People

Everyone we have heard recommend a book on a podcast — 470 guests and 78 hosts. Ad reads and passing mentions are never counted.

Guests

Person	Recommendations
Elon Musk	19
Bill Gates	7
Ben Shapiro	34
Sam Harris	34
Peter Thiel	13
Mark Manson	19
Peter Attia	15
Alex Hormozi	12
Jocko Willink	11
Glenn Beck	10
Esther Perel	7
Patrick Bet-David	20
Naval Ravikant	19
Michael Knowles	33
Tony Robbins	18
Duncan Trussell	69
Douglas Murray	68
Robert Greene	46
Steven Rinella	21
Eric Weinstein	23
Michael Malice	81
Bryan Callen	72
Gad Saad	31
Graham Hancock	31
Whitney Cummings	20
Greg Cowles	729
John Williams	547
Alexandra Alter	439
Dr John Delony	212
Dwight Garner	200
Jennifer Szalai	185
Tina Jordan	164
Joumana Khatib	146
Parul Sehgal	137
MJ Franklin	110
George Kamel	92
Jack Carr	83
Elisabeth Egan	82
Michael Shermer	77
Hannah Claire Brimlow	71
Lauren Christensen	62
A.O. Scott	60
Sarah Lyall	56
Maria Russo	54
James Lindsay	51
Ali Abdaal	50
George Mack	48
Jonathan Haidt	46
Bill Gurley	42
Morgan Housel	41
Michael Shellenberger	40
Alexandra Jacobs	39
Gabor Mate	38
Jade Warshaw	38
Niall Ferguson	38
Andrew Klavan	37
Dave Smith	37
Ken Coleman	36
Russell Brand	36
Sadie Stein	36
Fareed Zakaria	35
Glenn Loury	35
Scott Horton	35
Elizabeth Harris	34
Emily Eakin	34
Yaron Brook	34
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett	33
Dr. Mark Hyman	33
Steven Pressfield	33
Arthur Brooks	32
Jimmy Carr	32
Michael Mauboussin	31
Jennifer Schuessler	30
John Vervaeke	30
Gal Beckerman	29
Kevin Rose	29
Yeonmi Park	29
Ada Palmer	28
Cal Newport	28
Michael Pollan	28
Dana Gioia	27
Adam Skolnick	26
Josh Barnett	26
Rob Henderson	26
Robin Sharma	25
Andrew Doyle	24
Jesse Michels	24
Chip Conley	23
Derek Sivers	23
Jimmy Soni	23
Libby Emmons	23
Sam Tanenhaus	23
Andrew Sage	22
David Wolpe	22
Dominick Quartuccio	22
Mia Wong	22
Seth Godin	22
Tom Bilyeu	22
Charlamagne tha God	21
Daniel Amen	21
Donald Robertson	21
Jimmy Dore	21
Lewis Howes	21
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	21
Amjad Masad	20
Jack Posobiec	20
Jay Dyer	20
John Deloney	20
Phil Labonte	20
Rory Sutherland	20
Steven Pinker	20
Andrew Gold	19
Brian Muraresku	19
Dave Kim	19
Dennis McKenna	19
Garrison Davis	19
James O'Keefe	19
Michael Moynihan	19
Paul Bloom	19
Brian Koppelman	18
Jennifer Burns	18
Konstantin Kisin	18
Michael Munger	18
Peter Boghossian	18
Peter Diamandis	18
Rick Rubin	18
Tristan Harris	18
Annie Duke	17
Bert Kreischer	17
Bridget Phetasy	17
Dan Wang	17
Dwayne Betts	17
James Sexton	17
Matt Ridley	17
Paul Rosolie	17
Rick Doblin	17
Stephen Fry	17
Tim Dillon	17
Vivek Ramaswamy	17
Walter Isaacson	17
Benjamin Hardy	16
Bishop Robert Barron	16
Bret Weinstein	16
Brian Cox	16
Carlos Lozada	16
Charlie Houpert	16
Christopher Ryan	16
Dan Carlin	16
James Clear	16
Joey Diaz	16
Rachel Cruze	16
Spencer Klavan	16
Suleika Jaouad	16
Suzanne Santo	16
Balaji Srinivasan	15
Chase Hughes	15
Chris Voss	15
David Eagleman	15
Frank Vasquez	15
George Hotz	15
James Stout	15
Laird Hamilton	15
Matt Taibbi	15
Mike Benz	15
Molly Young	15
Tim Urban	15
Victor LaValle	15
Brian Feroldi	14
Brian Keating	14
Daniel Schmachtenberger	14
David Epstein	14
Doug Brunt	14
Gavin de Becker	14
Greg Fitzsimmons	14
Josh Dubin	14
Mary Harrington	14
Mike Baker	14
Philip Goff	14
Adam Grant	13
Colson Whitehead	13
David Blaine	13
Erik Prince	13
Richard Dawkins	13
Richard Reeves	13
Alan Donegan	12
Alex Epstein	12
Annie Jacobsen	12
Aubrey Marcus	12
Brian Greene	12
Carl Benjamin	12
David French	12
Debbie Millman	12
Derek Thompson	12
Erik Hoel	12
James Smith	12
Jennifer Egan	12
Jordan Jonas	12
Josh Brolin	12
Ken Burns	12
Louis Theroux	12
Lovia Gyarkye	12
Matt Yglesias	12
Paul Brunson	12
Sam Corcos	12
Andrew Schulz	11
Ben Greenfield	11
Concepción De León	11
Darryl Cooper	11
David M. Friedman	11
George Saunders	11
Glenn Greenwald	11
Hamilton Morris	11
Helen Lewis	11
Jeffrey Sachs	11
Jim Kwik	11
Johann Hari	11
John Lennox	11
Judith Newman	11
Kevin Kelly	11
Kurt Metzger	11
Luke Rudkowski	11
Malcolm Gladwell	11
Maureen Callahan	11
