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Tyler Cowen's book list: the books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler
Books from the latest episodes
Most recommended on Conversations with Tyler
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" was referenced on Conversations with Tyler by host Tyler Cowen and guests such as Tobi Lütke and Alex Ross. The participants brought up the work in various contexts, including discussing literary tropes of power and invisibility, comparing it to management principles, and examining its cultural impact on music and fantasy.
Discussed“COWEN: Tolkien. I mean Lord of the Rings.”
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Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged was discussed across several episodes of Conversations with Tyler. Guests including Henry Oliver, Blake Scholl, Jennifer Burns, and Jimmy Wales talked about the book in various contexts, ranging from its place in literature as a late bloomer to its specific references, such as Galt's speech and supersonic flight. While Jimmy Wales defended Rand's underlying ideas on capitalism and objectivism, Jennifer Burns critiqued the novel for lacking editorial oversight, and Tyler Cowen explored its themes with his guests.
Discussed“OLIVER: [...] but if we accept that Atlas Shrugged is singular, then yes, she’s a late bloomer.”
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General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen and guests such as George Selgin and Niall Ferguson discussed John Maynard Keynes's 'General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.' Ferguson shared memories of reading the difficult text during his time at Oxford, while Cowen and Selgin analyzed Keynes's historical impact. Selgin specifically critiqued several policy recommendations found in the book, including protectionism and the nationalization of investment, while acknowledging its broader economic influence.
Critiqued“His piece on protectionism, his call in the general theory to nationalize investment, course, those are some pretty bad recommendations, even though he got some things quite right.”
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling was discussed on Conversations with Tyler. Tyler Cowen brought up the Harry Potter series in an overrated and underrated segment and later mentioned the later novels to discuss story length in marketing. In an interview with Lydia Davis, Cowen asked her why she dislikes the series, prompting Davis to explain her critical perspective on the style of writing, characters, and overall execution of the novels.
Discussed“COWEN: Harry Potter.”
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The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin's novel The Dispossessed was discussed on Conversations with Tyler. Tyler Cowen brought up the book with guests Ada Palmer and Jerusalem Demsas, exploring its themes of gender distinctions, war, and political structures. Demsas provided a basic plot summary of the work, and Cowen remarked on its anti-utopian elements during a discussion with Reid Hoffman.
Discussed“In Ursula Le Guin, if you read the major novels At least in the fiction, there seems to be this suggestion that the only way you can get rid of war is to really narrow or abolish or limit distinctions between men and women. Do you think that's in you know, Left Hand of Darkness or Dispossessed?”
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The Republic
On Conversations with Tyler, Harvey Mansfield discussed Plato's The Republic while examining why certain classic texts guarantee their own future across millennia. Tyler Cowen noted that readers frequently misinterpret the work as a mere homage to totalitarianism. Philip Ball cited the text as the historical origin source for the myth of Gyges and his ring of invisibility. Additionally, Marilynne Robinson compared the biblical actions of Moses to the community-building ideas developed by Plato in The Republic.
Discussed“Why is it that we still read Plato’s Republic, say, 2,500 years later?”
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Ulysses
James Joyce's novel Ulysses was discussed on Conversations with Tyler by Lydia Davis, Alex Ross, and Cass Sunstein. The guests shared their personal experiences reading the book early in life or while living in Ireland, while Sunstein praised it as one of the richest novels of the past 150 years during an overrated-underrated segment.
Discussed“i had a problem a long time ago trying to read ulysses by joyce and started it twice and finally read it when i lived in ireland”
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War and Peace
On Conversations with Tyler, Dan Wang compared War and Peace unfavorably to Anna Karenina in a 2025 episode. Tyler Cowen disagreed, arguing that War and Peace is superior and less of a mono novel. Cowen also referenced Leo Tolstoy's work in a 2024 episode while comparing Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate to Tolstoy's model, and mentioned War and Peace in 2016 as part of an economic life hack to read only the most famous translated works.
Discussed“I much prefer Anna Karenina to War and Peace.”
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Faerie queene
Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene was discussed across multiple episodes of Conversations with Tyler. Katherine Rundell recommended it during an overrated and underrated segment, suggesting readers set aside a week for it. Tyler Cowen also brought up the work in a similar segment, while Camille Paglia discussed its historical themes and enormous impact on Shakespeare and the Romantic poets.
Discussed“COWEN: Spenser’s Faerie Queene.”
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Life and Fate
Vasily Grossman's novel 'Life and Fate' was discussed on Conversations with Tyler by host Tyler Cowen and guest Russ Roberts. Roberts introduced the book as the main topic of conversation for an episode, while Cowen frequently referenced the novel across different discussions to connect its themes of party denunciations and decentralized control to broader concepts of totalitarianism and Soviet fiction.
Discussed“much of that is a theme in vasel Grossman's life and fate right the paity of people denunciations the logic of decentralized control”
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MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick was mentioned across multiple episodes of Conversations with Tyler. Tyler Cowen and guests including Annie Jacobsen, John Gray, and Jhumpa Lahiri discussed the novel's lasting influence, its translations, and its significance as a favorite work of literature.
Discussed“What's your favorite novel? Moby Dick or Blee House if I had to say.”
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The Dream of The Red Chamber
The classical Chinese novel The Dream of the Red Chamber came up on Conversations with Tyler when host Tyler Cowen spoke with various guests. Cowen cited the book to examine Western readership and engagement with classic Chinese literature, discussed its importance with Fuchsia Dunlop, and explored complex, lengthy literary works in a conversation with Michael Orthofer.
Discussed“But again, you get into Chinese fiction or if you look at a classic work, Dream of Red Chamber, other than people with some kind of background in China or Chinese studies, I know very few people who've read Dream of Red Chamber.”
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Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift was featured in Conversations with Tyler across episodes in 2023 and 2026. Tyler Cowen and guest Henry Oliver discussed the novel while exploring Adam Smith's literary influences, noting that fiction is intentionally ambivalent and that Swift avoids expressing direct opinions. Cowen also mentioned the novel as a shared reading selection with Jerusalem Demsas and touched upon the frontispiece of the book's first edition.
Discussed“OLIVER: He loves Gulliver’s Travels. He loves Samuel Richardson.”
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The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu's The Three-Body Problem was discussed on Conversations with Tyler by Dan Wang, Tyler Cowen, and Rebecca F. Kuang. The speakers examined the book's global popularity, its literary merits, and its science fiction influences.
Discussed“Liu Cixin, author of The Three-Body Problem.”
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Anna Karenina
On Conversations with Tyler, Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina came up in discussions with different guests. Dana Gioia praised it as the greatest thing he had ever read, calling its greatness unmatched. In another episode, Dan Wang and Tyler Cowen discussed the novel, with Wang expressing a strong preference for Anna Karenina over War and Peace, while Cowen argued that War and Peace is superior due to its greater complexity and sprawling scope.
