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Tyler Cowen’s book recommendations in 2024

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Paula Byrne on Thomas Hardy's Women, Jane Austen's Humor, and Evelyn Waugh's Warmth

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-12-11

Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses by Paula Byrne · discussed · at 0:16
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy · discussed · at 5:29

Stephen Kotkin on Stalin, Power, and the Art of Biography

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-12-04

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman · discussed · at 1:03:03

Russ Roberts on Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-11-25

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy · discussed · at 3:55
The Charterhouse of Parma by John). STENDHAL (Marie-Henri Beyle) (BERRYMAN · discussed · at 22:50
Sakhalin Island by Anton Chekhov · recommended · at 27:16

Tyler Cowen on Life and Fate

EconTalk · 2024-11-25

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy · discussed · at 3:54
The Charterhouse of Parma by John). STENDHAL (Marie-Henri Beyle) (BERRYMAN · discussed · at 22:49
Sakhalin Island by Anton Chekhov · discussed · at 27:24
The road by Василий Семёнович Гроссман · discussed · at 41:13
An Armenian Sketchbook by Vasily Grossman · recommended · at 59:14

Neal Stephenson on History, Spycraft, and American-Soviet Parallels

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-11-13

Polostan by Neal Stephenson · discussed · at 0:09
Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman · discussed · at 21:38
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson · discussed · at 47:07

Christopher Kirchhoff on Military Innovation and the Future of War

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-10-30

Unit X by Raj M. Shah · discussed · at 0:11

Musa al-Gharbi on Elite Wokeness, Islam, and Social Movements

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-10-16

We Have Never Been Woke by Musa al-Gharbi · recommended · at 58:57

Philip Ball on the Interplay of Science, Society, and the Quest for Understanding

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-09-04

The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells · discussed · at 21:26
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien · discussed · at 24:13
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe · discussed · at 41:35
How Life Works by Philip Ball · discussed · at 45:53
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins · discussed · at 53:49

Nate Silver on Risk-takers, Politicians, and Poker Players

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-08-21

On the Edge by Nate Silver · discussed · at 0:04

Paul Bloom on the Psychology of Children, and the Morality of Empathy and Disgust

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-08-07

Against Empathy by Paul Bloom · discussed · at 23:15

Alan Taylor on Revolutionary Ironies and the Continental Civil War

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-07-24

American Civil Wars by Alan Taylor · recommended · at 0:36
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe · discussed · at 45:13

Michael Nielsen on Collaboration, Quantum Computing, and Civilization's Fragility

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-05-29

Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon · discussed · at 8:52
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon · discussed · at 8:52

Benjamin Moser on the Dutch Masters, Brazil, and Cultural Icons

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-05-15

A Turn in the South by V. S. Naipaul · discussed · at 1:01:33
India: A Million Mutinies Now by V. S. Naipaul · critiqued · at 1:01:50

Coleman Hughes on Colorblindness, Jazz, and Identity

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-05-01

End of Race Politics by Coleman Hughes · discussed · at 12:12

Jonathan Haidt on Adjusting to Smartphones and Social Media

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-04-03

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt · discussed · at 13:11
The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley · discussed · at 46:11
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker · discussed · at 46:11
Nonzero by Robert Wright · discussed · at 46:24

Marilynne Robinson on Biblical Interpretation, Calvinist Thought, and Religion in America

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-03-20

Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson · recommended · at 0:32
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin · discussed · at 25:14
Mother country by Marilynne Robinson · discussed · at 43:18
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson · recommended · at 48:16

Tyler Cowen — Hayek, Keynes, & Smith on AI, animal spirits, anarchy, & growth

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2024-01-31

The constitution of liberty by Friedrich A. von Hayek · critiqued · at 15:50
How to Pay for the War by John Maynard Keynes · discussed · at 16:33

Rebecca F. Kuang on National Literatures, Book Publishing, and History in Fiction

Conversations with Tyler · 2024-01-24

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke · discussed · at 6:07
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski · discussed · at 7:33
The Dream of The Red Chamber by Tsʻao, Hsüeh-chʻin. · discussed · at 19:57
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu · discussed · at 24:06

Other mentions in 2024 (32: passing, ad reads, own books)