Book · 2015 · Biography & Autobiography
Red Notice
How I Became Putin's No. 1 Enemy
Why people recommend it
Red Notice by Bill Browder is a gripping financial thriller and memoir that details the author's rise as a major investor in post-Soviet Russia, the tragic murder of his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, and his subsequent global crusade for human rights. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Bryan Fogel recommended the publication while discussing Russian corruption and assassinations alongside Browder's anti-corruption activism. During an appearance on How I Write, David Perell and Bill Browder engaged in an extensive discussion regarding the book's opening chapters, the structural design of writing suspenseful non-fiction, and the specific narrative techniques used to bring real-world locations like Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport to life. Browder recounted how the narrative turned into an international bestseller and shared a dramatic anecdote about an Australian senator who read the book during COVID-19 and became deeply inspired to pass human rights legislation. Browder also cited specific chapters from the work to illustrate his investigative process as an investor uncovering preferred shares in Russian corporations. Reviewers and podcast guests frequently highlight the work for its breakneck pacing, high-stakes geopolitical drama, and its urgent exposé of corruption and justice on the global stage.
Who recommended it
- Bill Browder Discussed
- David Perell Discussed
- Bryan Fogel Recommended
- Joe Rogan Discussed
Bill Browder — 6 mentions
“well, as it turned out, I wrote my first book, Red Notice. And it turned into a major international bestseller.”
“What's interesting is that when I I wrote the book and I wrote about getting the Magnitki Act passed and it's all very dramatic and great and everyone feels good about it and I had I had a a senator from Australia read Red Notice and was so inspired by reading Red Notice that during COVID”
“I was reading Grand Notice. I like I know that place, the big swimming pool.”
“like for example, there is a in in the first chapter of Red Notice, we talk about the airport, Shermeto airport in Moscow”
“Um, so like I mean there's a there's a chapter in in Red Notice where I'm talking about discovering something called preferred shares of Russian companies”
“The hardest stuff to write about is something that's that's not exciting. The deposition, you know, there there's a chapter in in Red Notice about when I was at Solomon Brothers long before I ever moved to Russia.”
David Perell — 2 mentions
“Well, talk to me about beginnings. You know, after you wrote Red Notice, you said, "I wanted to write the kind of thing that if you read the first 10 pages, you just wouldn't be able to put the book down."”
“Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, when I think about reading Red Notice, I can see I would guess that you write chapter by chapter because the chapters are these sort of contained units.”
Bryan Fogel — 1 mention
“one of the guys i've spoke to a lot who have become a good friend is bill browder you know who wrote red notice have you read have you read bill's book”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
“did you ever read the Robert Kennedy book no one's on my list but I have not holy [__] pretty good I need to read that”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Brian Moore Fonds
- Freezing Order
- On War
- The Accidental Superpower
- The Afghanistan Papers
- The Satanic Verses
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Bill Browder's written two books, Freezing Order and also a book called Red Notice, which was everywhere when it came out in 2015, and it is a page turner.”