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Books by Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss’s most recommended books
- Original Sin by Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson
- The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
- Stalin by Simon Sebag-Montefiore
- The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry
- The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri
- Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore
- The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray
- Abundance by Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson
Bari Weiss is an American journalist and political commentator who serves as editor-in-chief of CBS News and founded the media company The Free Press along with the podcast Honestly. Across multiple episodes of her podcast, Weiss has recommended and discussed several notable books with various guests. She praised Simon Sebag Montefiore's best-selling work The Cauldron as a brilliant exploration of the making of the modern Middle East, while also directing listeners to a related interview in The Wall Street Journal. When hosting John Fetterman, Weiss highlighted his book Unfettered, encouraging people to read it in order to gain a deep understanding of the vulnerabilities and struggles associated with expressing political views and experiencing suicidal ideation. She promoted Helen Lewis's book The Genius Myth, describing it as a curious history of a dangerous idea, and she discussed David Landes's historical examination of the industrial revolution, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, with guest Patrick McGee. Furthermore, Weiss spoke with Douglas Murray about his New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller On Democracies and Death Cults, which focuses on democracies and death cults, and she introduced Ross Douthat's book Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious at the start of an episode dedicated to exploring the logical basis for religious belief.
Books recommended by Bari Weiss
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Original Sin
Original Sin by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson is a political nonfiction book that investigates the final years of Joe Biden's presidency, his cognitive decline, and the internal party discussions surrounding his reelection campaign.
Discussed“Perhaps most dramatically in Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's new book, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline: Its Coverup, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.”
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The Righteous Mind
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt is an insightful exploration of moral psychology that investigates why good people are divided by politics and religion.
Discussed“I know Jonathan Height talks about this in his book, The Righteous Minds, that we all have sort of a God-shaped hole in us”
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Stalin
Stalin by Simon Sebag-Montefiore is a sweeping biographical history detailing the life, regime, and inner circle of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
Discussed“Seabag, of course, is the author of more than 12 other books, like Stalin, The Court of the Red Czar, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great and Potemkin.”
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The Message
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a book of essays reflecting on politics, storytelling, and the author's travels, including controversial commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Discussed“it's captured in a more aidite way in tanasi coat's recent book the message and it's something that people young people are being educated to in our most elite schools”
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The Romanovs
The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore is an expansive historical work chronicling the three-century reign of Russia's most famous imperial dynasty, detailing the political intrigue, power struggles, and human drama that defined their rule.
Discussed“Seabag, of course, is the author of more than 12 other books, like Stalin, The Court of the Red Czar, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great and Potemkin.”
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Case Against the Sexual Revolution
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry is a cultural critique examining the long-term psychological and social consequences of modern hedonistic hookup culture and sexual liberation.
Discussed“This is the Crux of her book the case against the sexual Revolution which has just been adapted for young adults”
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The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri is a sociological and political analysis examining how digital technology and the internet have empowered ordinary citizens to challenge traditional institutional authority.
Recommended“I think Martin gur's book The Revolt of the public was extraordinary like Trump's not mentioned in the book it came out before the whole Trump phenomenon”
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore is an expansive and richly detailed biography of a singular city sacred to multiple faiths and marked by millennia of history.
Discussed“most of his books are biographies of people but Jerusalem is a biography of a city a city as he writes that is the house of the one God the capital of two peoples the Temple of three religions and the only city to exist twice in heaven and on Earth the book takes takes you through Jerusalem's 3,000 year”
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The Strange Death of Europe
The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray is a non-fiction book that examines the cultural and political transformation of Europe through mass migration, open borders, and demographic shifts.
Recommended“Douglas Murray, it's always such a pleasure to talk to you on microphone or over drinks, uh, which hopefully we'll do later. Your book, of course, is on democracies and death cults.”
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Abundance
Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is a widely debated book that outlines a policy manifesto for progressives, arguing that the political left should embrace economic growth and the actual construction of physical infrastructure.
