Episode · How I Write · 2026-02-18
Books mentioned on How to Write Dangerously Well — Bill Browder
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Red Notice
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.
Discussed“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.”
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 profound life lessons shared between a dying college professor and his former student.
Discussed“and it just so happened that I was able to distinguish myself through a series of challenges challenging situations in the courtship by giving her a copy of Tuesdays with my that's what warmed her heart after you know a few false starts and and various other other you know sort of ch problems along the way”
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.”