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Every book Shankar Vedantam recommended on podcasts
Books recommended by Shankar Vedantam
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a monumental 19th-century masterpiece of Russian literature that explores complex themes of love, adultery, social class, and tragic human choices.
Discussed“In his great novel, Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy spends hundreds of pages describing Count Vronsky's desperate longing to be with Anna, the woman he loves.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why Am I Unhappy? | Hidden Brain | 2026-10-12 | 1 |
Other mentions (15: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing Survival in Auschwitz
“So this calls to mind the sad end of the author and the Holocaust survivor, Primo Levi. He was the author of Survival at Auschwitz.”
Plugged The Opposite of Happiness
“He's the author of The Opposite of Happiness, How Bad Feelings Make and Break Us.”
Plugged Joyful, Anyway
“She is the author of Joyful Anyway, as well as Everything Happens for a Reason and No Cure for Being Human.”
Plugged Everything Happens for a Reason
“She is the author of Joyful Anyway, as well as Everything Happens for a Reason and No Cure for Being Human.”
Plugged No Cure for Being Human
“She is the author of Joyful Anyway, as well as Everything Happens for a Reason and No Cure for Being Human.”
Plugged The Awakened Brain
“She's the author of The Awakened Brain, The New Science of Spirituality, and Our Quest for an Inspired Life.”
Plugged The New Science of Social Change
“She's the author of The Awakened Brain, The New Science of Spirituality, and Our Quest for an Inspired Life.”
Plugged The Awakened Brain
“She's the author of The Awakened Brain, The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life.”
Plugged The New Science of Social Change
“She's the author of The Awakened Brain, The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life.”
Plugged The Awakened Brain
“She is the author of The Awakened Brain, The New Science of Spirituality, and Our Quest for an Inspired Life.”
Plugged The New Science of Social Change
“She is the author of The Awakened Brain, The New Science of Spirituality, and Our Quest for an Inspired Life.”
Plugged Agency
“Martin Seligman is a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania he's the author of many books including Agency The Psychological History of Human Progress”
Plugged Agency
“Martin Seligman is a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania he is the author of Agency the psychological history of human progress”
Plugged Agency
“He's the author of many books, including, most recently, Agency, The Psychological History of Human Progress.”
Plugged Agency
“He's the author of Agency, The Psychological History of Human Progress.”