Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2026-06-28
Books mentioned on Message from JBP | What You Put First Determines Your Life
Jordan Peterson recommended The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and The Devils by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound philosophical novel that explores deep spiritual questions surrounding faith, free will, morality, and the human condition.
Recommended“For me, Dostoevsky, the Russian novelist, sort of top of that list. His books, The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment and Notes from Underground, The Devils, are unbelievably compelling works of fiction and they're deep.”
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Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound psychological novella that explores the tormented inner life, resentment, and irrational impulses of an isolated protagonist living in nineteenth-century Russia.
Recommended“For me, Dostoevsky, the Russian novelist, sort of top of that list. His books, The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment and Notes from Underground, The Devils, are unbelievably compelling works of fiction and they're deep.”
Where to get it
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Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound psychological novel that explores guilt, morality, and the severe consequences of moral relativism and nihilism.
Recommended“For me, Dostoevsky, the Russian novelist, sort of top of that list. His books, The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment and Notes from Underground, The Devils, are unbelievably compelling works of fiction and they're deep.”
Where to get it
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The Devils
The Devils by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a complex and deeply philosophical novel exploring the ideological extremes and political turbulence of 19th-century Russia.
Recommended“For me, Dostoevsky, the Russian novelist, sort of top of that list. His books, The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment and Notes from Underground, The Devils, are unbelievably compelling works of fiction and they're deep.”
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