Discussed“I much prefer Anna Karenina to War and Peace.”
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Economics Rules
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen promoted Dani Rodrik's book Economics Rules at the end of an episode, recommending the audience buy and read it. Cowen also mentioned the book when asking an overrated-or-underrated question about randomized control trials, and later discussed the book alongside Jeff Holmes during a retrospective episode.
Discussed“Dani Rodrik, Economics Rules, CWT guest. COWEN: Mercantilism, to me, looks worse than it did 10 years ago, now that I have to live under it.”
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How Asia Works
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen and Jeff Holmes discussed Joe Studwell's book "How Asia Works." Holmes highlighted the title as one of Tyler's top book picks of the year, praising its focus on the world's most dynamic region. Later in the episode, Cowen recommended the book alongside Studwell's other works, noting that it is essential reading and has made a major impact.
Discussed“The first is How Asia Works, which is extremely well known and has had major impact.”
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The Wages of Destruction
On Conversations with Tyler, Pierpaolo Barbieri recommended J. Adam Tooze's The Wages of Destruction to listeners interested in economic history and cited it while discussing Nazi military spending. Tyler Cowen also brought up the book to question Tooze regarding German prosperity during the 1930s.
Discussed“because at one point as as adam twos wrote masterfully in wages of destruction you know you ended up having 20 to 25 of gdp going into armaments”
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Capitalism and freedom
On Conversations with Tyler, Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom was discussed by guests Jennifer Burns and Glen Weyl. Burns highlighted Rose Friedman's essential role in putting the book together and contrasted its reception in the United States and Britain, while Weyl described it as one of his favorite books and compared its ideas to the philosophies of John Rawls.
Discussed“I don't think we'd have Milton the public intellectual without Rose and that is specifically putting together capitalism and freedom”
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Jared Diamond's book Guns, Germs, and Steel was brought up on Conversations with Tyler. Host Tyler Cowen referenced the book when discussing seminal works and the study of whole societies over millennia, while Diamond explained the book's origins and how a single chapter from his 1991 work, The Third Chimpanzee, eventually expanded into the book.
Discussed“Your other books, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and so on, are about whole societies for 10,000 years.”
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The book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis from Victor P. Hamilton's biblical commentary and studies was discussed on Conversations with Tyler by host Tyler Cowen and guests John Gray and David Wolpe. Gray described Genesis as a fundamental text for understanding the human condition, while Wolpe and Cowen analyzed its narratives regarding political order, sibling rivalry, and familial conflict.
Discussed“The whole of the Bible, one of the key texts for me is the Book of Genesis, two books, the Book of Genesis and the Book of Job.”
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The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann's novel The Magic Mountain came up on Conversations with Tyler. Brad DeLong named it as his favorite novel when asked by host Tyler Cowen, and Dan Wang discussed the book while comparing its structure to Mann's earlier work, Buddenbrooks.
Discussed“I prefer Buddenbrooks to Magic Mountain.”
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The prince
On Conversations with Tyler, Harvey Mansfield and Ada Palmer discussed Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince. Mansfield referenced the text while analyzing Machiavelli's treatment of conspiracy and the concept of fortune. Palmer mentioned the work while musing about historical figures she would like to visit if she could travel back in time to talk to Machiavelli late in his life.
Discussed“The longest chapter in Machiavelli’s two great works, The Prince and The Discourses on Livy, is the chapter on conspiracy.”
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
On Conversations with Tyler, John le Carré's novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold was discussed by Malcolm Gladwell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Gladwell highlighted the unrelenting bleakness of the novel's world, while Abdul-Jabbar shared that he first read the book during high school, which sparked his lifelong habit of reading le Carré's works.
Discussed“oh wow uh so many right well the very small town in Germany uh the pre um uh spy came in from the cold ones I really like and I also really like um”
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Dominion
On Conversations with Tyler, Fareed Zakaria and Tyler Cowen discussed Tom Holland's book Dominion in episodes from March 2023 and March 2027. Zakaria recommended the work while highlighting the revolutionary nature of Christian ideas, and Cowen reminded the audience of the book's exploration of how the Christian revolution reshaped the world.
Recommended“Tom Holland has a very good book about this uh the he's a he's a wonderful historian in Britain uh call I think it's called Dominion where he points out yeah he he points out what a revolutionary idea this was”
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Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson's novel Snow Crash was recommended on Conversations with Tyler. Simon Johnson named it as his favorite novel, and Niall Ferguson praised it as a brilliant and plausible science fiction dystopia anticipating internet usage.
Recommended“what's your favorite novel and why oh Neil Stevenson snow crash”
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The Confidence Man
Herman Melville's The Confidence Man was recommended by guests and hosts on Conversations with Tyler across different episodes. In July 2016, Tyler Cowen plugged the book as his ultimate choice for the Great American Novel, calling it representative and revealing about America. Later, in November 2023, John Gray also recommended the book during a discussion on pessimism, liberalism, and theism.
Recommended“Uh The Confidence Man is a great book for example.”
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Seeing Like a State
On Conversations with Tyler, Tobi Lütke praised James C. Scott's Seeing Like a State as a fantastic and irreplaceable book shortly after the author's passing. In a different episode, Dan Wang offered a critique of the same work, viewing it as the author's weakest.
Critiqued“I think that James C. Scott's most popular work, Seeing Like a State, is also, unfortunately, his, I would say, weakest work.”
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The Princess Bride
William Goldman's The Princess Bride was discussed on Conversations with Tyler. Tom Tugendhat recommended the work as an incredibly funny book featuring some of the greatest comic lines in the English language. Seth Godin later brought up the title as a literary and cinematic example to illustrate storytelling concepts in the context of marketing.
Recommended“i' love The Princess Bride which is incredibly funny uh and still has some of the greatest comic lines in in in in the English language”
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The Principles of Psychology
On Conversations with Tyler, Paul Bloom recommended William James's The Principles of Psychology after reading the chapter on habit, calling it an incredible and neglected classic. Arthur Brooks also discussed the book and its author while explaining the psychological balance of the I-self and the me-self.
Discussed“He wrote The Principles of Psychology, and he separated the psyche into the I-self and to the me-self.”
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Bleak House
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen brought up Bleak House by Charles Dickens during the overrated/underrated segment on March 4, 2026. Later, on August 6, 2025, Annie Jacobsen named Bleak House as one of her favorite novels when asked about it by Tyler Cowen.
Discussed“COWEN: Dickens’s Bleak House.”
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Chronicles
On Conversations with Tyler, guest Brian Koppelman mentioned Bob Dylan's memoir Chronicles while discussing Dylan's career, mindset, and the constructed nature of artistic personas. In another episode, host Tyler Cowen referenced Chronicles while questioning a guest's characterization of biblical narratives.
