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Ezra Klein’s book recommendations in 2024

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Best Of: Sabbath and the Art of Rest

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-12-27

The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel · recommended · at 0:48
The Sabbath World by Judith Shulevitz · discussed · at 3:52
Hessel by Hessel Family · recommended · at 58:07
Middlemarch by George Eliot · recommended · at 58:57
Adam Bede by George Eliot · recommended · at 59:02

What I’m Thinking at the End of 2024

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-12-24

Making a Way by Marilyn Robinson · recommended · at 28:46
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson · recommended · at 28:46

Best Of: How TV, Twitter and TikTok Remade Our Politics

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-12-13

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman · discussed · at 4:45

In This House, We’re Angry When Government Fails

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-11-22

Recoding America by Jennifer Pahlka · recommended · at 5:50
The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies · recommended · at 1:06:42

Trump Kicks Down the Guardrails

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-11-19

Price and Rent Effects of Energy Efficiency in Residential Properties by Nurul Hana Adi Maimun · discussed · at 15:48
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt · discussed · at 15:48
Moneyland by Oliver Bullough · recommended · at 1:04:33
Offshore by Brooke Harrington · recommended · at 1:05:04
American Kleptocracy by Casey Michel · recommended · at 1:05:14

Ezra Klein Speaks Frankly About Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Where Democrats Went Wrong

Pod Save America · 2024-11-13

Nation of Victims by Vivek Ramaswamy · discussed · at 3:51

The Book That Predicted the 2024 Election

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-11-09

Party of the People by Patrick Ruffini · recommended · at 3:14

Are We on the Cusp of a New Political Order?

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-11-01

The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order by Gary Gerstle · discussed · at 2:07
The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith · discussed · at 31:21
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory by Tim Alberta · recommended · at 1:24:35
Underground Asia by Tim Harper · recommended · at 1:25:15
The Known Citizen by Sarah E. Igo · recommended · at 1:26:05

Maggie Haberman on What an Unleashed Trump Might Do

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-10-25

Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman · recommended · at 1:17
American Carnage by Tim Alberta · recommended · at 58:47

Ezra Klein on What’s Wrong with Trump

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-10-22

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump by Bandy X. Lee · discussed · at 9:29
A First-Rate Madness by Nassir Ghaemi · discussed · at 9:40
The Toddler in Chief by Daniel W. Drezner · discussed · at 22:53
Managing Risk by Jonathan Armstrong, Mark Rhys-Jones, Daniel Dresner · discussed · at 22:53

The Ezra Klein Show: Salman Rushdie

The Book Review · 2024-10-18

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie · discussed · at 1:51
Knife by Salman Rushdie · discussed · at 3:11
The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen · discussed · at 4:04
White Teeth by Zadie Smith · discussed · at 15:51

The Hidden Politics of Disorder

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-10-18

The City That Became Safe by Franklin E. Zimring · recommended · at 1:14:55
Thinking About Crime by James Q. Wilson · recommended · at 1:31:05
Against Excess by Mark A. Kleiman · recommended · at 1:31:26
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe · recommended · at 1:31:40

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israel: ‘I Felt Lied To.’

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-10-11

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates · discussed · at 1:14
The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony · discussed · at 1:07:48

How Biden’s Middle East Policy Fell Apart

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-10-08

Our Man by George Packer · recommended · at 1:27:49

The V.P. Debate Came Down to One Moment

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-10-02

Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance · discussed · at 35:02

MAGA Is Not as United as You Think

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-09-27

Coming apart by Charles A. Murray · discussed · at 49:25

Pete Buttigieg on 2024 and the ‘Crank Realignment’

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-09-24

Trust by Pete Buttigieg · discussed · at 1:24
Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance · discussed · at 35:39

Zadie Smith on Populists, Frauds and Flip Phones

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-09-17

Feel Free by Zadie Smith · discussed · at 0:21
White Teeth by Zadie Smith · recommended · at 1:50
On Beauty by Zadie Smith · recommended · at 1:50
Swing Time by Zadie Smith · recommended · at 1:50
The Fraud by Zadie Smith · discussed · at 2:08
Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander · discussed · at 36:22
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman · discussed · at 36:50

The Real ‘Border Czar’ Defends the Biden-Harris Record

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-09-13

String Theory by David Foster Wallace · recommended · at 1:00:25

On Children, Meaning, Media and Psychedelics

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-09-03

Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino, Juan Trejo · discussed · at 2:19
How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell · discussed · at 1:10:20

Best Of: The Men — and Boys — Are Not Alright

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-08-27

Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves · discussed · at 0:12
Men by Richard G. BRIBIESCAS · discussed · at 0:12
Daring Young Men by Richard Reeves · discussed · at 11:01
Prospecting for Mineralization in Steeply Dipping Beds Covered by Glacial Till, Talus, and Weathered Zones, by F. W. Lee, H. L. Scharon, and C. H. Sandberg by F. W. Lee, H. L. Scharon, C. H. Sandberg, Etats-Unis. Mines (Bureau) · discussed · at 1:02:07
Career and Family by Claudia Dale Goldin · recommended · at 1:56:47

Kamala Harris Wants to Win

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-08-23

The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris · discussed · at 7:32

Can the Democratic Party Reclaim Freedom?

