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Tyler Cowen’s book recommendations in 2017

22 books · 6 episodes · Tyler Cowen’s most recommended books, all years →

Every episode from 2017, newest first

Mary Roach on Disgust, Death, and Danger (Live at Mason)

Conversations with Tyler · 2017-10-18

Gulp by Mary Roach · discussed · at 1:12
Grunt by Mary Roach · discussed · at 18:48

Larry Summers on Macroeconomics, Mentorship, and Avoiding Complacency (Live)

Conversations with Tyler · 2017-09-20

The Paradise of Bachelors and The Tartarus of Maids by Herman Melville · discussed · at 21:02

Ben Sasse on the Space between Nebraska and Neverland (Live at Mason)

Conversations with Tyler · 2017-06-28

Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · discussed · at 35:38
The Vanishing American Adult by Ben Sasse · recommended · at 1:21:10

Malcolm Gladwell Wants to Make the World Safe for Mediocrity (Live at Mason)

Conversations with Tyler · 2017-03-15

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell · discussed · at 1:49
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell · discussed · at 1:53
Brown Face, Big Master by Joyce Gladwell · discussed · at 3:52

Rabbi David Wolpe on Leadership, Religion, and Identity (Live at Sixth & I)

Conversations with Tyler · 2017-02-15

David by David Wolpe · discussed · at 0:11
The Book of Samuel by Samuel (the prophet, book 1) · discussed · at 0:11
The book of Genesis by Victor P. Hamilton · discussed · at 4:40
Chronicles by Bob Dylan · discussed · at 10:14
Essays on ethics by Jonathan Sacks · discussed · at 16:24
Zohar: The Book of Splendor by Gershom Scholem · discussed · at 53:44
The Kuzari by Judah Halevi · discussed · at 55:18

Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (Live at Mason)

Conversations with Tyler · 2017-01-11

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne · discussed · at 5:45
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy · discussed · at 5:45
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri · discussed · at 22:17
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri · discussed · at 24:41
The Home and the World, by Rabindranath Tagore. Translated by Rabindranath Tagore · discussed · at 35:45
The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore · discussed · at 35:45
The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri · discussed · at 51:38

Other mentions in 2017 (2: passing, ad reads, own books)