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Every book Jonathan Karp recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Jonathan Karp has recommended or discussed 8 books on podcasts, as of April 12, 2024.
- Jonathan Karp has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of April 12, 2024.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of April 12, 2024.
- The 3 books Jonathan Karp has mentioned in the most episodes, as of April 12, 2024: Did I Ever Tell You?, All the President's Men and Chicka chicka boom boom.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Jonathan Karp aired on April 12, 2024.
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Jonathan Karp’s most recommended books
- Did I Ever Tell You? by Genevieve Kingston
- All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward
- Chicka chicka boom boom by Bill Martin Jr.
- Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight
- Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld
- Rage by Bob Woodward
- The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
- Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein
Jonathan Karp is a publishing executive and the president and chief executive officer of Simon & Schuster. In an interview on The Book Review podcast celebrating a century of Simon & Schuster, Karp discussed a wide array of notable titles from the publisher's history, ranging from children's books to influential political journalism and memoirs. He highlighted Did I Ever Tell You? by Genevieve Kingston as a prime example of a gut instinct publishing acquisition. Karp also discussed Ernest Becker's The Denial of Death as his favorite book from the company's century-long history, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's All the President's Men as a definitive text defining political and investigative journalism, and Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault's Chicka Chicka Boom Boom as a fun children's book. Among other works, he mentioned David W. Blight's biography Frederick Douglass, Ezra Klein's Why We're Polarized for understanding modern political division, Bob Woodward's Rage detailing the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 crisis, and Jerry Seinfeld's Is This Anything?, which Seinfeld recorded independently during the pandemic.
Books recommended by Jonathan Karp
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Did I Ever Tell You?
Did I Ever Tell You? is a deeply personal memoir by Genevieve Kingston that chronicles her family's experiences and the emotional weight of memory and loss.
Recommended“it's called did I ever tell you the writer's name is Genevie Kingston and I think that that's an example of gut”
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All the President's Men
All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward is a classic work of investigative journalism detailing the reporting process behind the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon's presidency.
Discussed“I mean I could give you a more predictable one like All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein which I think defines the way the journalists cover politics and and certainly gave investigative journalism real voice in the culture”
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Chicka chicka boom boom
Discussed“all right well I'll start with a children's book because it's fun how about Chicka Chicka Boom Boom I think I read that to my child”
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass by David W.
Discussed“I think that Frederick Douglas by David blight an award-winning historian this was a this was 10 years in the works”
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Is This Anything?
Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld is a humor collection that compiles decades of the comedian's scrap jokes, observations, and polished stand-up bits, offering a rare glimpse into the mechanics of comedy writing.
Discussed“and in fact during the pandemic one of the authors I chose to work with was Jerry Seinfeld and he had to record is this anything all by himself in the middle of the pandemic”
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Rage
Rage by Bob Woodward is an investigative non-fiction book that examines the Trump administration's handling of crises, race relations, and foreign diplomacy through extensive interviews and secret recordings.
Discussed“I think last last time in 2020 I was so grateful and privileged to have been able um to publish Bob's book Rage which showed how the Trump Administration handled the covid crisis and showed how Donald Trump specifically lied about covid lied to the American people”
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The Denial of Death
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning philosophical and psychological study that argues human behavior is fundamentally driven by an unconscious terror of mortality and the subsequent cultural mechanisms created to deny it.
Discussed“the denial of death by Ernest Becker what a great way to start a Wednesday”
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Why We're Polarized
Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein is a deep dive into the structural forces driving American political division.
Discussed“Ezra Klein why we're polarized this is this is an older book but obviously we need to understand why we're polarized and I think that Ezra has actually written the the signal book on that topic”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| 100 Years of Simon & Schuster | The Book Review | 2024-04-12 | 8 |