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-08-22

How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt · discussed · at 18:09

The Obamas Strike Back

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-08-21

Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam · discussed · at 35:55

Democrats Need a Better Answer on Affordability. Here's One.

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-08-06

Walk, Ride, Paddle by Tim Kaine · recommended · at 48:41
Wounded Knee by Heather Cox Richardson · recommended · at 48:56

Wisconsin Is Key to Election Victory. Can Kamala Harris Win It?

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-07-26

Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance · discussed · at 30:39
The Reasoning Voter by Samuel L. Popkin · discussed · at 40:11
Finding Freedom by Walter T. McDonald, Ruby West Jackson · recommended · at 57:22
The Princess Bride by William Goldman · recommended · at 58:51

Are Democrats Right to Unite Around Kamala Harris?

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-07-23

Smart on Crime by Kamala Harris · discussed · at 19:11

I Watched the Republican Convention. The Democrats Can Still Win.

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-07-20

Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance · discussed · at 20:47

The Economic Theory Behind J.D. Vance’s Populism

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-07-17

Chip War by Chris Miller · recommended · at 25:30
Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance · discussed · at 41:30

Is Kamala Harris Underrated?

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-07-05

The Company She Keeps by Mary McCarthy · recommended · at 1:01:29

How an Open Democratic Convention Would Work

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-07-02

Primary Politics by Elaine Kamarck · discussed · at 1:38
Abraham Lincoln and His Mailbag by Edward Duffield Neill · discussed · at 47:10
The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore H. White · recommended · at 1:01:45

What Is the Democratic Party For?

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-06-30

The Hollow Parties by Daniel Schlozman · discussed · at 5:54

The View From the Israeli Right

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-06-14

The Rust Programming Language (Covers Rust 2018) by Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols · recommended · at 53:08

The Economic Theory That Explains Why Americans Are So Mad

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-06-07

A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel · recommended · at 1:29:31

The Republican Party’s Decay Began Long Before Trump

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-06-04

The Hollow Parties by Daniel Schlozman · discussed · at 27:40
How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt · discussed · at 49:08

Your Mind Is Being Fracked

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-05-31

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman · discussed · at 31:56
The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith · discussed · at 32:33
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt · discussed · at 39:46

A Conservative Futurist and a Supply-Side Liberal Walk Into a Podcast …

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-05-21

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson · discussed · at 24:39

This Is a Very Weird Moment in the History of Drug Laws

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-05-10

How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan · discussed · at 23:42
Drug Use for Grown-Ups by Carl L. Hart · discussed · at 23:49

Watching the Protests From Israel

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-05-07

My Promised Land by Ari Shavit · discussed · at 3:09

Cows: Just an Environmental Disaster

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-04-30

Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie · discussed · at 2:06

Salman Rushdie Is Not Who You Think He Is

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-04-26

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie · discussed · at 0:31
Knife by Salman Rushdie · discussed · at 1:38
The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen · discussed · at 2:55
White Teeth by Zadie Smith · discussed · at 14:20
Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie · discussed · at 55:36

This Conversation With Adam Moss Made Me a Sharper Editor

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-04-23

Where good ideas come from by Steven Johnson · discussed · at 35:55
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman · discussed · at 43:21

Will A.I. Break the Internet? Or Save It?

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-04-05

The AI Mirror by Shannon Vallor · discussed · at 53:19

How Should I Be Using A.I. Right Now?

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-04-02

Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick · discussed · at 3:11
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy · discussed · at 1:02:19
East of Eden by John Steinbeck · discussed · at 1:02:19
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky · discussed · at 1:02:31

From David Duke to Donald Trump: The Rise of ‘Middle-Finger Politics’

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-03-29

Lifted to the Shoulders of a Mountain by Pat Turner Mitchell · discussed · at 34:55

Marilynne Robinson on Biblical Beauty, Human Evil and the Idea of Israel

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-03-05

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson · recommended · at 0:22
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson · discussed · at 0:59
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson · discussed · at 8:25

Here’s How an Open Democratic Convention Would Work

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-02-21

Primary Politics by Elaine Kamarck · discussed · at 1:16

Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-02-16

The Lincoln Miracle by Edward Achorn · discussed · at 18:59

Best Of: Status Games, Polyamory and the Merits of Meritocracy

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-02-13

The Book of Job by Richard Green Moulton · discussed · at 18:11

‘Why Haven’t the Democrats Completely Cleaned the Republicans’ Clock?’

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-02-01

The Emerging Democratic Majority by John B. Judis · discussed · at 1:07
Where Have All the Democrats Gone? by Ruy Teixeira · discussed · at 2:29

A Republican Pollster on Trump’s Undimmed Appeal

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-01-16

Simplicity parenting by Kim John Payne · recommended · at 45:21

How to Discover Your Own Taste

The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-01-09

Moby Dick by Herman Melville · discussed · at 28:53
MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE by Herman Melville · discussed · at 28:53

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