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Scott Galloway books: every book Scott Galloway wrote and recommended
Across 5 podcasts. Every show Scott Galloway appears on, in one place — not just one.
Books by Scott Galloway
Scott Galloway’s most recommended books
- The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff
- The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Adventures of a Bystander by Peter Drucker
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman
Scott Galloway appeared on multiple podcasts, including The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, My First Million, The Megyn Kelly Show, This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, and How I Write, where he discussed various books and his own writing processes. On The Diary Of A CEO, Galloway recommended John Irving's novel The Hotel New Hampshire, explaining that reading Irving's strange characters made him feel better about himself. He also recommended Jonathan Haidt's book The Anxious Generation, which he noted was written by his NYU colleague and addresses the mental health struggles of younger generations. On My First Million, Galloway recommended Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow, noting that he had read it multiple times to master loss aversion theory. During the same episode, he also recommended Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens, mentioning that he read it several times to fully embed the concepts into his memory. On The Megyn Kelly Show, Galloway again brought up Jonathan Haidt's work, this time recommending The Coddling of the American Mind, co-authored with Greg Lukianoff, while discussing the emerging epidemic of teen depression and campus culture. Later, on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, he referenced The Anxious Generation to talk about the negative impacts of social media on young people. Finally, on How I Write, Galloway discussed his own book The Four, explaining how he initially developed the material during a talk at a conference called DLD.
Books recommended by Scott Galloway
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt investigates how modern safetyism, declining childhood resilience, and the rapid rise of social media are negatively impacting the mental health and emotional development of younger generations.
Recommended“my colleague at NYU Jonathan height wrote this fantastic book called The coddling of the American mind”
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The Anxious Generation
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt is a contemporary psychological study examining how the rise of smartphones, social media, and a shift toward safetyism have devastated adolescent mental health and created a severe youth loneliness crisis.
Discussed“oh it's a disaster there's my colleague at NYU Jonathan heid he wrote this book uh called the anxious generation”
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping narrative that traces the evolutionary and historical development of the human species from prehistoric bands to modern civilizations.
Recommended“I read Sapiens several times. I want to like really really you know, embed stuff.”
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The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving is a sprawling, eccentric novel following the Berry family through a series of extraordinary hardships, bizarre escapades, and international travels.
Recommended“and then I read a bunch of John Irving novels the world according to GARP Cider House roles and the people in it were just so [ __ ] strange it made me feel better about myself”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a seminal exploration of behavioral psychology that examines the two systems of the human mind—intuitive thinking and deliberate reasoning—and how cognitive biases drive systematic errors in judgment.
Recommended“Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow. I've read that book a few times and I know everything about loss aversion theory.”
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Adventures of a Bystander
Discussed“I read Observations of a Bystander by Peter Drucker. I read Sapiens several times.”
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Dune
Dune by Frank Herbert is a sweeping science fiction epic set on the desert planet Arrakis, chronicling the rise of a young messiah named Paul Atreides amidst intergalactic political betrayal and the extraction of a valuable resource known as spice.
Discussed“I remember I've been watching some wonderful I you know, I'm so excited to watch Dune because I remember reading That was one of You know those books you read in high school that kind of changed the way you look at things and like illuminated you to stuff? That Dune was one of those books. You know, I thought”
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The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning
The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning by Scott Galloway offers a collection of philosophical reflections and practical insights on career progression, personal fulfillment, and human relationships.
Discussed“I just signed or I'm about to sign a three-book deal. This the algebra. Yeah, algebra of I've done algebra of happiness, algebra of wealth, and now I'm going to do algebra of masculinity, algebra of work, and algebra of mating.”
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The Algebra of Wealth
The Algebra of Wealth by Scott Galloway is a practical guide outlining financial principles and modern economic survival strategies.
Discussed“I just signed or I'm about to sign a three-book deal. This the algebra. Yeah, algebra of I've done algebra of happiness, algebra of wealth, and now I'm going to do algebra of masculinity, algebra of work, and algebra of mating.”
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The Coming Wave
The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar is a critical examination of artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, warning of the immense disruptive power these technologies pose to global stability and society.
Discussed“I was speaking to Mustafa Solomon who was the one of the co-founders of and Mustafa yeah yeah yeah one of the co-founders of m Deep Mind which sold to Google and in his new book The Coming wave he talks about how all of these breakthroughs in technology”
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The Four
The Four by Scott Galloway is a profound analysis of the big four technology companies—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.
Discussed“And also I did a talk. My process is I did a talk called The Four at this conference called DLD.”
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Questions about Scott Galloway’s book recommendations
What book does Scott Galloway recommend most?
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff. Scott Galloway recommended it in 2 episodes, with 2 explicit recommendations.
How many books has Scott Galloway recommended on podcasts?
We have found 11 books Scott Galloway recommended or discussed, across 8 episodes of 5 podcasts. Ad reads and passing mentions are not counted.
What books are on Scott Galloway's reading list?
The books Scott Galloway has recommended most on podcasts are The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff, The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving and Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. The full book list below has all 11.
What books has Scott Galloway written?
The Four (2017), The Algebra of Happiness (2019), Post Corona (2020), Adrift (2022), The Algebra of Wealth (2024) and Notes on Being a Man (2025).
What did Scott Galloway recommend on How I Write?
Dune, The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning and The Algebra of Wealth, among 4 books in all.
What is the latest book Scott Galloway recommended?
The Hotel New Hampshire, recommended on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (2025-03-31).
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Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
“What's the new book? Uh, notes on being a man. It comes out November the 4th.”
“so I change it to work in progress notes on becoming a man and I just talk about stories that I've written about about some of the things we've talked about today and trying to use masculinity as a code”
“and it is becoming a little bit handmaid's taale 21 States now restrict to some extent abortion”
“part of my journey around writing the book and coaching young people around financial literacy is being very transparent about my assets”
“well the first is to just acknowledge that America becomes more like it's itself every day and my book isn't about the way what America should be it's about what America is”
“The book's called The Algebra of Wealth. I tried to distill it down to a a small number of uh uh features.”
“So, Sam, if you could go buy several thousand books, I'd appreciate it. Um and if you like it, write a review.”
“in Sex and the City they called it the power flip and that is you your your currency in the marketplace is probably going to increase over the next 15 years”
“I got a book coming out on financial literacy called the algebra of wealth”
“one of my my books the algebra of Happiness was optioned to be turned into a series and the series was going to be like an R-rated version of Modern Family because this was the reality of my life”
“and my new book adrift American 100 charts available on let me think Amazon”
“if you will to talk about money which I think is a little bit and I'm parroting The Godfather here a means for rich people to stay wealthy”