Discussed“and Bob saying the thing about the basing himself and all the [ __ ] he made up in Chronicles that per that the lesson is that none of the externalities matter yes Bob wanted success and it's always confusing with Bob because he's a multi-headed Hydra and all that stuff”
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Hamlet
William Shakespeare's play Hamlet was discussed on Conversations with Tyler. Tyler Cowen brought up the play in an episode with Jimmy Wales to examine marginal Wikipedia edits on fixed historical topics, and mentioned it again in an episode with Michael Orthofer while discussing the educational value of classic literature.
Discussed“even for a fairly fixed historical topic take shakespeare's play hamlet this year there have already been at least 35 edits to that entry”
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Paradise Lost
On Conversations with Tyler, John Milton's Paradise Lost was discussed across two episodes. In the episode featuring Henry Oliver, Tyler Cowen asked whether the poem was overrated or underrated. Years earlier, in an episode featuring Cass Sunstein, Sunstein referenced the poem while discussing William Blake's literary interpretation of it as the greatest religious poem in the English language.
Discussed“COWEN: John Milton’s Paradise Lost—overrated or underrated?”
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Star Maker
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen discussed Olaf Stapledon's novel 'Star Maker' in multiple episodes. On April 7, 2021, Cowen brought up the novel while talking with guest Dana Gioia, noting that a friend preferred 'Last and First Men' while most critics favored 'Star Maker'. On May 29, 2024, Cowen mentioned 'Star Maker' alongside 'Last and First Men' while speaking with Michael Nielsen, noting that both he and Nielsen were fans of the author's dual classics.
Discussed“You and I were both fans of Olaf Stapledon who wrote the dual classics Last and First Men and Star Maker.”
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles was discussed on Conversations with Tyler by host Tyler Cowen and guest Paula Byrne. The speakers reflected on Hardy's writing environment and analyzed how the novel can be interpreted through the lens of an immigrant narrative.
Discussed“one was the his study at the top of the house where he wrote Tess and just feeling just just the power of that room”
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker's book The Better Angels of Our Nature was referenced by host Tyler Cowen on Conversations with Tyler during episodes featuring guests Jonathan Haidt and Benjamin Friedman. Cowen brought up Pinker's work to examine historical trends in violence, societal progress, and long-term optimism.
Discussed“Matt Ridley's book Rational Optimist, you know, Steve Pinker's points about the Better Angels of Our Nature.”
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
Tom Wolfe's novel The Bonfire of the Vanities was referenced on Conversations with Tyler by guests David Brooks and Glenn Loury. David Brooks brought up the mid-1980s comic novel to illustrate how Wolfe's work historically captured the public life and complete representation of New York City, while Glenn Loury used the book to reflect on his past mindset.
Discussed“It wasn't that long ago that a Tom Wolf novel said in this city of New York in I don't know what year Bonfire the Vanities was published, but I think sometime in the 80s, all of New York got that because all of New York was represented.”
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The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness was discussed by Tyler Cowen on Conversations with Tyler with guests Ada Palmer and Jerusalem Demsas in late 2023. Cowen brought up the novel to explore its themes of gender and peace, suggesting the narrative implies that achieving social peace requires narrowing, limiting, or altering gender distinctions so that individuals are only capable of sex during a small percentage of the time.
Discussed“In Ursula Le Guin, if you read the major novels At least in the fiction, there seems to be this suggestion that the only way you can get rid of war is to really narrow or abolish or limit distinctions between men and women. Do you think that's in you know, Left Hand of Darkness or Dispossessed?”
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The Managerial Revolution
James Burnham's book The Managerial Revolution was discussed in two separate episodes of Conversations with Tyler. On September 18, 2024, Tobi Lütke talked about being fascinated by Burnham's work, calling it incredible for the era in which it was written. Earlier, on March 13, 2024, Marc Andreessen brought up the 1941 book to explain the historical shift from bourgeois capitalism to managerial capitalism.
Discussed“I've um I I've been fascinated with uh with the Burnham books um um you mean managerial Revolution and mellan are just like especially for when they were written incredible books and um just the the degree by which we have known a lot of these kind of things but haven't known the solution to some of you know the”
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The Odyssey
Homer's "The Odyssey" was mentioned by guests on Conversations with Tyler as a formative work. Russ Roberts brought it up when asked which great book helped him make sense of his experience living in Israel, and Michael Kremer cited it as his favorite novel because of its rich archetypal stories.
Discussed“Well, I'm a sucker. I think I'd pick the Odyssey.”
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The Selfish Gene
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen referenced Richard Dawkins's book The Selfish Gene while discussing essential past readings and asked guest Philip Ball about his critique of Dawkins's vision.
Discussed“tell us why you reject Richard Dawkins his vision of The Selfish Gene as his book was titled”
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The WEIRDest People in the World
The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich was discussed on Conversations with Tyler in 2024 and 2026. Guests Joel Mokyr and Musa al-Gharbi cited Henrich's work to examine cultural theories of society, family structures, and the unique historical factors that shaped Western civilization.
Discussed“That’s essentially the tenor of Joe Henrich’s book called The WEIRDest People, in which he points this out.”
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Understanding the Old Testament
On Conversations with Tyler, the Old Testament was referenced in discussions between Tyler Cowen and his guests. Cowen asked Melissa Dell whether the biblical text functions as a collection of stories about cultural persistence, while Tom Holland discussed its textual integrity and theological significance as the word of God.
Discussed“um in a way it's the kind of it's the molten heart of what Christians call the Old Testament it's it's it's literally the word of God”
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On the Edge
On the Conversations with Tyler episode released on August 21, 2024, Tyler Cowen welcomed Nate Silver to discuss his book On the Edge. Cowen opened the interview by praising the book as excellent and informative, later referencing a paper cited within it about coin flips and status quo bias. Silver explained the origins of his research, which began with a trip to Florida, and noted that the book features extensive discussions on effective altruism, gambling history, and profiles of quants, poker players, and individuals on the spectrum, including a mention of Sam Bankman-Fried.
Discussed“you might say he has a new book out which I thought was excellent informative fun on every page on the edge the art of risking everything Nate welcome”
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Air-Borne
Carl Zimmer's book 'Air-Borne' was featured on 'Conversations with Tyler', where host Tyler Cowen praised and endorsed the work at the conclusion of the episode. Zimmer appeared as a guest to discuss the themes of his book, explaining the history of airborne diseases, the historical use of ultraviolet light to safeguard indoor air, and the monitoring of carbon dioxide levels in enclosed spaces.
Discussed“the approximate reason for this episode is Carl's excellent new book it's called Airborne the hidden history of the life we breathe”
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Values
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen welcomed Mark Carney to discuss his book Values: Building a Better World for All. Cowen promoted the book at the beginning and end of the episode, using it as a framework to ask Carney about central banking values, the challenges he faced during the writing process, and broader societal issues related to climate change.
