgamesh
   • The Epic of Gilgamesh
   • The Egyptian Book of the Dead
   • Enuma Elish: the Babylonian Creation Epic
4. 4

   Tina Jordan · 30 recommendations

   • The corner that held them
   • The Magic of Handwriting. The Pedro Corrêa do Lago Collection
   • The Appeal
   • The expedition of Humphry Clinker
5. 5

   Jordan Peterson · 29 recommendations

   • The Sacred and the Profane
   • Symbolism, the Sacred and the Arts
   • Maps of Meaning
   • The Origins and History of Consciousness
6. 6

   Grady Hendrix · 27 recommendations

   • The Tommyknockers
   • The Stand
   • Revival
   • 11/22/63
7. 7

   Alexandra Alter · 26 recommendations

   • She Said
   • The Great Believers
   • Be With
   • The new Negro
8. 8

   Robert Greene · 26 recommendations

   • The power of the charlatan
   • Frankenstein
   • Demons
   • The possessed
9. 9

   Tim Ferriss · 26 recommendations

   • Dune
   • The W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Blue Ocean Strategy Reader
   • The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
   • The Artist's Way
10. 10

    Ryan Holiday · 24 recommendations

    • Meditations
    • Good Inside
    • The inner citadel
    • The big short
11. 11

    Saagar Enjeti · 23 recommendations

    • Essence of decision
    • Why England slept
    • The Loudest Voice in the Room
    • 40 more years
12. 12

    Jonathan Haidt · 20 recommendations

    • The Coddling of the American Mind
    • The Happiness Hypothesis
    • Keeping Together in Time
    • The Anxious Generation
13. 13

    Dwight Garner · 19 recommendations

    • The Year That Broke America
    • Miss May Does Not Exist
    • Private Citizens
    • Hello, Molly!
14. 14

    Cal Newport · 18 recommendations

    • First Things First
    • Getting Things Done
    • The management of time
    • The Effective Executive
15. 15

    Colson Whitehead · 18 recommendations

    • John Henry Days
    • The intuitionist
    • The Underground Railroad
    • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
16. 16

    Gabor Mate · 18 recommendations

    • When the Body Says No
    • Top Five Regrets of the Dying
    • Determined
    • The Iliad
17. 17

    Anna Dubenko · 17 recommendations

    • The Overstory
    • Playground
    • The Sequel
    • The Plot
18. 18

    Nate Silver · 17 recommendations

    • Ben Smith
    • On the Edge
    • Quit
    • Elon Musk
19. 19

    Annie Jacobsen · 16 recommendations

    • A path here no man thought
    • Nuclear War
    • Surprise, Kill, Vanish
    • The Button
20. 20

    Dr. Julia Serano · 16 recommendations

    • Whipping Girl
    • Outspoken
    • Gender Trouble
    • Sexed Up
21. 21

    Leigh Bardugo · 16 recommendations

    • Six of Crows
    • King of Scars
    • Ninth House
    • Hell Bent
22. 22

    Vejas Liulevicius · 16 recommendations

    • The Communist Manifesto
    • The Origin of Species
    • Das Capital Volume One
    • Doctor Zhivago
23. 23

    Andrew Huberman · 15 recommendations

    • Do the Distance
    • 5 Types of People Who Can Ruin Your Life
    • Jaws
    • Iron John
24. 24

    Graham Hancock · 15 recommendations

    • Hamlet's mill
    • Fingerprints of the gods
    • Underworld
    • Hamlet's Mill
25. 25

    James Stout · 15 recommendations

    • The Communist Manifesto
    • On the Jews & Their Lies
    • On the Jews and Their Lies
    • V for Vendetta
26. 26

    Jimmy Dore · 15 recommendations

    • Listen, Liberal
    • Twilight of the Elites
    • Twilight of the elites
    • The red book =
27. 27

    Soman Chainani · 15 recommendations

    • The School for Good and Evil
    • The School for Good and Evil #3: The Last Ever After
    • Ever After High: Briar Beauty's Story
    • The Goldfinch
28. 28

