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Every book Annie Lowrey recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Annie Lowrey appears on, in one place — not just one.
Annie Lowrey’s most recommended books
- A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel
- Franchise by Marcia Chatelain
- Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
- My silent war by Kim Philby
- Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
- To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever by Will Blythe
- A History of Christianity by Diarmaid MacCulloch
- Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend
Annie Lowrey is an American journalist who writes on politics and economic policy for The Atlantic and is a prominent proponent of a universal basic income. On The Ezra Klein Show, Lowrey offered several book recommendations during interview segments. She recommended Kim Philby's memoir My Silent War, Will Blythe's To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever, and Judith Butler's Gender Trouble, noting that many people talk about the latter without having actually read it. In a separate appearance on the same podcast, she recommended Marcia Chatelain's Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America for its examination of McDonald's and its role in Black communities, Hilary Mantel's novelization of the French Revolution A Place of Greater Safety, and Barbara Ehrenreich's classic Nickel and Dimed. Additionally, during a conversation on Conversations with Tyler, Lowrey discussed reading Diarmaid MacCulloch's A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years and Camilla Townsend's Fifth Sun.
Books recommended by Annie Lowrey
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A Place of Greater Safety
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel is an immersive historical novel that traces the intense lives, political ambitions, and tragic fates of key figures during the French Revolution.
Recommended“I recently read the best political book that I've ever read which is called a place of Greater safety it is a novelization of the French Revolution”
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Franchise
Franchise by Marcia Chatelain is a meticulously researched historical study examining the rise of fast food chains in America, with a particular focus on the complex relationship between McDonald's, franchising, and Black communities.
Recommended“however there's a really great book that came out a few years ago called franchise the golden arches in Black America by Marsha shelene and it's about McDonald's and franchising specifically about the growth of McDonald's and its role in Black communities and with black consumers”
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Gender Trouble
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity is a foundational feminist and queer theory text by Judith Butler that challenges traditional notions of sex, gender, and identity by arguing that gender is performative rather than biological.
Recommended“And then my third hobby horse book, which I think people talk about this book all the time, but I feel like a lot of people have never actually read it, is Gender Trouble by Judith Butler.”
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My silent war
My Silent War by Kim Philby is the chilling autobiographical account of the notorious British intelligence officer who secretly spied for the Soviet Union as part of the Cambridge Five.
Recommended“And this is a book called My Silent War by Kim Philby.”
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Nickel and Dimed
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich is a classic piece of undercover investigative journalism documenting the grueling realities of low-wage work and poverty in America.
Recommended“and then um I was thinking about of the best books about the kind of NE liberal economic deal that we make for a really long time in America that I think that we are just starting to upset and grow past the best book I think about it and it it's a classic is is nickel and died by”
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To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever
To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever by Will Blythe is a non-fiction book that explores passionate sports fandom, specifically focusing on the intense rivalries of college basketball in the American South.
Recommended“It is called to hate like this is to be happy forever by Will Bllythe.”
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A History of Christianity
Discussed“You recently read a book called A History of Christianity. Which one was it, and what was interesting in the book to you? This was A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years.”
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Fifth Sun
Discussed“I had wanted to do more travel in Mexico, so I got Fifth Sun, and then just Aztecs, I think, is the other one, which I’m excited to read.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax, Fraud, and Rationing by Paperwork | Conversations with Tyler | 2026-09-16 | 2 |
| This Is Why People Hate the Government | The Ezra Klein Show | 2026-08-25 | 3 |
| The Economic Theory That Explains Why Americans Are So Mad | The Ezra Klein Show | 2024-06-07 | 3 |