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Every book Jeff Holmes recommended on podcasts
Jeff Holmes appears on Conversations with Tyler, specifically participating in retrospective episodes where he reviews and discusses extensive reading lists and pop culture picks alongside Tyler Cowen. As evidenced by these podcast segments, Holmes engages with a wide-ranging catalog of non-fiction, historical analysis, biography, and contemporary fiction. During the 2024 retrospective conversation, Holmes read through and commented on a diverse assortment of influential books from previous years. He mentioned Stephen Kotkin's detailed biographical work Stalin, Volume One, as well as Russ Roberts's How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life. Holmes also highlighted sweeping historical studies, including Jürgen Osterhammel's The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century and John Keay's Midnight's Descendants: A History of South Asia Since Partition. Furthermore, he noted Tom Holland's translation of Herodotus's Histories. Turning toward literary and biographical fiction selections from the curated lists, Holmes discussed Michel Faber's novel The Book of Strange New Things, Emmanuel Carrère's biographical novel Limonov recounting the adventures of a radical Soviet poet, and Richard Flanagan's award-winning novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North, showcasing a broad literary curiosity.
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Confessions of a Sociopath
Confessions of a Sociopath by M.E.
Discussed“Emmy Thomas, Confessions of a Sociopath.”
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General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes is a foundational 1936 economics text that revolutionized macroeconomics by arguing that free markets do not automatically provide full employment or output stability.
Discussed“there was a Keynes book club on the general theory and it just stopped halfway through why did it stop”
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Histories
Herodotus's The Histories is widely considered the foundational work of historical writing in Western literature, chronicling the ancient conflicts between the Greek city-states and the Persian Empire.
Discussed“you uh mentioned Tom Holland's translation of Herodotus Herodotus herod's histories”
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How Adam Smith can change your life
Discussed“Russ Roberts how Adam Smith can change your life”
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How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia
Discussed“Mohsin Hamid, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia.”
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IQ84 (Buch 3)
Discussed“And the last one on your best books list, Haruki Murakami IQ84. I would like to read it again, which is a positive sign.”
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Limonov
Discussed“Emanuel carer carer I'm not sure if I'm saying that right limonov the outrageous Adventures of the radical Soviet poet”
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Margaret Thatcher The Authorized Biography
Discussed“Charles Moore, uh Margaret Thatcher biography.”
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Midnights Descendants A History Of South Asia Since Partition
Discussed“John K Midnight's descendants a history of South Asia since partition”
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Stalin
Stephen Kotkin's multi-volume biography of Stalin examines the life of the Soviet dictator and the nature of totalitarian power.
Discussed“so interestingly you uh one of the books you mentioned was Steven cotkin Stalin volume one”
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The book of strange new things
The book of strange new things by Michel Faber is a thought-provoking science fiction novel that follows a Christian missionary sent to minister to an extraterrestrial population.
Discussed“Michael Faber the book of strange new things”
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The Martian
The Martian by Andy Weir is a science fiction survival novel that follows an astronaut stranded on Mars who must use his scientific ingenuity and problem-solving skills to stay alive and engineer a way home.
Discussed“Andy Weir the Martian”
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Discussed“Richard Flanigan the narrow road to the Deep North”
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The power of glamour
Discussed“From books you say close at hand, you very much like The Power of Glamour by John List, Uri Gneezy and Virginia Virginia Postrel”
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The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (America in the World)
Discussed“uran OST haml the transformation of the world to global history of the 19th century”
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The undercover economist strikes back
Discussed“It was The Undercover Economist Strikes Back was the book in 2013.”
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