Discussed“Mark has a new book out, new and excellent. It's called Values building a better world for all.”
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Survival of the City
Edward L. Glaeser and David Cutler's book Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation was discussed extensively by Tyler Cowen and guest Ed Glaeser on Conversations with Tyler in September 2021. Tyler Cowen introduced the book at the beginning of the episode to cover urbanism, pandemic responses, and healthcare economics. Throughout the interview, Cowen referenced the book to ask questions about disease contagion and co-author disagreements, while Ed Glaeser used it to address the challenges facing urban public schools.
Discussed“the new book is called survival of the city living and thriving in an age of isolation so it's about urbanism it's about the pandemic it's about healthcare economics and much more”
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The Glass Hotel
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel was featured on Conversations with Tyler. Host Tyler Cowen praised the novel as the author's deepest and most subtle work, highlighting its engaging narrative and strong critical reception. Cowen recommended the book to listeners alongside Mandel's earlier pandemic-focused novel, Station Eleven.
Recommended“her new book out is the glass hotel which i think is her very best deepest most subtle novel”
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How Africa Works
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen interviewed Joe Studwell and recommended How Africa Works as a well-researched and essential companion to Studwell's previous work on Asia, specifically highlighting the book's detailed coverage of developmental economics and success stories like Botswana.
Discussed“It is called How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier.”
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Gray Matters
Gray Matters by Theodore Schwartz came up on Conversations with Tyler when host Tyler Cowen interviewed the author in May 2025. Cowen enthusiastically plugged the book at both the beginning and end of the episode, sharing that he had bought it at a Barnes & Noble and read it cover to cover very quickly. He referenced specific insights from the text during the interview, including details about the experience levels of neurosurgeons and the representation of women in the field.
Discussed“I saw his book in a Barnes & Noble. I bought it. I read it. I loved it. It is called Gray Matters, a biography of brain surgery.”
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Ray Dalio's Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order was featured on Conversations with Tyler on December 15, 2021. Tyler Cowen promoted the book during the closing remarks and used its central themes surrounding reserve currencies to frame his questions. Ray Dalio discussed the book's comprehensive scope, clarifying that his historical research encompassed powers over a 500-year span rather than just the United States and China, and he noted the eighteen specific measures used to evaluate empires.
Discussed“Let me ask you a few questions about reserve currencies, which is a key theme in your book.”
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Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel's novel Station Eleven was discussed on Conversations with Tyler in an episode featuring the author and host Tyler Cowen. Cowen recommended the pandemic-themed novel during his closing remarks, highlighted it as her biggest-selling book to date, and explored reader perceptions of the work as a valentine to the modern world, as well as its depiction of an airport serving as a museum of civilization.
Discussed“uh her biggest selling book to date is station 11.”
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The New Leviathans
The New Leviathans by John Gray was featured on Conversations with Tyler in November 2023, where host Tyler Cowen recommended all of Gray's books, including this recent release. Cowen and Gray discussed the book's subtitle, Thoughts After Liberalism, and debated the future of liberalism and education. Gray also explained the unconventional structure of the book, noting that it is organized into short historical vignettes and philosophical arguments rather than traditional chapters.
Discussed“Now your new book, it is called The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism.”
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The Student Abroad
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen interviewed John O. Brennan and discussed his life and career. Cowen referenced books by Chris Whipple and Brennan himself, using them to question Brennan on topics such as the reliability of polygraph evidence and the U.S. government's use of torture on detainees, while also promoting Brennan's memoir at the close of the episode.
Discussed“i'm sure you know the chris whipple book about cia directors and he says about you and i quote”
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Undaunted
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen discussed John O. Brennan's book Undaunted with the author. Cowen brought up passages from Chris Whipple's book regarding Brennan's CIA career, and questioned Brennan about his views on polygraph evidence and his opposition to the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on detainees. Cowen also promoted the book at the end of the episode.
Discussed“i'm sure you know the chris whipple book about cia directors and he says about you and i quote”
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The Aeneid
Virgil's The Aeneid was discussed on Conversations with Tyler by host Tyler Cowen and guest Shadi Bartsch. Their conversation focused on Bartsch's recent translation of the epic poem, exploring thematic tensions within the work regarding its vision of the Roman empire, as well as considering T.S. Eliot's perspective and various other retellings by authors like Ursula K. Le Guin.
Discussed“she has written very well-known books on seneca on lucan and perseus and her latest work is a wonderful translation of virgil's the ayanid”
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The first book of Samuel [ed.] by F. Marshall
The Book of Samuel was discussed on Conversations with Tyler during an episode featuring Rabbi David Wolpe. Tyler Cowen introduced the work by calling it one of the greatest political biographies and most significant books on politics of all time, comparing its themes of political order to Genesis. David Wolpe analyzed the establishment of political order in Samuel, specifically highlighting the understood division between the political and religious orders. Cowen also quoted a passage from Wolpe's writing about Jonathan's capacity for self-sacrifice.
Discussed“So, your latest book, it's called David, the Divided Heart, and the Book of Samuel is probably the greatest political biography of all time, one of the most significant books on politics.”
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Winnie and Nelson
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen introduced the episode by praising Jonny Steinberg's Winnie and Nelson as one of the best books of the past decade. Cowen later mentioned the book again to transition into questions about the Mandelas' marriage and reiterated his recommendation to conclude the episode.
Recommended“He has written what I think is one of the very best books of the last 10 years. It's called Winnie and Nelson, Portrait of a Marriage.”
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Believe
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen discussed Ross Douthat's book Believe. Cowen opened the conversation by praising the new book and later referenced a specific section concerning particularist intuitions and religious beliefs. As the episode wrapped up, Cowen reiterated his strong endorsement, calling it a great and wonderful book that everyone should read.
Discussed“he has many excellent books and he has a new book which I'm a big fan of called believe why everyone should be religious”
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How Rights Went Wrong
How Rights Went Wrong by Jamal Greene was discussed on Conversations with Tyler in June 2022. Tyler Cowen introduced author Jamal Greene by highlighting the newly published book at the beginning of the interview, later transitioned the conversation to examine its core arguments, and strongly recommended it to the audience at the end of the episode.
Discussed“he recently has published a very interesting book called how rights went wrong why our obsession with rights is tearing america apart”
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Mycroft Holmes
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen interviewed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in February 2016, during which Cowen recommended the author's novel Mycroft Holmes to the audience. Cowen highlighted their shared fascination with the titular character—Sherlock Holmes's brother—and read a passage from the text to prompt a discussion about Abdul-Jabbar's perspective and political views.
Discussed“I would describe him as an offshoot of the Harlem Renaissance, and what he and I share in common is a fascination with the character of Mycroft Holmes, the subject of Kareem’s latest book—and that of course, is Sherlock Holmes’s brother.”
