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Alex Berenson's book recommendations
Key facts
- Alex Berenson has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of January 8, 2026.
- Alex Berenson has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of January 8, 2026.
- Those books came up in 3 episodes, as of January 8, 2026.
- The 2 books Alex Berenson has mentioned in the most episodes, not counting Alex Berenson's own, as of January 8, 2026: Beautiful Boy and Dopesick.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Alex Berenson aired on January 8, 2026.
Updated
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Alex Berenson appears on, in one place, not just one.
Alex Berenson is an American writer who was a reporter for The New York Times, and has authored several thriller novels as well a book on corporate financial filings. During podcast appearances, Berenson discussed and referenced several notable books related to health, addiction, and public debate. He spoke about his own book, Tell Your Children, detailing its release and reception in early 2019, while arguing that mounting evidence over the years continues to support its core claims regarding cannabis and psychiatric harms, despite initial controversy and opposition from critics. Additionally, Berenson mentioned Beth Macy's book Dopesick during a conversation about the opioid epidemic affecting southwestern Virginia and West Virginia. He also brought up the book Beautiful Boy by David and Nick Sheff to illustrate the tragic trajectory of addiction beginning with early cannabis use, pointing to the narrative captured by the authors and its subsequent film adaptation during discussions on podcast episodes.
Books Alex Berenson recommended or discussed
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Tell Your Children
Discussed“It's interesting because Tell Your Children came out in 2019, the beginning of 2019, and the left, you know, they jumped it, right? They hated the book.”
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Beautiful Boy
Discussed“beautiful boy you see the movie and you think well the wasn't I'm not familiar beautiful boy is it is a book that came out I think a couple years ago got turned into a movie you should have him on a Nick Chef and David Sheff father and son”
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Dopesick
Discussed“There's a great book called Dopick and you know we've not really talked about opioids which is the other you know terrible crisis in this country but dopick is about the opioid epidemic in, you know, in southwestern Virginia and West Virginia.”
Where to get it
Books by Alex Berenson
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The Midnight House
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The Faithful Spy
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The night ranger
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The ghost war
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The silent man
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The shadow patrol
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The counterfeit agent
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The Power Couple
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The Ghost Agent
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Secret Soldier
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The number
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Twelve days
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Tell Your Children
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The wolves
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The prisoner
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Pandemia
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The deceivers
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Untitled 2
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The Fatherhood Manifesto
Appearances
Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Can I pitch my booklet? So, this is the fatherhood manifesto. I wrote this for Father's Day. It is essentially a conservative defense of fathers and fatherhood and masculinity”
“this is pandemia the book the book and uh there's an inscription for you in there”
“and the book if you can find the you know final remaining copy at a barnes noble it's pandemia”
“i saw you know i wrote this book and this this is one of two copies in the world physical copies this one's yours the other one's tuckers”
“the dates in the book i think”
“it's one of the last things in the book i managed to get in there where they vote 16 to 2 not to approve boosters for the general population”
“that came out a few days before that piece ran okay they were that the side effect profile looked much worse than other vaccines”
“and the people who are again this is i talk about this in the book it's crazy the people who are the angriest”
“and he published tell your children He published both my non-fiction books before this”
“i brought you the paperback of tell your children”
“believe it or not i wrote in 2019 uh it's called power couple that is yours to keep”
“then I became a spy novelist and most recently I wrote the book tell your children the truth about marijuana mental illness and violence which came out last month and has not endeared me to the cannabis advocacy community”