Discussed“in government they just wrote a new book all about this it's called abundance”
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Catherine the Great & Potemkin
Catherine the Great & Potemkin by Simon Sebag Montefiore explores the turbulent political landscape of eighteenth-century Russia and the remarkable partnership between Empress Catherine the Great and her influential statesman Grigory Potemkin.
Discussed“Seabag, of course, is the author of more than 12 other books, like Stalin, The Court of the Red Czar, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great and Potemkin.”
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Lean In
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg is a prominent corporate and feminist manifesto that examines women's leadership in the workplace and the systemic barriers they face in achieving professional success.
Discussed“I think the other book that typified this era at Facebook wasn't actually a Facebook book but was leanin written by Cheryl Sandberg”
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Born Lucky
Discussed“He's just written a book about it called Born Lucky, A Dedicated Father, A Grateful Son, and My Journey with Autism.”
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A Certain Idea of America
Discussed“and her new book a certain idea of America she collects 80 of them published over the last eight years”
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Whistleblower
Discussed“in 2014 and this email is included in the book Mark sends an email Zuckerberg explaining what he views as the company's three-year plan to have Facebook fully operational in China”
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Believe
Believe by Ross Douthat is an exploration of why religious faith remains logical and vital in the modern era.
Recommended“His latest book, which we talk about today, is called Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious.”
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The Cauldron
The Cauldron by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a compelling historical work that explores the making of the modern Middle East.
Recommended“And that is what he does in his brilliant, best-selling new book, The Cauldron, the making of the modern Middle East.”
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On Democracies and Death Cults
On Democracies and Death Cults by Douglas Murray is a widely discussed bestseller examining the moral failures of the West and the geopolitical dynamics surrounding modern terrorist organizations and Israel.
Discussed“And maybe put another way, and you write about this in the book, and as I read it, I'm like, "Wow, I can't I can't believe I didn't think about it this way." You know, there's been so many protests since October 7th, 2023. And what you write about and point out is that there was no mass protest in”
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The Genius Myth
The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis is a provocative historical exploration examining society's enduring obsession with individual genius and the cultural mythology surrounding extraordinary talent.
Discussed“And your argument in your new book is this is not simply because we live in a capitalist economy.”
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The Souls of Yellow Folk
The Souls of Yellow Folk by Wesley Yang is a critically acclaimed collection of essays exploring cultural identity, race, assimilation, and modern social commentary.
Recommended“He wrote a book a book of essays called I think it's actually called the souls of yellow folk this year I'll connect you to him”
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The other 36 books Bari Weiss recommended or discussed, ranked
- Unfettered by John Fetterman
- Open Socrates by Agnes Callard
- Sex and the single girl by Helen Gurley Brown
- The Sword of Freedom by Yossi Cohen
- What's with Baum? by Woody Allen
- Catch-67 by Micah Goodman
- Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne
- John Adams by David McCullough
- People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn
- Pronoun Trouble by John McWhorter
- The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
- The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S. Landes
- What I Saw at the Revolution by Peggy Noonan
- 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
- A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century by Louise Perry
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth
- Black Elk Speaks by John G. Neihardt
- Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
- Catherine the Great by Simon Dixon
- Cross Purposes by Jonathan Rauch
- Days of rage by Bryan Burrough
- Free: My Search for Meaning by Amanda Knox
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Listening to the Law by Amy Coney Barrett
- Pascal's Wager by Paul Bartha
- Potemkin by Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Prey by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Principles by Ray Dalio
- Profiles in courage by John F. Kennedy
- The adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Victor, E Marsden
- Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump
- Woke Racism by John McWhorter
Questions about Bari Weiss’s book recommendations
What book does Bari Weiss recommend most?
Original Sin by Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson. Bari Weiss discussed it in 3 episodes.
How many books has Bari Weiss recommended on podcasts?
We have found 56 books Bari Weiss recommended or discussed, across 42 episodes of 5 podcasts. Ad reads and passing mentions are not counted.
What books are on Bari Weiss's reading list?
The books Bari Weiss has recommended most on podcasts are Original Sin by Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson, The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt, Stalin by Simon Sebag-Montefiore, The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates and The Romanovs by Simon Sebag Montefiore. The full book list below has all 56.
What books has Bari Weiss written?
