Book · 2012 · Social Science
Hell's Angels
A Strange and Terrible Saga
#247 of 15,621 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
- mentions
- 21
- people
- 11
- podcasts
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- episodes
- 18
- critical mentions
- 0
Did you ever read Hell's Angels?No.It's really great.It's uh one of I think it's Hunter's breakout book and it was before like it was very clear that he was sort of blurring the lines between fiction and reality like with literature like a literary license.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2026 Listen at 1:16:24 What they say about it
- Discusses it as his breakthrough2
- Rereads the book“started rereading recently”2
The best things said about it
Hell's Angels is an amazing book it's crazy.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2024 I mean those books Hell's Angels and and you know, Fear and Loathing is some of the best writing.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2026 That was his breakthrough book and he was embedded with the Hell's Angels and hung around with them for long periods of time.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2024 Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas are two books we carry in the painted porch, which I read when I was falling in love with reading as a high school and college student.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Nov 2023 Well, I was just reading Hell's Angels recently actually that's the book that I go back to most.
Josh Brolin The Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 2024 Hell's Angels that was one of the first books I read the first who the author was I didn't even know what an author was at that time what that book was though was like a much more of a regular journalism book was a book about the Hell's Angels.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Dec 2015 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
11 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson is a classic work of investigative journalism and immersive reporting that chronicles a year spent living alongside the notorious motorcycle club. The book was frequently discussed and recommended across multiple podcast appearances. On The Daily Stoic in October 2026, Rich Cohen praised the book, stating that it was his favorite and the best of Thompson's works. Similarly, Joe Rogan repeatedly recommended and discussed Hell's Angels across several episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience between 2024 and 2026, conversing with guests such as Mariana van Zeller, Gad Saad, Jesse Michels, and Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Rogan highlighted the text as Thompson's breakout book that established his career, noting that it captured his younger, somewhat more restrained writing style before he fully leaned into blurring the lines between fiction and reality with literary license. Rogan characterized the book as amazing and praised it alongside Fear and Loathing as some of the best writing available. Additionally, on an episode of Stuff You Should Know in January 2025, Josh Clark referenced Hell's Angels while discussing a journalist whose writing style on a separate case appeared to have been directly inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's iconic approach.
Every mention
Joe Rogan Did you ever read Hell's Angels?No.It's really great.It's uh one of I think it's Hunter's breakout book and… 10
Recommended
“Did you ever read Hell's Angels?No.It's really great.It's uh one of I think it's Hunter's breakout book and it was before like it was very clear that he was sort of blurring the lines between fiction and reality like with literature like a literary license.”
Discussed
“I mean those books Hell's Angels and and you know, Fear and Loathing is some of the best writing.”
Discussed
“Like I read Hell's Angels and it's like very different, you know, but it's and that's early when he's kind of restrained”
Discussed
“did you ever read Hunter Thompson's book on the Hell's Angels no it's really good not bad that was his breakthrough book and uh he was embedded with the Hell's Angels and hung around with them for long periods of time”
Recommended
“did you ever read uh Hunter S Thompson's book Hells Angels I didn't but it's a great book it's it's that was really the book that kind of made him”
Discussed
“you know what I started rereading recently is Hell's Angels the Hunter S Thompson book oh is it is it I've never read it”
Discussed
“you know what I started rereading recently is Hell's Angels the Hunter S Thompson book”
Recommended
“but especially in his younger days like uh Hell's Angels is an amazing book it's crazy”
Recommended
“did you ever read uh Hunter S Thompson's book H Angels it's [ __ ] great”
Discussed
“Hell's Angels that was one of the first books I read the first who the author was I didn't even know what an author was at that time what that book was though was like a much more of a regular journalism book was a book about the Hell's Angels like they had disputed some of the facts in it”
Rich Cohen For me, the book that I like, the first book is the best, which is the Hell's Angels. 1
Recommended
“For me, the book that I like, the first book is the best, which is the Hell's Angels.”
Timothy Denevi Not weirdly, like, counter-programming to popular culture, but there's also weirdly something conservative… 2
Discussed
“Not weirdly, like, counter-programming to popular culture, but there's also weirdly something conservative about them. Do you know what I mean? Like, Hunter S. Thompson is ultimately indicting the Hell's Angels.”
Discussed
“angels sold 500 000 paperback copies that is almost impossible to imagine today”
Dan Richards I see the Hunter S Thompson stuff on your wall you read his book of Hell's Angels right 1
Discussed
“I see the Hunter S Thompson stuff on your wall you read his book of Hell's Angels right”
Greg Fitzsimmons that was like right around when he was writing Hells Angels probably 1
Discussed
“that was like right around when he was writing Hells Angels probably”
Jordan Peterson what he wrote one on the Hell's Angels and one about the campaign Trail they're all great books right 1
Discussed
“what he wrote one on the Hell's Angels and one about the campaign Trail they're all great books right”
Josh Brolin well I was just reading uh Hell's Angels recently actually that's the book that I go back to most 1
Discussed
“well I was just reading uh Hell's Angels recently actually that's the book that I go back to most”
Josh Clark and it's funny because the journalist who wrote this clearly had just read Hell's Angels by Hunter Thompson… 1
Discussed
“and it's funny because the journalist who wrote this clearly had just read Hell's Angels by Hunter Thompson was trying his hand at it”
Rob Zombie because you know his first book yeah the Hells Angels look 1
Discussed
“because you know his first book yeah the Hells Angels look”
Robert Evans biker gangs in the post-world War II era form primarily out of like vets guys who had never been able to in… 1
Discussed
“biker gangs in the post-world War II era form primarily out of like vets guys who had never been able to integrate into post-war society and a lot of them had fought Nazis and they had medals and helmets and other booty taken from the Germans some of which had swastikas which they would wear on their like motorcycle gear”
Ryan Holiday Hunter S. Thompson is one of the great writers of all time. Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas a… 1
Discussed
“Hunter S. Thompson is one of the great writers of all time. Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas are two books we carry in the painted porch, which I read when I was falling in love with reading as a high school and college student.”
