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Dwarkesh Patel’s book recommendations in 2025

17 books · 17 episodes · Dwarkesh Patel’s most recommended books, all years →

Every episode from 2025, newest first

Sarah Paine — Why Russia Lost the Cold War

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-12-19

The Unidentified by Rae Mariz · discussed · at 1:44:08

Nick Lane – Life as we know it is chemically inevitable

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-10-10

Vital Question by Nick Lane · recommended · at 1:16:40

How Hitler almost starved Britain – Sarah Paine

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-09-05

The Prize by Daniel Yergin · discussed · at 1:20:24

Stephen Kotkin — How Stalin became the most powerful dictator in history

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-07-10

Uncivil Society by Stephen Kotkin · discussed · at 1:22:11

Why China's manufacturing economy is dominating — Arthur Kroeber

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-06-19

China's Economy by Arthur R. Kroeber · recommended · at 0:51

"China is digging out of a crisis. And America’s luck is wearing thin." — Ken Rogoff

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-06-12

Abundance by Ezra Klein · discussed · at 40:38
1493 by Charles C. Mann, Charles Mann · discussed · at 1:28:07

Xi Jinping’s paranoid approach to AGI, debt crisis, & Politburo politics — Victor Shih

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-05-29

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro · discussed · at 1:06:16

Is RL + LLMs enough for AGI? — Sholto Douglas & Trenton Bricken

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-05-22

The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich · discussed · at 44:41

The Past and Future of AI (with Dwarkesh Patel)

EconTalk · 2025-04-28

The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich · recommended · at 24:58

Why Rome actually fell: plagues, slavery, & ice age — Kyle Harper

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-04-24

The Fate of Rome by Kyle Harper · discussed · at 1:43
Slavery in the Late Roman World, AD 275–425 by Kyle Harper · discussed · at 24:39
Plagues upon the Earth by Kyle Harper · discussed · at 37:01

AGI is still 30 years away — Ege Erdil & Tamay Besiroglu

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-04-17

Bible by Bible · discussed · at 1:53:45

AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-04-03

The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich · discussed · at 1:17:41

AMA: career advice given AGI, how I research ft. Sholto & Trenton

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-03-25

Robert A. Caro's The Years of Lyndon Johnson Set by Robert A. Caro · recommended · at 25:10

Joseph Henrich — Humans defeated smarter species with cultural evolution

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-03-12

The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich · discussed · at 0:46
The Secret of Our Success by Joseph Henrich · discussed · at 0:46

Notes on China

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-03-05

Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott · discussed · at 5:02

Sarah Paine — Why Japan lost WWII (lecture & interview)

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-01-23

The Prize by Daniel Yergin · discussed · at 1:48:05

Tyler Cowen — The #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-01-09

Little Stalin Library by Stalin ... · discussed · at 50:41

Other mentions in 2025 (13: passing, ad reads, own books)