Book · 2006 · Fiction
American Psycho
#143 of 16,685 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
- mentions
- 24
- people
- 16
- podcasts
- 8
- episodes
- 16
- critical mentions
- 0
The book which i was lucky enough to read before the movie ever even came out which is just a a pleasure of mine was a american psycho just from a writing standpoint.
What they say about it
- More graphic than movie“the book is even more”4
- Publication controversy“Simon & Schuster collapsed and said”2
The best things said about it
That's like American Psycho right remember when he did you read the book yeah it's great it's like people just cleaning up bodies that he would leave behind and like shut the [ __ ] up trying to sell an apartment.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Dec 2021 American Psycho that was a great movie dude Awesome the book is even more [ __ ] up.
I really didn't think that many people were gonna read it, but I also think that one of the reasons why it's still, look, popular today and still in print and tons of people read the book, a lot of it has to do with the movie.
The controversy got louder and louder and louder, and yes, kind of like today in a way, Simon & Schuster collapsed and said, We are not gonna publish this book because of the outcry in the media.
American Psycho oh yeah oh my God and I I really that's a disturbing book man it's somehow or another way more graphic.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
16 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
American Psycho is a controversial and satirical 1991 horror novel by Bret Easton Ellis that explores the hyper-materialistic, ultra-violent life of Wall Street yuppie and serial killer Patrick Bateman. Joe Rogan recommended the novel on The Joe Rogan Experience during a conversation with Tim Dillon about rapid real estate turnovers, comparing the morbid cleanups in the book to bizarre modern news stories. John Clarke also praised the book on the Lex Fridman Podcast, noting that reading it prior to the film's release was a personal highlight due to its exceptional writing style. Other cultural commentators have examined the novel's provocative legacy. Joe DeRosa discussed the book and its various adaptations on The Joe Rogan Experience, while Jason Calacanis touched upon the intense controversy and eventual censorship Ellis faced as a literary bad boy on This Week in Startups. The novel's characters and themes frequently serve as cultural touchstones, as seen when Steven Graham Jones compared a modern horror character to Patrick Bateman on The Book Review. During a humorous book discussion on the same podcast, Alexandra Jacobs, Gilbert Cruz, and Alexandra Alter explored the strange ways the novel surfaces in contemporary literary circles, with Alter reflecting on her experience seeing the stage musical adaptation alongside the author himself.
Every mention
Joe Rogan when American Psycho came out I read it in the the 80s um when it first came out Brett East and Ellis's boo… 3
Discussed
“remember when American Psycho he goes back to the to that was in the book too it's even more graphic but he goes back to one of his Apartments where he left a body and it's missing”
Recommended
“that's like American Psycho right remember when he did you read the book yeah it's great it's like people just cleaning up bodies that he would leave behind and like shut the [ __ ] up trying to sell an apartment”
Discussed
“when American Psycho came out I read it in the the 80s um when it first came out Brett East and Ellis's book it's just really dark”
John Clarke the book which i was lucky enough to read before the movie ever even came out which is just a a pleasure of… 1
Recommended
“the book which i was lucky enough to read before the movie ever even came out which is just a a pleasure of mine was a american psycho just from a writing standpoint”
Bret Easton Ellis And so anyway, the controversy got louder and louder and louder, and yes, kind of like today in a way, Simo… 4
Discussed
“So I really didn't think that many people were gonna read it, but I also think that one of the reasons why it's still, look, popular today and still in print and tons of people read the book, a lot of it has to do with the movie. The movie definitely made people re-interested in the book, was because Patrick”
Discussed
“And so anyway, the controversy got louder and louder and louder, and yes, kind of like today in a way, Simon & Schuster collapsed and said, "We are not gonna publish this book "because of the outcry in the media."”
Discussed
“And I have to say, one thing that's very interesting is that Tammy Bruce was the head of NOW, who was the most against "American Psycho." She was my nemesis then, in 1991, and now--”
Discussed
“and a lot of people took "American Psycho" to be a book that was critical of the values of the Reagan '80s. And it was critical of some of the cultural values, certainly about greed and about yuppiedom, but I had no beef with Ronald Reagan!”
Dave Rubin that "American Psycho," it's almost, to me, which, it was your third novel, right? 3
Discussed
“that "American Psycho," it's almost, to me, which, it was your third novel, right?”