Michael Phillips	11
Mike Rowe	11
Noah Kagan	11
Tulsi Gabbard	11
Wesley Morris	11
William MacAskill	11
Yannis Pappas	11
Zack Beauchamp	11
Agnes Callard	10
Bassem Youssef	10
David Buss	10
Eliezer Yudkowsky	10
Josh Szeps	10
Larry Elder	10
Louise Perry	10
Nicholas Christakis	10
Piers Morgan	10
Rachel Cruz	10
Randall Carlson	10
Richard Shotton	10
Rizwan Virk	10
Rudyard Lynch	10
Scott Galloway	10
Sebastian Junger	10
Stavros Halkias	10
Steven Soderbergh	10
Tom Papa	10
Will Storr	10
William von Hippel	10
Winston Marshall	10
Yoram Hazony	10
Alain de Botton	9
Alex Jones	9
Big Sean	9
Brian Armstrong	9
Byrne Hobart	9
Calley Means	9
Charles Liu	9
Chris Hayes	9
Chris Miller	9
Christina Pazsitzky	9
Dr Rangan Chatterjee	9
Edward O. Thorp	9
Gurwinder Bhogal	9
James Fox	9
Jamie Loftus	9
Jamie Metzl	9
Jason Whitlock	9
Joe Hudson	9
Josh Waitzkin	9
Liesel Schillinger	9
Michael Easter	9
Mike Cernovich	9
Newt Gingrich	9
Ray Dalio	9
Robert Caro	9
Simon Sinek	9
Tiago Forte	9
Tommy Robinson	9
Tony Fadell	9
Tu Lam	9
Victor Davis Hanson	9
Alex Stein	8
Amanda Knox	8
Annie Lowrey	8
Ben van Kerkwyk	8
Brendan Schaub	8
Bryan Johnson	8
Carl Hart	8
Chris Dixon	8
Chris Hutchins	8
Coleman Hughes	8
Dan Harris	8
Dan Jones	8
Daniel Negreanu	8
David Heinemeier Hansson	8
Dinesh D'Souza	8
Freeway Rick Ross	8
Hotep Jesus	8
Howard Marks	8
Ian Carroll	8
Jonathan Anomaly	8
Judd Apatow	8
Kevin Systrom	8
Maajid Nawaz	8
Marianne Williamson	8
Matthew Hussey	8
Mike Munger	8
Nikki Glaser	8
Oliver Stone	8
Pierre Poilievre	8
Rainn Wilson	8
Ramit Sethi	8
Russell Kennedy	8
Steve Bannon	8
Tom Segura	8
Vitalik Buterin	8
Yuval Noah Harari	8
Adam Curry	7
Adam Lane Smith	7
Andrew Weil	7
Antonio Garcia Martinez	7
Ben Stewart	7
Brian Simpson	7
Buck Sexton	7
Chris DiStefano	7
Connor Beaton	7
Connor Tomlinson	7
Cory Booker	7
David Sedaris	7
Derren Brown	7
Dr. Tara Swart	7
Eddie Bravo	7
Grant Sanderson	7
Jerusalem Demsas	7
John Mackey	7
John Mearsheimer	7
Justin Wren	7
Kevin Smith	7
Leonard Sax	7
Manolis Kellis	7
Mark Normand	7
Martha Beck	7
Mathias Döpfner	7
Maya Shankar	7
Mike Glover	7
Mohnish Pabrai	7
Oliver Burkeman	7
Richard Koch	7
Rod Blagojevich	7
Sam Morril	7
Scott Payne	7
Taffy Brodesser-Akner	7
Andy Stumpf	6
Ari Shaffir	6
Bill Maher	6
Casey Means	6
Dan Richards	6
Daniel Priestley	6
Demis Hassabis	6
Dennis Prager	6
Dr. Ramani Durvasula	6
Eckhart Tolle	6
Greg Lukianoff	6
James Altucher	6
Katie Porter	6
Kyle Kulinski	6
Liv Boeree	6
Matt McCusker	6
Matt Walsh	6
Michael Lewis	6
Michio Kaku	6
Milo Yiannopoulos	6
Oz Pearlman	6
Pete Holmes	6
Peter Singer	6
Rahm Emanuel	6
Sarah Marshall	6
Scott Barry Kaufman	6
Stefan Molyneux	6
Steph Smith	6
Stephen Blackwood	6
Stephen Kotkin	6
Susan Cain	6
Todd Rose	6
Will Chamberlain	6
Adam Tooze	5
Alex Honnold	5
Carol Swain	5
Chase Jarvis	5
Codie Sanchez	5
David Kipping	5
Donald Hoffman	5
Dr. Andy Galpin	5
Dr. Laurie Santos	5
Heather Berlin	5
Jason Fried	5
Joe Lonsdale	5
John Kiriakou	5
Les Snead	5
Logan Ury	5
Maynard James Keenan	5
Min Jin Lee	5
Moren Callahan	5
Neal Brennan	5
Nick Freitas	5
Oliver Anthony	5
Palmer Luckey	5
Reid Hoffman	5
Robert Waldinger	5
Sahil Bloom	5
Sean Carroll	5
Warren Smith	5
Abby Martin	4
Annaka Harris	4
Batya Ungar-Sargon	4
Brigham Buhler	4
Chelsea handler	4
Colin O'Brady	4
Daniele Bolelli	4
Deepak Chopra	4
Demi Lovato	4
Dr. Dacher Keltner	4
George Santos	4
Graham Linehan	4
Janna Levin	4
Jeff Sachs	4
Jill Lepore	4
Jim Gaffigan	4
Josh Hammer	4
Lee Cronin	4
Lori Gottlieb	4
Mark Halperin	4
Molly Conger	4
Peter Berg	4
Robert Pape	4
Roseanne Barr	4
Scott Adams	4
Steven Crowder	4
Steven Hassan	4
Stu Burguiere	4
Tana French	4
Terry Real	4
Zachary Levi	4
Ana Kasparian	3
Andrew Santino	3
Anna Khachiyan	3
Anthony Cumia	3
Charles Duhigg	3
Charlie Sheen	3
Chris Hemsworth	3
Donnell Rawlings	3
Dr Will Bulsiewicz	3
Erica Kirk	3
Heather Mac Donald	3
Ian Leslie	3
James Nestor	3
Julia Galef	3
Kate Atkinson	3
Kevin Hart	3
Lee Strobel	3
Matthew McConaughey	3
Michael Yon	3
Mo Gawdat	3
Paul Conti	3
Paul Stamets	3
Sarah Adams	3

