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Every book Shilo Brooks recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Shilo Brooks has recommended or discussed 11 books on podcasts, as of October 30, 2025.
- Shilo Brooks has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of October 30, 2025.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of October 30, 2025.
- The 3 books Shilo Brooks has mentioned in the most episodes, as of October 30, 2025: Emma, Middlemarch and Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Shilo Brooks aired on October 30, 2025.
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Shilo Brooks’s most recommended books
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Republic by Plato
- The Symposium by Plato
Shilo Brooks appeared on Honestly with Bari Weiss to discuss the struggles facing modern men and the vital role that classical literature and philosophical reading play in education and personal development. Brooks recommended a curated selection of foundational texts designed to challenge readers and provoke deep contemplation on human existence. He strongly recommended Plato's Republic, describing it as perhaps the greatest historical work ever written on the nature of justice, and paired it with Plato's Symposium as essential reading for understanding love and philosophy beyond surface-level ideas. Brooks also recommended Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, identifying it as a profoundly scathing critique of Western traditions from top to bottom. To encourage young people to meditate thoughtfully on the complexities of romantic love and human relationships, Brooks suggested Jane Austen's Emma and Pride and Prejudice, alongside George Eliot's Middlemarch. In discussing his academic teaching background, Brooks also referenced Niccolò Machiavelli's infamous treatise The Prince as a premier text on leadership and political strategy, and noted his use of Karl Marx's The Jewish Question in university seminars. Through these recommendations, Brooks emphasized that engaging with difficult, classic texts is necessary for developing moral clarity, intellectual resilience, and a deeper understanding of the Western philosophical tradition.
Books Shilo Brooks recommended or discussed
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Emma
Recommended“I think you need to meditate especially as a young person on love. Whether you do that through Jane Austen and a book like Emma or Pride and Prejudice, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Plato's Symposium books on love...”
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Middlemarch
Recommended“Whether you do that through Jane Austen and a book like Emma or Pride and Prejudice, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Plato's Symposium books on love...”
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Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil
Recommended“I've written a book on him, but he wrote a book called Beyond Good and Evil which in my view is the most scathing critique of the West from top to bottom ever written.”
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Pride and Prejudice
Recommended“Whether you do that through Jane Austen and a book like Emma or Pride and Prejudice, George Eliot's Middlemarch, Plato's Symposium books on love...”
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The Republic
Recommended“Yeah, so I think you know, you can't not read Plato's Republic. Plato's Republic is probably the greatest book on justice ever written.”
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The Symposium
Recommended“George Eliot's Middlemarch, Plato's Symposium books on love that give you that make you begin to think more than just about kind of the super...”
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Karl Marx on the Jewish Question
Discussed“And our reading for that week was two books. One was Karl Marx's The Jewish Question and I had coupled that with Elie Wiesel's Night.”
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Night
Discussed“One was Karl Marx's The Jewish Question and I had coupled that with Elie Wiesel's Night. And we were going to read them together that week and it was the week it just happened to be that week.”
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The Great Gatsby
Discussed“F. Scott Fitzgerald is among the most beautiful writers ever to emerge in the world and I think when students have a sentence that takes their breath away when there's a phrase we were reading The Great Gatsby yesterday and I pointed out to my producer that Fitzgerald uses this phrase to describe the night sky, the silver pepper of”
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The prince
Discussed“I chose Machiavelli because he wrote the greatest book on leadership ever written, The Prince which advises you to lie, cheat, steal, and murder to get ahead.”
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The Taming of the Shrew
Discussed“Shakespeare's guilty of the same thing although he wrote a book called Taming of the Shrew which sobers one up about what love should be.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men Are Struggling. Reading Can Help. | Honestly with Bari Weiss | 2025-10-30 | 11 |