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Stephen Dubner’s book recommendations in 2016

24 books · 23 episodes · Stephen Dubner’s most recommended books, all years →

Every episode from 2016, newest first

How to Become Great at Just About Anything (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-12-29

Peak by Anders Ericsson · discussed · at 9:11
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell · discussed · at 20:11

How to Be More Productive (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-12-22

Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg · discussed · at 10:12
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg · discussed · at 10:12

269. Bad Medicine, Part 2: (Drug) Trials and Tribulations

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-12-08

Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre · discussed · at 34:02

How To Win A Nobel Prize (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-10-06

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman · discussed · at 43:36

261. Why Are We Still Using Cash?

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-09-29

The Curse of Cash by Kenneth S. Rogoff · discussed · at 12:11

257. The Future (Probably) Isn’t as Scary as You Think

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-09-01

The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly · discussed · at 3:19

Aziz Ansari Needs Another Toothbrush (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-08-18

Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari · discussed · at 5:30

254. What Are Gender Barriers Made Of?

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-07-21

Sharing the Work by Myra Strober · discussed · at 37:45

253. Is the Internet Being Ruined?

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-07-14

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley · discussed · at 26:17
How Not to Network a Nation by Benjamin Peters · discussed · at 29:09

Time to Take Back the Toilet

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-06-09

The Sonic Boom by Joel Beckerman · discussed · at 23:36

249. The Longest Long Shot

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-05-26

Soccernomics by Simon Kuper · discussed · at 9:12

248. How to Be Tim Ferriss

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-05-19

The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss · discussed · at 12:32
The 4-hour Chef by Timothy Ferriss · discussed · at 39:06

247. How to Win Games and Beat People

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-05-12

How to Win Games and Beat People by Tom Whipple · discussed · at 12:43

246. How to Get More Grit in Your Life

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-05-05

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell · discussed · at 18:26
Peak by Anders Ericsson · discussed · at 18:54

245. Being Malcolm Gladwell

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-05-02

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell · discussed · at 5:14
Peak by Anders Ericsson · discussed · at 15:48

244. How to Become Great at Just About Anything

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-04-28

Peak by Anders Ericsson · discussed · at 15:46
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell · discussed · at 34:15

243. How to Be More Productive

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-04-21

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg · discussed · at 9:15
Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg · discussed · at 9:15

240. Yes, the American Economy Is in a Funk -- But Not for the Reasons You Think

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-03-17

The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon · discussed · at 5:20

238. The United States of Cory Booker

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-03-03

United by Cory Booker · discussed · at 3:44

236. How Can This Possibly Be True?

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-02-18

Free to Choose by Milton Friedman · discussed · at 15:31

Is America’s Education Problem Really Just a Teacher Problem? (Rebroadcast)

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-01-28

The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley · discussed · at 5:15

233. How to Be Less Terrible at Predicting the Future

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-01-14

Expert Political Judgment by Philip E. Tetlock · discussed · at 9:50
Superforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock · discussed · at 11:19

232. The True Story of the Gender Pay Gap

Freakonomics Radio · 2016-01-07

Unfinished business by Anne-Marie Slaughter · discussed · at 12:36

Other mentions in 2016 (37: passing, ad reads, own books)