Every book Marcus King recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Marcus King

Who said what is determined automatically. In hand-checked samples, at least 6% of mentions were credited to the wrong speaker — sometimes an interviewer’s line recorded as the guest’s, sometimes the reverse. Every entry below quotes the words and links to the episode, so you can check it.

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   East of Eden

   John Steinbeck · Discussed · 1 episode

   East of Eden by John Steinbeck is a sweeping, multi-generational epic novel set in the Salinas Valley that deeply explores profound themes of good and evil, free will, guilt, and human redemption through the parallel histories of the Trask and Hamilton families.

   Discussed

   “That's what That's what my process is like in the studio, man. Like this last record we did like we had a projector and we'd play like you know uh Giant with James Dean or we play like Easy Rider Big Labowski or like films that like inspired us films that we like really gravitated towards and I all the”

   The Joe Rogan Experience #2499 - Marcus King 2026-05-14 Listen at 2:11:44

   Where to get it

   Amazon Audible

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