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Rise and Fall of the EAST
During an episode of Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen engaged author Yasheng Huang about his forthcoming work, Rise and Fall of the EAST. Cowen praised the examination of autocracy, stability, and technology during the introduction, and later returned to the text to question Huang regarding specific arguments concerning the imperial exam system and its impact on Chinese civil society.
Discussed“it is called the rise and fall of the East examination autocracy stability and Technology due out this summer”
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An American Martyr in Persia
Reza Aslan's book An American Martyr in Persia was discussed on Conversations with Tyler. Tyler Cowen used the book to frame the interview, referencing its subject, American missionary Howard Baskerville, and using the text to introduce a broader discussion on the 1906 Iranian constitutional revolution.
Discussed“it is called an American martyr in Persia the Epic life and tragic death of Howard Baskerville”
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Democracy by Petition
Daniel Carpenter's book "Democracy by Petition" was discussed on the May 5, 2021 episode of Conversations with Tyler. Host Tyler Cowen brought up the new book to explore its historical insights on popular politics and transformation from 1790 to 1870, noting that it helped him view various issues anew. In response, Carpenter referenced his book to explain his distinctions between different types of petitions, specifically contrasting probitary and publicitary petitions with the directed petitions he analyzes in his work.
Discussed“well you have to remember my published work in in um the the book with david moss suggests that you know capture the problem with capture is it's too sexy a term”
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Gulp
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen brought up Mary Roach's book Gulp to introduce discussions on the mechanics of eating and saliva. Cowen also referenced a specific chapter where the author visited a prison to interview a convicted murderer and used the book to transition into a question about the correct way to consume french fries.
Discussed“so in your book gulp which is about the mechanics of eating you draw a distinction between stimulated and unstimulated saliva”
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Polostan
Tyler Cowen brought up Neal Stephenson's new novel Polostan at the beginning of the episode on Conversations with Tyler, having read an advanced copy. Cowen asked Stephenson about the origin of the book's title and inquired about the first volume of his Bomb Light series.
Discussed“this is my second conversation with Neil Stevenson who needs no introduction but do let me tell you about Neil's new book poan which I read an advanced copy of”
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The Song of Significance
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen introduced Seth Godin and his new book by reading jacket copy detailing his many bestsellers. Cowen later asked Godin about a concept from his book, The Song of Significance, specifically regarding the team processes involved in public talks. Additionally, Cowen questioned Godin about the anthropological reasoning behind why the world needs the book at this time.
Discussed“Seth Godin is the author of 21 international bestsellers that have changed the way people think about work. His books have been translated into 38 languages.”
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Utopia
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen and guest Joanne Paul discussed Thomas More's Utopia. Cowen questioned whether Book 2 of the work should be read as satire or as a literal utopia, while Paul highlighted its historical significance as the first text to employ the word utopia and analyzed the narrative structure involving the narrator Raphael Hythloday.
Discussed“Do you read Thomas More’s Utopia as satire, or Book 2? Do you think he meant it? This is the actual utopia.”
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American Civil Wars
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen discussed and recommended Alan Taylor's book 'American Civil Wars: A Continental History 1850 to 1873' during an interview with the author in July 2024. Cowen expressed strong enthusiasm for the publication, noting the specific May release date and sharing that he enjoyed reading the work very much and learned a great deal from it, while also praising Taylor's broader catalog of historical writing.
Recommended“let me stress the new book publication date May 21st is American Civil Wars a continental history 1850 to 1873 I enjoyed reading this very much learned a great deal from it”
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Ausländer
On the September 2, 2026 episode of Conversations with Tyler titled "Michael Moritz on Origin Stories, Exile, and Obsessive Curiosity," host Tyler Cowen brought up Michael Moritz's book Ausländer: One Family’s Story of Escape and Exile. Cowen stated that he very much enjoyed reading it and strongly recommended it to the audience during the interview.
Recommended“Michael has a new and excellent book out called Ausländer: One Family’s Story of Escape and Exile, which I absolutely recommend to you all.”
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Christianity
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen recommended the works of Diarmaid MacCulloch, specifically highlighting the author's historical writing on Christianity. While introducing the guest and his new book Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity at the start of the January 21, 2026 episode, Cowen highly recommended the title and reiterated his general recommendation for all of MacCulloch's books at the end of the interview.
Recommended“He has a new book out, Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity, which I recommend very highly.”
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Excellent Advice for Living
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen recommended Kevin Kelly's book Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier during an episode in May 2023. Cowen endorsed the book at the start of his interview with Kelly and plugged the title once more right before the final question.
Recommended“most recently Kevin has a new book out which I recommend excellent advice for living wisdom I wish I'd known earlier”
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Exiles
On an episode of Conversations with Tyler released on September 2, 2026, host Tyler Cowen strongly recommended Michael Moritz's book Exiles, published under the title Ausländer: One Family’s Story of Escape and Exile. Cowen praised the work during the interview and specifically promoted it to the audience near the conclusion of the conversation.
Recommended“Michael has a new and excellent book out called Ausländer: One Family’s Story of Escape and Exile, which I absolutely recommend to you all.”
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Lower than the Angels
Tyler Cowen brought up Diarmaid MacCulloch's book Lower than the Angels at the beginning of the episode on Conversations with Tyler, highly recommending it. At the end of the interview, while concluding the episode, Cowen reiterated the title and expressed his appreciation for the author's work.
Recommended“He has a new book out, Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity, which I recommend very highly.”
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Milton Friedman
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen enthusiastically discussed Jennifer Burns's book Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative. Cowen expressed how much he loved the book and strongly recommended it to listeners at the end of the episode.
Recommended“she has a new book out which I just loved it is called Milton fredman the last conservative”
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Reading Genesis
On an episode of Conversations with Tyler titled Marilynne Robinson on Biblical Interpretation, Calvinist Thought, and Religion i on March 20, 2024, Tyler Cowen highly recommended Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson. Cowen praised the new non-fiction work focusing on the biblical Book of Genesis at both the beginning and the conclusion of the interview.
Recommended“today I'm talking with Marilyn Robinson one of America's best and best known writers she is also a non-fiction essayist and now she has a new book out called reading Genesis by Marilyn Robinson which I recommend highly”
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Super-Infinite
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen highlighted Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne by Katherine Rundell during an interview with the author. At the start of the episode, Cowen praised the biography, naming it his favorite book of the year so far. He returned to the subject in his closing remarks, strongly recommending the work to the listeners of the podcast.
Recommended“but most prominently for me she is the author of the recent book super infinite the transformations of John Donne which is this year so far probably my favorite book of the Year”
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The Evolution of Beauty
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen recommended Richard O. Prum's book The Evolution of Beauty during an episode featuring the author in June 2021. Cowen praised the work as an excellent and award-winning text, giving it a prominent plug near the beginning of the interview and again before concluding the conversation.