How to Fight Anti-Semitism (2019).
What did Bari Weiss recommend on Honestly with Bari Weiss?
Original Sin, The Righteous Mind and Stalin, among 45 books in all.
What is the latest book Bari Weiss recommended?
The Cauldron, recommended on Honestly with Bari Weiss (2026-10-13).
People who recommend the same books
Appearances
Other mentions (33: passing, ad reads, own books), the 30 most recent
“and finally his new book Unfettered, about his journey to the Senate, his stroke, his chronic battle with depression, and his time in office often as an iconoclast.”
“In his new book, Against the Machine, Paul makes the argument that what this moment in history requires is something of a rebellion.”
“This is the driving vision of the new podcast he just launched with the Free Press called Old School, where he talks to guests about the books that have shaped their lives.”
“Fareed Zakaria on The Great Gatsby, Nick Cave on The Adventures of Pinocchio, Richard Dawkins on P.G. Wodehouse.”
“Fareed Zakaria on The Great Gatsby, Nick Cave on The Adventures of Pinocchio, Richard Dawkins on P.G. Wodehouse.”
“Fareed Zakaria on The Great Gatsby, Nick Cave on The Adventures of Pinocchio, Richard Dawkins on P.G. Wodehouse.”
“But in her new book, Drink Your Way Sober, Katie Herdzog argues that AA and our traditional thinking has not worked and will not work for everyone.”
“Well, you found another way. And it's captured in the provocative title of your new book, Drink Your Way Sober, the science-based method to break free from alcohol.”
“So, films like Schindler's List or Jojo Rabbit stayed with you, you're going to want to see Bau, Artist at War.”
“So, films like Schindler's List or Jojo Rabbit stayed with you, you're going to want to see Bau, Artist at War.”
“It's Amy Coney Barrett is the author of this book. It's called Listening to the Law.”
“Um her new book is called In This Economy: How Money and Markets Really Work.”
“All of these questions are raised in Helen Lewis's brilliant new book, The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea.”
“He is the author, among other things, of the brilliant book The Words That Made Us, which explains how a small set of documents birthed an entirely new world.”
“Um, it's coming out, this news, um, the day before Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, Original Sin, which is broadly, uh, reparage about the cover up of Joe Biden's mental condition when he was president of the United States. I wondered if you wanted to comment on all of that and what you think about the president's health, whether”
“McGee is the author of Apple in China, the capture of the world's greatest company, which hits bookstores today.”
“She has a new book out that allows those who don't know her to access that wisdom. It's called I Wish Someone Had Told Me: The Best Advice for Building a Great Career and a Meaningful Life, which just hit bookstores.”
“Jonathan Roush is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and he just wrote a book called Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy.”
“what is it The Art of War”
“I just want to be really clear here for the listener and for the people who certainly have not read your book because it comes out today Facebook in this context is not in China”
“he is joined today by Jeffrey Kaine an expert on China and the author of the perfect police state an undercover Odyssey into China's terrifying surveillance dystopia of the future”
“I don't think uh if I writing a book uh profiles en courage I don't think uh Schumer would be in that book”
“he is also the co-author of good energy which he wrote with his sister Casey means Jillian is America's original Fitness expert”
“in his book at war with ourselves my Tour of Duty in the Trump White House he gives an honest account of working in Trump's first Administration The Good the Bad and the very unexpected”
“bindle is a longtime feminist and the author most recently of feminism for women”
“her Ali A Free Press contributor is also the author of many books including prey immigration Islam and the erosion of women's rights which helped bring attention to the scandal in 2021”
“Ali A Free Press contributor is also the author of many books including prey immigration Islam and the erosion of women's rights which helped bring attention to the scandal in 2021”
“But I think that this book, Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History, yes, that is the full title, um, is incredible.”
“Everyone knows the feeling when their book is overdue at the library and they don't want to pay the overdue fee. What's the problem? This you're not going to believe. The New York Public Library says that I took out Tropic of Cancer in 1971 and never returned it.”
“I'm watching Walter Cronkite and I'm watching JFK and I'm thinking like just this period of like early 60s, right stuff, Tom Wolfe.”