    Daniel Yergin · 14 recommendations

    • The Prize
    • Ida Tarbell's Second Look at Standard Oil
    • The New Map
    • The Commanding Heights
29. 29

    Jack Carr · 14 recommendations

    • The Gray Man (Netflix Movie Tie-In)
    • A Movable Feast
    • A Moveable Feast
    • The Bridge of San Luis Rey
30. 30

    Jennifer Szalai · 14 recommendations

    • All Fours
    • Free and Equal
    • So Help Me God
    • Sontag
31. 31

    Chip Conley · 13 recommendations

    • Sears Tower
    • Man's Search for Meaning
    • Meditations
    • The Soul of Money
32. 32

    David Senra · 13 recommendations

    • Invent and Wander
    • Shoe Dog
    • Elon Musk
    • Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Readers' Edition
33. 33

    Derek Sivers · 13 recommendations

    • City of Gold
    • Arabian Sands
    • The 4-Hour Workweek
    • How Buildings Learn
34. 34

    Francis Ford Coppola · 13 recommendations

    • De Rerum Natura
    • De Bello Gallico Libri Vii.
    • The swerve
    • Will in the World
35. 35

    Hugh Howey · 13 recommendations

    • Wool
    • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    • Ender's Game
    • This Is How You Lose the Time War (Deluxe Edition)
36. 36

    John Rich · 13 recommendations

    • Bible
    • Matthew
    • 2 Thessalonians
    • 1 Corinthians
37. 37

    Alexandra Jacobs · 12 recommendations

    • Christopher Isherwood Inside Out
    • My Beloved Monster
    • Beautyland
    • Seeing Through
38. 38

    Andrew Sage · 12 recommendations

    • Anarchism in Latin America
    • Words of a Rebel
    • The Conquest of Bread
    • Braiding Sweetgrass
39. 39

    Coleman Ruiz · 12 recommendations

    • A Fighter's Heart
    • The Bridge at Dong Ha
    • Fearless
    • The Hero with a Thousand Faces
40. 40

    David Whyte · 12 recommendations

    • Consolations
    • Everything Is Waiting for You
    • Selected Poems, by Thom Gunn and Ted Hughes
    • The Blue Cliff Record
41. 41

    Elisabeth Egan · 12 recommendations

    • The Cliffs: Reese's Book Club
    • Liars
    • The God of the Woods
    • Heft
42. 42

    John Mackey · 12 recommendations

    • A Course in Miracles
    • How to Change Your Mind
    • A Return to Love
    • Enlightenment Now
43. 43

    Russell Brand · 12 recommendations

    • 1984
    • Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life
    • The Purpose-Driven Life
    • Bible
44. 44

    Salman Rushdie · 12 recommendations

    • Midnight's Children
    • DON QUIXOTE
    • One Hundred Years of Solitude
    • The Trial
45. 45

    Talia Lavin · 12 recommendations

    • Pigs in the Parlor
    • To train up a child
    • The Strong-willed Child
    • Don't Make Me Count to Three
46. 46

    Claire Hughes Johnson · 11 recommendations

    • Conscious Business
    • A Room of One's Own
    • To the Lighthouse
    • Mrs. Dalloway
47. 47

    Glenn Loury · 11 recommendations

    • Late Admissions
    • The Beautiful Heart
    • America in Black and White
    • Black Bourgeoisie
48. 48

    Javier Milei · 11 recommendations

    • Monopoly and Competition (Intro to Free Market Econ Ser 1 Cassette/313)
    • Human Action
    • Principles of economics
    • Time and Money
49. 49

    Jimana C. T. · 11 recommendations

    • Pastoralia
    • Lincoln in the Bardo
    • The Days of Abandonment
    • Septology
50. 50

    Josh Brolin · 11 recommendations

    • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
    • Hell's Angels
    • Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
    • Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
51. 51

    Mark Helprin · 11 recommendations

    • The Pacific and Other Stories
    • Winter's Tale
    • A soldier of the great war
    • Freddy and Fredericka
52. 52