Recommended“before we move on let me put in a plug for your excellent and award-winning book the evolution of beauty”
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Very Important People
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen brought up Ashley Mears's book Very Important People at the beginning of the episode, praising it as one of his favorite books of the year. At the end of the interview, he recommended the quality research and fun read to the audience.
Recommended“today I am chatting with Ashley Mears who is professor of sociology at Boston University and this year she is publishing one of my very favorite books of the year it is called very important people status and beauty in the global party circuit”
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A Brief History of Equality
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen welcomed Thomas Piketty and recommended his book A Brief History of Equality as the ultimate introduction to his overarching economic and political views. Cowen revisited the recommendation at the end of the episode to remind listeners to pick up a copy.
Discussed“Today I'm here with Thomas Piketty and he has a new book out, A Brief History of Equality, which in my opinion is the very best introduction to his overall views.”
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Abundance
On Conversations with Tyler in March 2025, Tyler Cowen discussed the book Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. At the beginning of the interview, Cowen noted that Klein had a new book out with Thompson, and he returned to the topic at the end of the episode to offer a strong endorsement, recommending the wonderful book to everyone.
Discussed“Ezra has a new book out with Derek Thompson called Abundance.”
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Eagle and the Hart
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen discussed Helen Castor's book The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV. Introducing her as a guest, Cowen praised the work as one of the best history books published the previous year and offered a strong personal recommendation to his listeners at the conclusion of the episode.
Discussed“She is the author of numerous books and most recently one of the best books of last year she published the eagle and the heart, the tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV.”
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End of Race Politics
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen brought up End of Race Politics by Coleman Hughes during their discussion on colorblindness, jazz, and identity. Cowen asked Hughes about the core arguments presented in the book for a colorblind America and noted near the end of the episode that he had enjoyed reading it very much.
Discussed“the end of race politics Arguments for a colorblind America”
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Life after Gravity
Tyler Cowen discussed Patricia Fara's book Life after Gravity on Conversations with Tyler in February 2021. He mentioned the forthcoming work when introducing the guest's background and referenced the book again at the conclusion of the interview.
Discussed“Her next forthcoming book is called Life After Gravity, Isaac Newton's London career.”
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Modern Ireland and Revolution
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen recommended Roy Foster's classic history work at the beginning of the interview. Later in the episode, Roy Foster discussed writing Modern Ireland while reflecting on his transition from a traditional historian to an author exploring the cultural and literary undercurrents of Irish history.
Recommended“I recommend his classic work modern Ireland”
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Our America
During an episode of Conversations with Tyler titled Ken Burns on the Complications of History, Tyler Cowen brought up Ken Burns's new book at the beginning of the interview, noting its publication date and co-authors Susanna Steisel, Brian Lee, and David Blistein. Near the end of the episode, Cowen mentioned the book again, highly recommending Our America: A Photographic History by Ken Burns.
Discussed“most notably we are recording today November 1st the publication date for Ken's new book called our America a photographic history and it is written with also Susanna steisel Brian Lee and David blistein”
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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
On an episode of Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen discussed 'Religion and the Rise of Capitalism' by Benjamin M. Friedman with the author. Cowen welcomed Friedman to the show to explore his new book at the beginning of the interview and promoted both his new and older works at the conclusion of the episode.
Discussed“i'm very happy to be here today with ben friedman who has a new wonderful book out religion and the rise of capitalism”
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Saudi Arabia
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen brought up David Commins's book Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the interview, stating he enjoyed it and learned a lot from it. Cowen plugged the book again toward the end of the episode.
Discussed“He has a new book out which I enjoyed very much and learned a lot from. It's called Saudi Arabia, a modern history.”
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Second Act
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen discussed Henry Oliver's book Second Act. Cowen mentioned the book to examine why it performed well and concluded the episode by recommending Oliver's work about late bloomers to listeners.
Discussed“COWEN: Your book on late bloomers—it’s called Second Act.”
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Surviving Rome
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen discussed Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent with author Kim Bowes during the April 2026 episode. Cowen brought up the book to question why the Romans never developed economic reasoning despite displaying sophisticated economic lives. At the end of the episode, Cowen offered a plug for the book.
Discussed“As you know, in your own book, Surviving Rome, you show the Romans had quite sophisticated and advanced economic lives. Why is it the Romans never had anything resembling economic reasoning?”
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The Burnout Society
On the August 19, 2026 episode of Conversations with Tyler, guest Luke Burgis mentioned Byung-Chul Han's The Burnout Society while discussing the achievement subject and modern burnout. Burgis brought up the title again when asked which book his younger self would have hated, noting his shifted perspective since his college years.
Recommended“The Anglo world, I think, especially in the US, I really believe that we have some bad ideas, what Byung-Chul Han has called the achievement subject. It’s this very Calvinist idea that I think has affected even the way that we think about entrepreneurship, which I’m extremely pro-entrepreneurship, but I think that it’s in his book, The Burnout Society, which”
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The Last Dynasty
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen brought up Toby Wilkinson's The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra at the beginning of the interview to express his intrigue. Later in the episode, Cowen gave another plug for the book before his final question.
Discussed“I’m quite intrigued by his latest book. It is called The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra.”
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The Number
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen recommended Jonny Steinberg's The Number and used the book to question the author about how prison gangs in South Africa regulate member behavior.
Recommended“I like all of his books. A thin blue and the number are two others I would recommend.”
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Tudor Art
Tudor Art by Susie Hodge came up on Conversations with Tyler when guest Joanne Paul recommended a newly released book on Tudor art while discussing the visual arts and Holbein's naturalism of the period. Tyler Cowen subsequently mentioned that he had purchased the book during the conversation.
Recommended“I’m not an expert in this. There’s a fantastic book that’s just come out on Tudor art. I’d recommend people go and have a look at that. Yes, Holbein’s naturalism, realism is unmatched at the time.”
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Wagnerism
On Conversations with Tyler, Tyler Cowen discussed a central theme of Alex Ross's Wagnerism regarding the historical diversity of the subject. At the end of the episode, Cowen gave an enthusiastic final recommendation of the book to the listeners.
Discussed“now one theme of your book as i understand it is that vogerism historically is more diverse than many people realize”
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... In Praise of Folly
In the June 24, 2026 episode of Conversations with Tyler titled Joanne Paul on Thomas More and the Tudor World, Tyler Cowen brought up Desiderius Erasmus's book In Praise of Folly. Cowen discussed the work with guest Joanne Paul to examine the relationship between Erasmus and Thomas More, specifically focusing on More's influence on the text and its dedicatory letter.
Discussed“Now, as you know, Erasmus wrote quite a bit about Thomas More, including a dedicatory letter in In Praise of Folly. If More was so dogmatic, what about him did Erasmus admire so much?”