Discussed
“- So it's funny you bring that up because I was gonna mention a little bit later, so this is jumping ahead, that "American Psycho," it's almost, to me, which, it was your third novel, right? - It was the third novel, yes. - That it's like we're all sort of behaving like "American Psycho" now, you know what I”
Discussed
“- So you mentioned cancel culture before and then I brought up the charges of misogyny related to "American Psycho." So I just read on your Wikipedia, and if it's on Wikipedia, it's gotta be true, that you had the deal for "American Psycho" with Simon & Schuster but then because, what was it, Women of NOW, or the NOW”
Alexandra Alter I'm always at home reading book so that was very exciting and even more exciting I got to see uh the musica… 2
Discussed
“I'm always at home reading book so that was very exciting and even more exciting I got to see uh the musical of American Psycho with Brett Easton Ellis the author of The novel which came out in 1991”
Discussed
“he's published other novels since glamorama lunar Park but nothing has defined his career in the same way as American Psycho”
Alexandra Jacobs I mean when Dwight said suggested American Psycho for this list and I'm not I think I was shocked into sile… 1
Discussed
“I mean when Dwight said suggested American Psycho for this list and I'm not I think I was shocked into silence but then I read his very eloquent explanation and I was convinced”
Andrew Huberman I comes to mind the movie American Psycho where Christian Bale placs this um basically an 80s Yuppy in you… 1
Discussed
“I comes to mind the movie American Psycho where Christian Bale placs this um basically an 80s Yuppy in you know working in finance in New York”
Brian Simpson American Psycho that was a great movie dude Awesome the book is even more [ __ ] up 1
Discussed
“American Psycho that was a great movie dude Awesome the book is even more [ __ ] up”
Gilbert Cruz I don't want to keep talking about offices but I have to go back to something that Alexandra mentioned whic… 1
Discussed
“I don't want to keep talking about offices but I have to go back to something that Alexandra mentioned which is the book American Psycho”
Jason Calacanis remember he had his book American Psycho banned. He was like this, you know, bad boy in the 80s. But anyway… 1
Discussed
“remember he had his book American Psycho banned. He was like this, you know, bad boy in the 80s. But anyway, he is respected deeply by other artists and orurs.”
Joe DeRosa For years, American Psycho was the big one, the Brett Sellis novel. Why haven't they made a accurate adapta… 1
Discussed
“For years, American Psycho was the big one, the Brett Sellis novel. Why haven't they made a accurate adaptation?”
Lee Camp did you ever read um um was the Brett East and Ellis book that they turned into a movie Bradley Cooper what… 1
Discussed
“did you ever read um um was the Brett East and Ellis book that they turned into a movie Bradley Cooper what American Psycho yeah right Amer psycho but that's Christian Bale yeah yeah yeah yeah Brett East Ellis's book the book is terrifying it's way more terrifying than the movie I didn't I didn't read the book the book”
Matt Welch Brett East and Ellis the author of American Psycho in an interview in which he was saying why Gen X was the… 1
Discussed
“Brett East and Ellis the author of American Psycho in an interview in which he was saying why Gen X was the greatest Generation in these uh more recent Generations uh have ruined the ruined America”
Riva Tez Like Bret Easton Ellis, like when they wrote American Psycho, it was also like an edgy book, right, like it… 1
Discussed
“Like Bret Easton Ellis, like when they wrote American Psycho, it was also like an edgy book, right, like it glorifies violence, all this kind of stuff, but it's fiction.”
Shane Mauss American Psycho oh yeah oh my God and I I really that's a disturbing book man it's somehow or another way m… 1
Discussed
“American Psycho oh yeah oh my God and I I really that's a disturbing book man it's somehow or another way more graphic”
Steven Graham Jones she's like P Patrick baitman from BR Eon El's American Psycho 1
Discussed
“she's like P Patrick baitman from BR Eon El's American Psycho”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (10: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“I'm a huge Breton podcast fan. I'm a fan of his books. Psycho uh and uh um Luna Park. I really like that one.”
Passing
“So, you you watch American Psycho, you think of Patrick Bateman, you're like, that guy would vote for Trump, right?”
Passing
“I think we're getting this image of Governor gnome as Patrick baitman in American Psycho”
Passing
“I'm not worried about Nome first of all he looks like uh he looks like the dude from American Psycho right like he looks like the joker”
Passing
“like I you know the legal bar is one I think the moral social ethical uh antis soop pathic if that's even a word pleas do not turn into American Psycho it's a much higher bar”
Passing
“Um, uh they said that, uh that that I received this, uh, the Ozarks, uh, uh Ozark star got together, get no gets gets a gets the Hasty Pudding award and then in the body of the thing, um Ozarks Patrick Bateman received the, um, American Psycho.”
Passing
“Michael famous monster as an American Psycho were huge influences for my band screaming torso from 06 to 08”
Passing
“Pluto the ninth says Mr Graves you're an incredible singer started listening as a teen and had American Psycho on repeat for years”
Plugged
“famous monsters American Psycho back to back”
Passing
“you know there was a line and there's a line in american psycho about that yale thing”