Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2025-05-01
Ryan Holiday & Ed Helms: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic
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Ryan Holiday recommended The Library Book by Susan Orlean, Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen, and Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne, and discussed The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and James by Percival L. Everett. Ed Helms discussed Meatball Sundae by Seth Godin and A night to remember by Walter Lord.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby by F.
Discussed“It's like it's very Great Gatsby.”
Where to get it
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Meatball Sundae
Discussed“Well, there's a book over there that I see like sometimes I I c they catch my eye there, but Seth Goden wrote this book called Meatball Sunday”
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James
James by Percival L.
Discussed“Have you read James? Have you read the book James? No, I haven't.”
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The Library Book
The Library Book by Susan Orlean is a compelling non-fiction narrative that investigates the devastating 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public Library while exploring the broader historical and cultural significance of public libraries in modern society.
Recommended“Have you read Library Book? No.”
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Night of the Grizzlies
Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen is a nonfiction book detailing the tragic grizzly bear attacks that occurred in Glacier National Park in 1967.
Recommended“Uh, and then just like how they were not prepared for the fire at all, then how bad the science on tracking down the arsonist. I thought this one was really good. Uh, Night of the Grizzlies.”
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A night to remember
Walter Lord's A Night to Remember is a classic narrative non-fiction account that meticulously reconstructs the tragic sinking of the Titanic.
Discussed“Uh, Titanic, obviously, one of the great snafoos of human history. This is like the book that invents the genre of narrative non-fiction.”
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Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C.
Recommended“And then this one, I don't know if you read Empire of the Summer Moon, which is an incredible book, SCU, one of Texas's great writers”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and Marcel the Shell, of course, which we're huge fans of in our house.”
“If you've ever seen adaptation, that's based on her book, The Orchet Thief.”