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A Farewell to arms
Tyler Cowen and an audience member discussed Gregory Clark's book A Farewell to Alms on Conversations with Tyler. Cowen brought up the 2007 book to examine its theories on economic growth, human progress, and the Industrial Revolution, while an audience member questioned specific economic assumptions made within the text regarding consumption baskets.
Discussed“his book from 2007 A Farewell to alms presented a new theory of economic growth human progress and the Industrial Revolution I end up as one of the blubbers and I called it as I wrote In The New York Times the next Blockbuster in economics”
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All's Well That Ends Well
On Conversations with Tyler in the 2026-03-04 episode featuring Henry Oliver, host Tyler Cowen cited Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well to illustrate a point about plot similarities involving deception and body substitution. Henry Oliver subsequently mentioned the same play while discussing various critical interpretations of the character Helena.
Discussed“COWEN: You can cite All’s Well That Ends Well, for your point of view also, where there’s a coupling based on a trick and deceit and body substitution.”
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Animal Liberation
On Conversations with Tyler, host Tyler Cowen brought up Peter Singer's classic work Animal Liberation during the June 7, 2023 episode to introduce the author and discuss a newly revised edition. Peter Singer joined the conversation to reflect on the nearly five decades that had passed since the original publication of the book, expressing concern that relatively little progress had been made in the treatment of animals.
Discussed“there is a new and very much revised edition of Peter's classic book animal Liberation”
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The other 529 books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler, ranked, with the latest episode and time
- Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
- Collapse by Jared M. Diamond
- Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
- Galatians by John Paul Heil
- Give People Money by Annie Lowrey
- Glittering Images by Camille Paglia
- Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
- Life's Edge by Carl Zimmer
- Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- Nudge by Richard H. Thaler
- Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves
- Quran by Talal Itani
- Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit
- Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu
- Stiff by Mary Roach
- The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
- The Book of Mormon by Unknown
- The Book of revelation by Rupert Thomson
- The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes
- The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
- The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
- The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur C. Brooks
- The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
- The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth by Benjamin M. Friedman
- The New Testament: an Introduction for the General Reader by Oscar Cullmann
- The Open Society and Its Enemies by Karl Popper
- The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
- The Third Chimpanzee by Jared M. Diamond
- The Tibetan book of the dead by Padma Sambhava
- The Time Tax by Annie Lowrey
- Two Paths to Prosperity by Avner Greif
- Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Virtually Normal by Andrew Sullivan
- 1177 B.C. by Eric H. Cline
- A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
- A capitalism for the people by Luigi Zingales
- A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
- After Babel by George Steiner
- Amsterdam stories by Nescio
- Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick
- Anatomía de un instante by Javier Cercas
- And the Roots of Rhythm Remain by Joe Boyd
- Anguished English by Richard Lederer
- Billy Phelan's Greatest Game by William Kennedy
- Buddhism by Donald S. Lopez
- Catch-67 by Micah Goodman
- Clueless by H. B. Gilmour
- Controlling Contagion by Sheilagh Ogilvie
- Deadwood by Pete Dexter
- Decencia by Álvaro Enrigue
- Democracy by Henry Adams
- Difficult Men by Brett Martin
- Dignity by Chris Arnade
- Doom by Niall Ferguson
- English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee
- Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
- Existence by Rollo May
- False Dawn by George Selgin
- Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
- Florence in the Forgotten Centuries, 1527-1800 by Eric Cochrane
- Goddess of the Market by Jennifer Burns
- Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
- In All My Dreams by Danielle Morris
- Invitation to a Banquet by Fuchsia Dunlop
- John Donne, life, mind, and art by John Carey
- Just Kids by Patti Smith
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- Margaret Thatcher : Herself Alone by Charles Moore
- Mary by Vladimir Nabokov
- Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
- Mexico by Paul Gillingham
- Natural Right and History by Leo Strauss
- Nova by Samuel R. Delany
- Our Dollar, Your Problem by Kenneth Rogoff
- Persecution and the art of writing by Leo Strauss
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- Pricing beauty by Ashley Mears
- Purity by Jonathan Franzen
- Raag Darbari by Shrilal Shukla
- Radetzky march by Joseph Roth
- Read Write Own by Chris Dixon
- Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
- Sakhalin Island by Anton Chekhov
- School for atheists by Arno Schmidt
- Scotland by Murray Pittock
- Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich
- Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia
- Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
- Soldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas
- Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson
- The Bhagavad Gita by Jack Hawley
- The Biggest Game in Town by Al Alvarez
- The Buddha by Donald S. Lopez
- The Classical Style by Charles Rosen
- The English and their history by Robert Tombs
- The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
- The golden asse of Lucius Apuleius by Ovid
- The Heart Sutra by Bhagwan Rajneesh
- The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald C. Shoup
- The Islamic Moses by Mustafa Akyol
- The Italians by Luigi Barzini
- The loser by Thomas Bernhard
- The Lotus Sutra by Tsugunari Kubo
- The machine that changed the world by James P. Womack
- The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
- The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The moral sense by James Q. Wilson
- The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1 by Martha Wells
- The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday
- The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
- The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson
- The Power Law by Sebastian Mallaby
- The Restless Republic: Britain without a Crown by Anna Keay
- The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
- The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark
- The story of the stone by Barry Hughart
- The Third Reich by Michael Burleigh
- The thrill of the grill by Chris Schlesinger
- The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
- The Vanishing American Adult by Ben Sasse
- The Way Of The Women by Marlene van Niekerk
- The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S. Landes
- There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
- Thin Blue by Jonny Steinberg
- Think Like a Chef by Tom Colicchio
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- Two on a tower by Thomas Hardy
- We Have Never Been Woke by Musa al-Gharbi
- What We Owe the Future by William MacAskill
- Winter in Moscow by Malcolm Muggeridge
- Wittgenstein's Nephew by Thomas Bernhard
- You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue
- Zoolander by Ben Stiller
- Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina
- 1873 by Liaquat Ahamed
- 1984 by George Orwell
- A book of common prayer by Joan Didion
- A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
- A Darwinian Left by Peter Singer
- A Farewell to Alms by Gregory Clark
- A Floating Chinaman by Hua Hsu
- A history of British art by Andrew Graham-Dixon
- A History of Christianity by Diarmaid MacCulloch
- A History Of Future Cities by Daniel Brook
- A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust
- A lion for love by Robert Alter
- A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
- A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
- A monetary history of the United States by Milton Friedman
- A positive program for laissez faire by Henry Calvert Simons
- A revision of the Treaty by John Maynard Keynes
- A soldier of the great war by Mark Helprin