Hosts

Person	Recommendations
Charlie Kirk	55
Jordan Peterson	763
Candace Owens	287
Ryan Holiday	958
Joe Rogan	2144
Dave Ramsey	201
Oprah Winfrey	19
Chris Williamson	1237
Andrew Huberman	489
Ezra Klein	329
Mel Robbins	244
Tim Ferriss	718
Lex Fridman	692
Jay Shetty	608
Marc Andreessen	87
Tucker Carlson	85
Steven Bartlett	550
Tyler Cowen	416
Neil deGrasse Tyson	349
Saagar Enjeti	90
Sam Parr	98
Gilbert Cruz	1577
Megyn Kelly	1146
Robert Evans	978
Shaan Puri	384
Bill Burr	251
Angela Duckworth	203
Tommy Vietor	154
Theo Von	121
Bari Weiss	88
Jason Calacanis	61
Pamela Paul	1554
Stephen Dubner	588
Russ Roberts	583
Ben Bowlin	574
Josh Clark	549
Steve Levitt	540
Tim Pool	534
Brad Barrett	448
Rich Roll	376
Jordan Harbinger	317
Dave Rubin	268
Emily Jashinsky	253
David Perell	182
David Rosenthal	99
Dwarkesh Patel	92
Ben Gilbert	84
David Senra	78
Shawn Ryan	78
Marshall Kosloff	73
Chuck Bryant	64
David Sacks	62
Jonathan Mendonsa	59
Ian Crossland	55
Ross Douthat	50
Sean Hayes	50
Jon Favreau	49
Mike Maughan	46
Dan Pfeiffer	42
Matt Frederick	39
Will Arnett	34
David Friedberg	33
Jon Lovett	30
Maria Konnikova	29
Andrew Wilkinson	28
Matt Rogers	28
Nate Silver	20
Chamath Palihapitiya	16
Erik Torenberg	16
Chuck Nice	14
Krystal Ball	14
Andy Frisella	13
Ben Horowitz	12
Jason Bateman	11
Ryan Grim	9
Bowen Yang	6
Noel Brown	5
Leila Hormozi	4