Book · 1686 · Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction
Robinson Crusoe
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My favorite fiction book I ever read was Robinson Crusoe.
What they say about it
- Discusses shipwreck plot“he was shipwrecked”2
The best things said about it
It feels a little bit like uh you know in Robinson Crusoe where you know he's just got this ship that's floundering on the reef that he can go out and resupply at any time.
Stephen King The Book Review · Oct 2026 Do you think there are myths from the last 10 or 20 years that will stick say the way Robinson Crusoe is still around as a story?
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Sep 2024 Robinson cruso is a book written about a man who Shipwrecked and his experience in this shipwreck this sounds like the kind of book I would not want to read I would be like at the library and I'd be like nope I want to read the book about horses.
Angela Duckworth No Stupid Questions · Jul 2024 For him the book Robinson Crusoe is this sort of constant companion and at the end of every day or at least when he's feeling upset or needing something he will just reread that one book.
She loves the novel Robinson Caruso to the point where to the point of obsession.
He was shipwrecked.
Bill Burr Monday Morning Podcast · Dec 2017 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
7 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is a classic adventure novel about a castaway who spends decades on a remote tropical island facing isolation and survival challenges. Andy Frisella recommended the book on REAL AF with Andy Frisella when a viewer asked for fiction suggestions. On The Book Review, Stephen King compared a narrative device in his own writing to the ship logistics in Defoe's novel, Tyler Cowen mentioned the title when discussing enduring modern myths, and Pamela Paul noted that a character in The Moonstone reads the book as a constant companion. John Williams discussed the novel twice on The Book Review in relation to British school childhoods and as an obsession for a main character in another story. Angela Duckworth talked about the shipwreck experience on No Stupid Questions while introducing the real-life figure Alexander Selkirk, and the hosts of Stuff You Should Know noted Daniel Defoe as a potential author of the pirate history work alongside Nathaniel Mist.
Every mention
Andy Frisella You know, my favorite fiction book I ever read was uh Robinson Crusoe. Who? Robinson Crusoe. 1
Recommended
“You know, my favorite fiction book I ever read was uh Robinson Crusoe. Who? Robinson Crusoe.”
John Williams she loves the novel Robinson Caruso to the point where to the point of obsession 2
Discussed
“she loves the novel Robinson Caruso to the point where to the point of obsession”
Discussed
“it's about having read Robinson cruso as a British school child and and about how Robinson cruso”
Angela Duckworth Robinson cruso is a book written about a man who Shipwrecked and his experience in this shipwreck this soun… 1
Discussed
“Robinson cruso is a book written about a man who Shipwrecked and his experience in this shipwreck this sounds like the kind of book I would not want to read I would be like at the library and I'd be like nope I want to read the book about horses”
Bill Burr alright Robinson Caruso Robinson Crusoe everyone says Robinson Caruso but it looks like Crusoe I say Caruso… 1
Discussed
“alright Robinson Caruso Robinson Crusoe everyone says Robinson Caruso but it looks like Crusoe I say Caruso because I always think of Rick Carruth first published on the 25th of April 1719 the first editions blah blah plot summary Jesus get to the cliffnotes This is too long Crusoe but he was shipwrecked know about that did they do a”
Pamela Paul yes and he um for him the book Robinson cruso is this sort of constant companion and at the end of every da… 1
Discussed
“yes and he um for him the book Robinson cruso is this sort of constant companion and at the end of every day or at least when he's feeling upset or needing something he will just reread that one book”
Stephen King It feels a little bit like uh you know in Robinson Crusoe where you know he's just got this ship that's flo… 1
Discussed
“It feels a little bit like uh you know in Robinson Crusoe where you know he's just got this ship that's floundering on the reef that he can go out and resupply at any time.”
Tyler Cowen now you've written a book about myths do you think there are myths from the last 10 or 20 years that will s… 1
Discussed
“now you've written a book about myths do you think there are myths from the last 10 or 20 years that will stick say the way Robin Caruso is still around as a story or Sherlock Holmes is still around”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
Discussed
“and I've seen it attributed typically to Daniel Defoe the author of Robinson Caruso and then alternatively there was a publisher named Nathaniel missed and they think that it was probably one of those two guys who wrote it”
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Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Like the idea of somebody stranded on a planet is not new. In fact, I think the first fiction novel ever written was probably Robinson Cruso, right? I mean like that. And that was the plot.”
Passing
“I just like Robinson Caruso. You know what's funny? I've heard that name my whole life. I don't even know who that is. Did he get stuck on an island or is he like a I think so. I don't even know. We got to look it up now. It's something from literature. It's a book.”
Passing
“Robinson Crusoe is a book written about a man who shipwrecked and his experience in this shipwreck.”
Passing
“so the the book itself is uh written by a guy named captain Charles Johnson who did not exist that's a pen name and I've seen it attributed typically to Daniel Defoe the author of Robinson Caruso”
Passing
“I remember I was really—so I think said that to Robinson Crusoe! I think he said that! Okay, I saw it on the back of a Kid Rock t-shirt, but do you really know?”
Passing
“in which I was assigned to read Robinson cruso”