Episode · How I Write · 2026-02-18
David Perell & Bill Browder: books mentioned on How I Write
How to Write Dangerously Well — Bill Browder
David Perell discussed Red Notice by Bill Browder and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Bill Browder discussed Freezing Order by Bill Browder.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Red Notice
Red Notice by Bill Browder is a gripping memoir detailing the author's financial career in Russia, his subsequent battle against state corruption, and his campaign to pass the Magnitsky Act following the tragic murder of his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky.
Discussed“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."”
Where to get it
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Freezing Order
Discussed“Um in in my second book freezing order there's a whole chapter about a deposition at a law firm in New York which is a really boring thing.”
Where to get it
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Tuesdays with Morrie
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is a bestselling memoir chronicling the author's weekly visits with his former sociology professor who is dying of ALS.
Discussed“So, let's talk about that chapter in Red Notice, Tuesdays with my right, where you meet your wife and you're like, I don't know, does she like me? Does she not? She's sort of there as you're giving the speech and then Tuesdays with my was just actually three words from that chapter.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Freezing Order
“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.”
Passing Red Notice
“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.”