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Gavin de Becker books: every book Gavin de Becker wrote and recommended
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Gavin de Becker appears on, in one place — not just one.
Books by Gavin de Becker
Gavin de Becker’s most recommended books
- 1984 by George Orwell
- The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- The house of numbers by Jack Finney
- I Am that by Nisargadatta (Maharaj)
- Double fantasy by John Lennon
- Hitler's Professors by Max Weinreich
- Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Gavin de Becker is an American security specialist and author. He has worked for governments, corporations, and public figures, and runs a prominent firm that protects and advises public figures. On podcast appearances including The Diary Of A CEO and The Joe Rogan Experience, de Becker has recommended and discussed several notable works. He recommended Nisargadatta Maharaj's I Am That, describing the author as a significant spiritual teacher in his life. When exploring themes of institutional control and medical orthodoxies, de Becker frequently referenced George Orwell's 1984, noting its enduring relevance to modern society and drawing parallels to population monitoring. He also brought attention to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s The Real Anthony Fauci, pointing listeners to its final chapter regarding the management of public health and contrasting medical diagnostics. Additionally, de Becker recommended the documentary House of Numbers, directed by Brent Leung, highlighting its investigation into HIV and AIDS statistics and official narratives. Through these recommendations, de Becker often emphasizes themes of skepticism toward authority, systemic control, and individual critical thinking in the face of prevailing orthodoxies.
Books recommended by Gavin de Becker
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1984
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 presents a chilling vision of a totalitarian society characterized by perpetual surveillance, historical denial, and severe psychological manipulation.
Discussed“And yeah, the we are participating in I won't even call it an experiment, but a process that you read 1984, I'm sure, and most of your audience did. I was very heartened during the beginning of COVID that 1984 became the 17th best-selling book in the world in the English language.”
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The Real Anthony Fauci
The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F.
Discussed“And there's a great line in uh in the real Anthony Fouchy, a book I know you read where Bobby says, "If you get diagnosed with AIDS in Africa, the fastest way to get cured is go to New York. You won't be diagnosed with AIDS."”
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The house of numbers
The house of numbers by Jack Finney is a suspenseful thriller and dramatic story often associated with adaptations and discussions surrounding institutional control and narrative manipulation.
Recommended“and so it it keeps the you know the great documentary that's on YouTube is called House of Numbers about this. It keeps the numbers going.”
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I Am that
I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj is a profound spiritual text compiling the dialogues and teachings of the revered Indian philosopher.
Recommended“It is um it comes from a teacher of mine in India, my best teacher in life, Nisargadatta, wrote a book called I Am That, recommended to everybody.”
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Double fantasy
Discussed“and they were deciding whether to go on tour based on the success of a of his last record album called double fantasy”
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Hitler's Professors
Discussed“There's a book called Hitler's Professors, and it is about a a process that Hitler administration used.”
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Turtles All the Way Down
Turtles All the Way Down is a young adult novel by John Green that explores themes of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder through a fictionalized context.
Discussed“uh particularly the childhood vaccines, there never was, as you learned from turtles all the way down, never a a viable study on these.”
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Appearances
Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
“In in that new book I gave you, Forbidden Facts, I I lay out what all the pharma companies have been fined criminally, what it cost them, and what they made nonetheless.”
“Uh well, they they all know that their dad is a big proponent and and my first book, which is still a a very big book, The Gift of Fear, that book is, I think, still the best-selling book in the world on violence after 25 years. And that book is all about intuition and personal responsibility.”
“In order to help people deal with these issues of skepticism, of fear, etc. You don't get somebody doing what I do, where my ambition is long gone. My ambition for more more anything, more money, more houses. Well, houses I might still slip on, but now it's about service to other people. Wasn't always, but it was service to”
“when COVID happened the the book 1984 be in 2021 it was the 17th bestselling book in the world.”
“And this uh book, which Can I be a [ __ ] and hold it up again? Forbidden Facts. That's the book.”
“uh i want to mention that the that gift of fear my book is now a master class”
“there's an example in this book in the gift of fear where a woman”
“And I remember many years ago before I wrote Gift of Fear, I was speaking at prisons around the country where I would meet with people and and talk with them about violence and about their upbringing etc.”