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · 11 recommendations

    • American Values
    • The Real Anthony Fauci
    • Project 2025:
    • Brave New World
53. 53

    Aaron Rodgers · 10 recommendations

    • The Real Anthony Fauci
    • The Coddling of the American Mind
    • Where Men Win Glory
    • 1984
54. 54

    Andrew Klavan · 10 recommendations

    • Gender Trouble
    • The Three-Body Problem
    • The Big Sleep
    • The Long Goodbye
55. 55

    Ben Shapiro · 10 recommendations

    • Thou Shall Prosper
    • The Federalist papers
    • 12 Rules for Life
    • Moby Dick
56. 56

    Colm Toibin · 10 recommendations

    • Pride and Prejudice
    • Ulysses
    • The Golden Bowl
    • The Age of Innocence
57. 57

    Jean Hanff Korelitz · 10 recommendations

    • The Plot
    • D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
    • How to Save Your Own Life
    • Go Set A Watchman
58. 58

    John Vervaeke · 10 recommendations

    • The Reasons of Love
    • Lord of Light
    • The Republic
    • The Brothers Karamazov
59. 59

    Lev Grossman · 10 recommendations

    • The Once and Future King
    • The Mists of Avalon
    • The Winter King
    • Idylls of the King
60. 60

    Morgan Housel · 10 recommendations

    • How to Get Rich
    • The Great Depression: A Diary
    • Furious Hours
    • Sapiens
61. 61

    Paul Rosolie · 10 recommendations

    • Tell Your Children
    • The Tiger
    • Empire of the Summer Moon
    • Let my people go surfing
62. 62

    Peter Diamandis · 10 recommendations

    • The Spirit of St. Louis
    • The Singularity Is Near
    • Singularity Is Nearer
63. 63

    Robert Chandler · 10 recommendations

    • Everything Flows
    • Stalingrad
    • Life and Fate
    • The road
64. 64

    Tulsi Gabbard · 10 recommendations

    • For Love of Country
    • The Art of War
    • The Coddling of the American Mind
    • The Bhagavad gita
65. 65

    Tyler Cowen · 10 recommendations

    • War and Peace
    • The Charterhouse of Parma
    • Sakhalin Island
    • The road
66. 66

    Amjad Masad · 9 recommendations

    • The Sovereign Individual
    • The Hard Thing About Hard Things
    • Program Or be Programmed
    • Principia Mathematica
67. 67

    Anthony Fauci · 9 recommendations

    • Mémoires
    • The Book Thief
    • The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
68. 68

    Brigid Delaney · 9 recommendations

    • Meditations
    • Dying Every Day
    • Moral letters to Lucilius
    • On Anger
69. 69

    Calley Means · 9 recommendations

    • Outlive
    • Food Fix
    • The Hacking of the American Mind
    • Metabolical
70. 70

    Casey Means · 9 recommendations

    • The new menopause book
    • Brain Train
    • The end of Alzheimer's
    • Good Energy
71. 71

    Dan Senor · 9 recommendations

    • The Genius of Israel
    • Start-up Nation
    • The World of Yesterday
72. 72

    Dave Smith · 9 recommendations

    • Manufacturing consent
    • Provoked
    • Faith of my fathers
    • The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
73. 73

    Garrison Davis · 9 recommendations

    • Government Gangsters
    • The Plot Against the King
    • The Wild Man from Sugar Creek
    • Rethinking the color line : readings in race and ethnicity
74. 74

    John Williams · 9 recommendations

    • Elmet
    • The Orchard Keeper
    • Blood, bone, and marrow
    • Lost Children Archive
75. 75

    Melinda French Gates · 9 recommendations

    • How to Win Friends and Influence People
    • Daring Greatly
    • Coragem de Ser Imperfeito - Daring Greatly
    • The Gifts of Imperfection
76. 76

    Peter Thiel · 9 recommendations

    • Hillbilly Elegy
    • The Great Illusion
    • The end of history
    • The End of History and the Last Man
77. 77

