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Every book Jon Favreau recommended on podcasts
Jon Favreau frequently shares reading recommendations and book discussions on Pod Save America. Known for his political commentary and interviews, he uses his platform to highlight a diverse range of titles spanning contemporary fiction, politics, and children's literature. Among his notable recommendations is Emily St. John Mandel's acclaimed speculative work Station Eleven, along with her subsequent novel Sea of Tranquility. Favreau has also highlighted Gabino Iglesias's fantastical crime noir novel The Devil Takes You Home, praising its unique setting along the Texas-Mexico border. For younger readers, he recommended the children's series Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! by Kara West. In addition to fiction, Favreau often spotlights nonfiction and current affairs, such as Mehdi Hasan's guide to public speaking and persuasion, Win Every Argument, Jason Rezaian's memoir Prisoner detailing his detention in Iran, and visual documentaries like the feature on Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Through these varied selections, Favreau demonstrates an eclectic literary curiosity that bridges gripping storytelling, social commentary, and accessible entertainment for his audience.
Books recommended by Jon Favreau
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Win Every Argument
Win Every Argument by Mehdi Hasan is a comprehensive guide to the art of debating, persuading, and public speaking.
Recommended“he is the host of the medi Hassan show and author of the new book win every argument the art of debating persuading and public speaking”
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Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero!
Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! by Kara West is a children's book series about an ordinary young girl who discovers she possesses extraordinary superhero abilities.
Recommended“it's this book series called Mia Mayhem about a little girl who becomes a superhero kylo loves it”
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Notorious RBG
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik is a biography celebrating the cultural impact and legal legacy of the iconic Supreme Court Justice.
Recommended“yeah i mean i'm sure uh everyone or a lot of you who are listening to this have seen this but you know i finally watched um rbg the documentary um i think just before the the pandemic hit back in the old world and um it it's it it's a must-see it's it's incredible”
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Prisoner
Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison by Jason Rezaian is a gripping memoir detailing the author's harrowing ordeal as the Tehran bureau chief of the Washington Post who was unjustly detained by the Iranian regime.
Recommended“Ben Rhodes and I sat down with Jason rezaian who is the former Tehran bureau chief of the Washington Post who was taken captive by the Iranian regime for 544 days... it's such a great conversation because Jason wrote a book about his experience... great book Read The Prisoner”
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Sea of Tranquility
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St.
Recommended“Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel who wrote station 11 which is a book about a pandemic that was phenomenal before the pandemics”
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Station Eleven
Station Eleven by Emily St.
Recommended“Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel who wrote station 11 which is a book about a pandemic that was phenomenal before the pandemics”
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The Devil Takes You Home
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias is a dark, fantastical crime noir novel set along the Texas-Mexico border.
Recommended“another book called the devil takes you home by a guy named gabino Iglesias which is it's a sort of a Fantastical crime Noir book written that takes place on the Texas Mexico border”
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A Promised Land
A Promised Land by Barack Obama is a presidential memoir detailing the early life and political rise of the forty-fourth U.S.
Discussed“and i am just getting through promised land now”
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Boy Mom
Discussed“now I like doing that reading boy mom which is about raising young men and uh solid and uh you know modern masculinity”
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Casablanca
Casablanca by Richard J.
Discussed“it just like reminded me of the line from Casablanca which is shocked shocked to find gambling in this casino”
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Finding My Voice
Discussed“my conversation with our friend and former senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett about her new book finding my voice”
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Ours Was the Shining Future
Ours Was the Shining Future by David Leonhardt is a sweeping economic and social history that investigates the erosion of the American dream, growing inequality, and the struggles of the working class.
Discussed“and um DAV lehart David leonhart's book um ours was a shining future about the uh American dream and inequality”
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The Mueller Report
Discussed“so the the the bar book blurb the news of it broke along partisan lines and I like that should no longer surprise us on literally any issue”
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Books Jon Favreau wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“oh do you guys know Trump had a book called The Art of the comeback from 1997 preent”
“it's a little little book called The Audacity Of Hope that did pretty well”
“later in the episode you'll hear my interview with Doris kar's Goodwin author of the new book leadership in turbulent times”
“many of the children are in a detention center that includes a gigantic mural of Donald Trump next to a quote from art of the deal”
“he's got the book deal the book is coming out not well though”
“and then you have like literally a phone book that remembers on a film that was some data points the point that I got”
“former Hillary Clinton campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri who's written a new book called dear madam president an open letter to the women who will run the world”