- a sorrow beyond dreams by Peter Handke
- A treatise on money by John Maynard Keynes
- A Turn in the South by V. S. Naipaul
- A World Restored by Henry Kissinger
- Affordable Excellence by William A. Haseltine
- Against Empathy by Paul Bloom
- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
- American Pastoral by Philip Roth
- American Tabloid by James Ellroy
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Animal Liberation Now by Peter Singer
- Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past by Sarah Parcak
- As we go marching by John T. Flynn
- Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
- Be Here Now by Ram Dass
- Benjamin Britten: A Life For Music by Neil Powell
- Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
- Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer
- Biathanatos by John Donne
- Big Deal by Anthony Holden
- Blood and Iron by Katja Hoyer
- Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
- Bottom's dream by Arno Schmidt
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Broken Hierarchies by Geoffrey Hill
- Brown Face, Big Master by Joyce Gladwell
- Bug Jargal by Victor Hugo
- Built to Last by Jim Collins
- Cain by Lord Byron
- Candide by Francois Voltaire
- Capital by Karl Marx
- Capital is Back by Thomas Piketty
- Capitalism & Material Life, 1400-1800 by Fernand Braudel
- Capitalism with Chinese characteristics by Yasheng Huang
- China's War with Japan, 1937-1945 by Rana Mitter
- Communication Power by Manuel Castells
- Confessions of a Sociopath by M.E. Thomas
- Contempt and pity by Daryl Michael Scott
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Critique of Judgment by Immanuel Kant
- Cultish by Amanda Montell
- David by David Wolpe
- David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- Days of Fire by Peter Baker
- Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
- Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich
- Development projects observed by Albert Otto Hirschman
- Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
- Dirty Harry by Phillip Rock
- Discourse on the origins of inequality (second discourse) ; Polemics ; and, Political economy by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli
- Divided Heaven by Christa Wolf
- DON QUIXOTE by Miguel de Cervantes
- Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
- Dracula by Bram Stoker, Jack Kelly
- Dubliners by James Joyce
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Duplex by Kathryn Davis
- Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
- Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
- Elon Musk and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Young Readers' Edition by Ashlee Vance
- Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland by 村上春樹
- Ending Aging by Aubrey de Grey
- Essays in biography by John Maynard Keynes
- Essays on ethics by Jonathan Sacks
- Essays One by Lydia Davis
- Essential Judaism by George Robinson
- Europe Through the Back Door by Rick Steves
- Every grain of rice by Fuchsia Dunlop
- Exhalation by Ted Chiang
- Existence and being by Martin Heidegger
- Exodus by Leon Uris
- Fact, fiction and forecast by Nelson Goodman
- Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend
- Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
- Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov
- Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley
- Genesis by Bernard Beckett
- Going Clear by Lawrence Wright
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- Grunt by Mary Roach
- Haiti noir by Edwidge Danticat
- Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by 村上春樹
- Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses by Paula Byrne
- Harry Potter by Unknown
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
- Hegel by Peter Singer
- Henry IV, Part II by William Shakespeare
- Heroides by Ovid
- Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance
- Hiroshima by John Hersey
- Histories by Herodotus
- History of madness by Michel Foucault
- Hitler's Shadow Empire by Pierpaolo Barbieri
- Hive Mind by Garett Jones
- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
- How Adam Smith can change your life by Russ Roberts
- How Life Works by Philip Ball
- How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
- Howl by Allen Ginsberg
- Human Action by Ludwig von Mises, Bettina Bien Greaves
- I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
- IDENTITY AND NECESSITY by SAUL KRIPKE
- Impromptu by Reid Hoffman
- In a Free State by Unknown
- In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
- India: A Million Mutinies Now by V. S. Naipaul
- Indian currency and finance by John Maynard Keynes
- Infinite jest by David Foster Wallace
- IQ84 (Buch 3) by 村上春樹
- It's Not Magic by John Amaechi
- Jacques the Fatalist by Denis Diderot
- Japanese homes and their surroundings by Edward Sylvester Morse
- John & Paul by Ian Leslie
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
- Jump-Starting America by Jonathan Gruber
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- L'ancien régime by Alexis de Tocqueville
- Land of fish and rice by Fuchsia Dunlop
- Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon
- Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Leisure, the Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
- Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis
- Limonov by Emmanuel Carrère
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson
- Lost Horizon by James Hilton
- Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
- Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- Manufacturing consent by Edward S. Herman
- Margaret Thatcher The Authorized Biography by Charles Moore
- Mary Poppins by Pamela L. Travers
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Latest mentions
“Many of you will know him as the author of Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, from 2009, a book that won the Pulitzer Prize for history and numerous other awards.”
“Your book Lords of Finance, it convinced me that financial crises really matter, and your new book, 1873, almost convinced me that financial crises don’t really matter, because the world just keeps on growing.”
“David Halberstam’s The Best and the Brightest. Why do you find that book so notable? Oh, it was probably the first book I read when I came to the United States in ’74. I find it’s just remarkable how it opened up the US political system.”
“He has a new and excellent book out, as far as I know the best book on AI and the job market. It is called Messy Jobs, and it is co-authored with Jim Lee and Janhui Wu.”
“He also has this Anatomyadonistante, this kind of nonfiction, novelized book that I would recommend very strongly to people to read about the Spanish coup de tai in 1981. ... I also like soldiers of Salamis, and the recent one about the trip with the Pope.”
“He also has this Anatomyadonistante, this kind of nonfiction, novelized book that I would recommend very strongly to people to read about the Spanish coup de tai in 1981.”
“I think that your colleague Brian Kaplan wrote a beautiful book about it, The Myth of the Rational Voter, which is perfectly rational, that they are inattentive.”
“She has a new book out, new and excellent book called The Time Tax: How the Government Wastes Our Time—and How to Fix It.”
“She also has an earlier book, Give People Money, on universal basic income.”
“You recently read a book called A History of Christianity. Which one was it, and what was interesting in the book to you? This was A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years.”
“I had wanted to do more travel in Mexico, so I got Fifth Sun, and then just Aztecs, I think, is the other one, which I’m excited to read.”
“Your other books, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and so on, are about whole societies for 10,000 years.”
“Is it correct to think of your new book, again, Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings, as, in essence, the error term for Guns, Germs, and Steel?”
“Her book, Silent Spring, that book and Darwin’s Origin of Species are probably the two books by scientists that have had the biggest impact in the last century.”
“Her book, Silent Spring, that book and Darwin’s Origin of Species are probably the two books by scientists that have had the biggest impact in the last century.”
“This is something that I argued in my book, The Third Chimpanzee.”
“Now your book on environmental Collapse, that one seemed too pessimistic to me.”
“Still another chapter got expanded into Why Is Sex Fun?”
“Michael has a new and excellent book out called Ausländer: One Family’s Story of Escape and Exile, which I absolutely recommend to you all.”
“Michael has a new and excellent book out called Ausländer: One Family’s Story of Escape and Exile, which I absolutely recommend to you all.”
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