    Rudyard Lynch · 9 recommendations

    • The Great Wave
    • The Invention of Yesterday
    • Atrocities
    • Sex and power in history
78. 78

    Sam Parr · 9 recommendations

    • The River of Doubt
    • Manhunt
    • Hellbound
    • Perennial Seller
79. 79

    Sarah Lyall · 9 recommendations

    • Behind the scenes at the museum
    • Life After Life
    • A god in ruins
    • Death at the Sign of the Rook
80. 80

    Scott Galloway · 9 recommendations

    • The Anxious Generation
    • The Four
    • The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning
    • The Algebra of Wealth
81. 81

    Amor Towles · 8 recommendations

    • A good man is hard to find
    • Go Tell It on the Mountain
    • The man in the gray flannel suit
    • The Long Goodbye
82. 82

    Andrew Gold · 8 recommendations

    • Bible
    • The Status Game
    • Lying
    • The Book Thief
83. 83

    Bassem Youssef · 8 recommendations

    • Barack Obama in his own words
    • By way of deception
    • Who Is Barack Obama?
    • Anna and Dr Helmy
84. 84

    Charlie Kirk · 8 recommendations

    • Valkyrie
    • The Gulag Archipelago
    • 1984
    • Brave New World
85. 85

    Darrin Burnett · 8 recommendations

    • The Attention Economy
    • Taking Care of Youth and the Generations
    • The Wings of the Dove
    • Suspensions of Perception
86. 86

    Ezra Klein · 8 recommendations

    • Amusing Ourselves to Death
    • The Unaccountability Machine
    • Nation of Victims
    • American Carnage
87. 87

    Frank Vasquez · 8 recommendations

    • Build the Life You Want
    • From Strength to Strength
    • Die with Zero
    • Sapiens
88. 88

    Ginny Yurich · 8 recommendations

    • American girls
    • Balanced and Barefoot
    • Glow Kids
    • Digital Madness
89. 89

    Jack Posobiec · 8 recommendations

    • The book of Genesis
    • Bulletproof: The Cookbook
    • Homage to Catalonia
    • The Screwtape Letters
90. 90

    Jonathan Karp · 8 recommendations

    • The Denial of Death
    • All the President's Men
    • Did I Ever Tell You?
    • Chicka chicka boom boom
91. 91

    Nick Bostrom · 8 recommendations

    • Superintelligence
    • Deep Utopia
    • 1984
    • Brave New World
92. 92

    Rebecca F. Kuang · 8 recommendations

    • The Three-Body Problem
    • Piranesi
    • Pale Fire
    • A Floating Chinaman
93. 93

    Richard Reeves · 8 recommendations

    • 12 Rules for Life
    • On Liberty
    • Little men
    • The Noonday Demon
94. 94

    Steven Graham Jones · 8 recommendations

    • American Psycho
    • The Reformatory
    • The Wolfen
    • The Tommyknockers
95. 95

    Steven Johnson · 8 recommendations

    • If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
    • Enemy of All Mankind
    • The Ghost Map
    • Where good ideas come from
96. 96

    Vince Everett Ellison · 8 recommendations

    • Parting the Waters
    • Life Lessons
    • The other Wes Moore
    • And the walls came tumbling down
97. 97

    Will Schwalbe · 8 recommendations

    • Upstream
    • The Girl on the Train
    • David Copperfield
    • Life
98. 98

    Adam Skolnick · 7 recommendations

    • The Hero with a Thousand Faces
    • The NASA Archives
    • Philip Kerr: The Complete Bernie Gunther Novels (14 titles)
    • You Dreamed of Empires
99. 99

    Andrew Callaghan · 7 recommendations

    • Siddhartha
    • The great shark hunt
    • Vagabonding in America
    • On the Road
100. 100

     Arthur Brooks · 7 recommendations

     • Summa Theologiae Supplementum 69-99
     • Man's Search for Meaning
     • Yes to Life
     • The 48 Laws of Power