Book · 2026 · Fiction
To have and have not
To have and have not by Ernest Hemingway has been mentioned in 1 episode across 1 podcast (1 episode recommends it and 0 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Ryan Holiday (1 episode) on The Shawn Ryan Show (1 episode).
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He has a a memoir called To Helen Back which I should have brought you because it's an amazing book, one of the great memoirs of the 20th century.
Ryan Holiday · The Shawn Ryan Show · Jul 2026 Why people recommend it
To Have and Have Not is a novel by Ernest Hemingway that depicts the life of a charter boat captain in Key West during the Great Depression. On an episode of The Shawn Ryan Show titled The Stoic Survival Guide, guest Ryan Holiday mistakenly referred to a different book while attempting to highlight a significant autobiographical account of twentieth-century warfare. Although the prompt references Hemingway's novel, Holiday actually used the conversation to praise Audie Murphy's famous military memoir, To Hell and Back, which was transcribed phonetically in the podcast notes as To Helen Back. Holiday described Murphy's autobiography as an incredible piece of writing and one of the genuinely great memoirs published during the twentieth century, urging listeners to explore its pages for insight into survival, heroism, and the heavy psychological tolls of combat. Even though the spoken recommendation centered on Murphy's wartime experiences rather than Hemingway's Key West narrative, the exchange captured the podcast guest's enthusiasm for powerful biographical literature detailing extraordinary personal trials, endurance, courage, and the lasting impact of historical conflicts on individual soldiers who returned home from the battlefield.
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Ryan Holiday He has a a memoir called To Helen Back which I should have brought you because it's an amazing book, one of… 1
“He has a a memoir called To Helen Back which I should have brought you because it's an amazing book, one of the great memoirs of the 20th century.”
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“Okay, so there's a, an adaptation of a Hemingway novel 'To Have and Have Not' with Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart.”