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Annie Duke's book recommendations
Key facts
- Annie Duke has recommended or discussed 17 books on podcasts, as of February 1, 2023.
- Annie Duke has talked about books on 9 podcasts, as of February 1, 2023.
- Those books came up in 11 episodes, as of February 1, 2023.
- The 3 books Annie Duke has mentioned in the most episodes, not counting Annie Duke's own, as of February 1, 2023: Superforecasting, Into Thin Air and Nudge.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Annie Duke aired on February 1, 2023.
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Across 9 podcasts. Every show Annie Duke appears on, in one place — not just one.
Annie Duke’s most recommended books
- Superforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
- Nudge by Richard H. Thaler
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Anguished English by Richard Lederer
- Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
- Grit by Angela Duckworth
- Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday
- Dynamics of Faith by Paul Tillich
- Failure by Stuart Firestein
Annie Duke is an American former professional poker player and author in cognitive-behavioral decision science and decision education. She holds a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet from 2004 and used to be the leading money winner among women in WSOP history; she remains in the top five as of April 2023, despite having retired from poker and last cashing at a tournament in 2010. Duke won the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2010. She has written a number of instructional books for poker players, including Decide to Play Great Poker and The Middle Zone, as well as an autobiography, How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker, in 2005. Duke authored two books on decision-making, Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts, and How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices. During podcast appearances, Duke recommended Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow as a centerpiece of decision-making literature. She also recommended Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner's Superforecasting, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner's Freakonomics, Angela Duckworth's Grit, and Richard Lederer's Anguished English.
Books recommended by Annie Duke
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Thinking in Bets
Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke explores decision-making under uncertainty, using poker principles to teach readers how to manage risk, embrace probabilities, and avoid judging choices solely by their final outcomes.
Discussed“but also when I'm thinking about even the book quit or thinking in bats which did get published I did tons and tons of quitting along the way”
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Superforecasting
Superforecasting by Philip E.
Recommended“one of the first conversations I had with Phil telek who wrote super forecasting um which is a wonderful book people should get it”
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Into Thin Air
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer is a gripping non-fiction account of the tragic 1996 Mount Everest climbing disaster.
Discussed“and it was called Into Thin Air by James Brown”
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How to Decide
How to Decide by Annie Duke is a practical guide offering simple tools for making better choices when faced with uncertainty.
Discussed“So, you know, both of my books kind of start a little bit in the same place and then they diverge from each other.”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a seminal exploration of human psychology, cognitive biases, and the dual systems that drive how we think and make decisions.
Discussed“as I was looking around the space I realized that there's kind of a gap in this literature that's you know I would say thinking fast and slow is like the center piece of this literature which is such obviously an incredible book that everybody should read”
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Quit
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke explores the psychology of decision-making and the hidden costs of stubbornly persevering with goals that no longer serve us.
Discussed“well knowing you I would feel complimented because you've just written a new book and it's called quit the power of knowing when to walk away”
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Anguished English
Anguished English by Richard Lederer is a humorous and entertaining collection that explores the hilarious blunders, fractured syntax, and amusing oddities of the English language.
Recommended“that being said i will recommend to everybody that if you haven't read anguished english it's a really hilarious book”
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Freakonomics
Freakonomics by Steven D.
Recommended“and this actually comes from Stephen Stephen Levitt you know Freakonomics oh yeah and whatnot yeah uh go go see his TED Talks read Freakonomics he's wonderful”
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Grit
Grit by Angela Duckworth is a popular exploration of passion, perseverance, and the long-term pursuit of difficult goals.
Recommended“um so let me just first say that I really don't have any quibble with the book grit I think everybody should go and read it”
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Discipline Is Destiny
Discipline Is Destiny is a book on the power of self-control by author Ryan Holiday.
Discussed“because even when I, when I was reading the advanced copy of Discipline is Destiny, there were, you know, there were some typos I was finding in there and for sure.”
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Dynamics of Faith
Discussed“And there was a particular philosopher who's a Protestant philosopher whose name is Paul Tillich and required reading in junior year at my high school was a book that he wrote called the dynamics of faith.”
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Failure
Discussed“And he wrote, he actually wrote an amazing book called Ignorance, and actually another book titled Failure.”
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Ignorance: How It Drives Science
Discussed“And he wrote, he actually wrote an amazing book called Ignorance, and actually another book titled Failure.”
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Misbehaving
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics by Richard H.
Discussed“Here's this thing, you know, actually a place I just saw it was in Richard Thaler's misbehaving and he's got it right there pretty early in the book, like this sentence about, you know, how you learn.”
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The Secret
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is a bestselling self-help book and film centered on the law of attraction, asserting that positive thinking and intentional visualization can directly manifest wealth, health, and happiness.
Discussed“and one of the issues that i have with the the literature and the power of positive thinking which i think ultimately expresses itself through the book the secret are you familiar with the book the secret”
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When Prophecy Fails
When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, Henry W.
Discussed“so a lot of people are familiar with when prophecy fails Leon festinger followed the Seekers from the 1950s”
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Books by Annie Duke
Appearances
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“during covid Phil tetlock who wrote super forecast day sure reached out to me and asked me to do some research on counterfactual forecasting with him”
“and we talked about thinking in bets way back then and I'm so appreciative of you giving that book a platform”
“I actually have a whole chapter on that and how to decide.”
“actually i would say that uh how to decide i wrote how to decide because of people who wrote to me um and were asking me about thinking in bets”
“I think that that all revealed itself to me later as I went along. I think that it particularly revealed itself to me when I started talking on these topics that really eventually ended up as Thinking in Bets is the book.”