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Rick Rubin's book list: the books mentioned on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
The most mentioned books on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin are 300 (1 episode), A Tale of Two Cities (1 episode) and Absolute Dark Knight (1 episode). We have logged 25 books across 5 episodes from 5 people on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, through November 11, 2026.
Key facts
- 25 books have been mentioned on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, as of November 11, 2026.
- 5 episodes of Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin mention at least one book, as of November 11, 2026.
- 5 people brought up a book on the show, as of November 11, 2026.
- The 3 books mentioned in the most episodes of Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, as of November 11, 2026: 300, A Tale of Two Cities and Absolute Dark Knight.
- The latest episode of Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin with a book mention aired on November 11, 2026.
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Books from the latest episodes
Frank Miller
- Frank Miller’s Sin City Volume 5: Family Values 3rd Edition
at 1:48 -
Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson, Volume 2
at 31:33 -
The Complete Frank Miller Spider-Man
at 33:11 -
Lone Wolf
at 36:48 - The Cub Book
at 36:48 -
Fantastic Four
at 37:58 - Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
at 38:59 -
Absolute Dark Knight
at 44:45 -
Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives
at 49:54 -
Seduction of the Innocent
at 54:36 -
300
at 1:09:15 -
Elektra Lives Again
at 1:12:24 -
A Tale of Two Cities
at 1:23:15
Questions about books mentioned on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
What books were mentioned most on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin?
The most mentioned books on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin are 300 by Frank Miller (1 episode), A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1 episode), Absolute Dark Knight by Frank Miller and others (1 episode), Angels in My Hair by Lorna Byrne (1 episode) and Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson, Volume 2 by Frank Miller and Roger McKenzie (1 episode), out of 25 books across 5 episodes, as of November 11, 2026.
What books were mentioned on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin this year?
In 2026, 25 books came up on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, led by 300 by Frank Miller (1 episode), A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1 episode), Absolute Dark Knight by Frank Miller and others (1 episode), Angels in My Hair by Lorna Byrne (1 episode) and Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson, Volume 2 by Frank Miller and Roger McKenzie (1 episode), as of November 11, 2026.
Most mentioned on Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
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300
Discussed“Tell me the story of 300. It's as simple as this. I was a very very young boy and my father took me and my older brother Steve to the movies on a Saturday at the Capitol Theater in Montpielia, Vermont”
Where to get it
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A Tale of Two Cities
Discussed“If you do something topical based on what's going on in the world today, does that make it too disposable? A tale of Two Cities is topical. Heroditus is topical. If you do a story about something that's going on right around you, you're still doing a story about people facing conflict”
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Absolute Dark Knight
Discussed“Had that ever happened before in comics where a really loved character came back in a totally new light? I don't think it had happened before that I can recall after that it started happening all the time. But based on the success of the Dark Knight”
Where to get it
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Angels in My Hair
Discussed“Yes, I commissioned her book called Angels in My Hair, which was a huge international bestseller. It's her autobiography, and I feel blessed to have known her.”
Where to get it
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Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson, Volume 2
Discussed“Tell me about Daredevil. Daredevil was created in the early 1960s by Stanley and an old artist from way back named Bill Everett whose work goes back at least into the early 50s.”
Where to get it
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Elektra Lives Again
Discussed“I was partly because I was working along on the book and I kind of missed her and the book was really not getting fun to do anymore and I thought, well, I'll try this and it maybe it'll be really cool. And so once I realized that error, it being comic books where you can do anything, I did”
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Fantastic Four
Discussed“I was over at a friend's house and saw Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four. And all of a sudden, I realized comic books could explode and and that that that if somebody got angry, everything in the room could fly around.”
Where to get it
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Frank Miller’s Sin City Volume 5: Family Values 3rd Edition
Discussed“Again, getting back to Sin City cuz it seems to be the best example. I knew for a fact that this brute who was such a loser and so filled with self-loathing would wake up next to this goddess”
Where to get it
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Discussed“I've taken all kinds of books that talk about everything like from everything from like Dale Carnegie's How to Make Friends and Influence People to books about psychological and psycho psychoanalysis.”
Where to get it
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In Search of Lost Time
Discussed“The first 50 pages of this book are about a man going to sleep. It's amazing. Um going to sleep is normally something we we don't spend much time thinking about.”
Where to get it
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Lone Wolf
Discussed“She said, "Hey, there's a comic book from Japan and it was a little samurai comic called Lone Wolf and Cub." And I opened it up and I was immediately enraptured by it because the storytelling pace was completely different.”
Where to get it
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
Discussed“I've got to mention Spiegelman's work for it for its Spiegelman had always been a figure who would bring a very compelling passion to his work and a highly intellectual content to everything he did. But with Miles, he took brutal family history and in a master stroke that only a thinking man's artist could do, he turned them into”
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Mythologies
Discussed“There's a French writer called Holland Bach uh writable book called mythologies and other things. He was um a rulebreaker wrote essays but in ways that broke the genres.”
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No god but God: The Origins and Evolution of Islam
Discussed“I read a book called No God but God. And it starts telling this like perceived narrative of Jesus of Nazareth. And I was like enthralled by this book.”
Where to get it
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Seduction of the Innocent
Critiqued“And all of this was generated by a pop psychologist looking to make a name for himself named Frederick Woreram who wrote a truly execable book called Seduction of the Innocent about how comic books were poisoning and perverting the minds of children in America.”
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The Book of revelation
Discussed“On the question of conceptual thought, if you consider angelic communications as they come in visions, in the Old Testament or in the book of Revelation”
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The Complete Frank Miller Spider-Man
Discussed“And one time I got to do the second string Spider-Man book, which the spectacular Spider-Man. And in the story, the story featured Daredevil as a guest star.”
Where to get it
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The Cub Book
Discussed“She said, "Hey, there's a comic book from Japan and it was a little samurai comic called Lone Wolf and Cub." And I opened it up and I was immediately enraptured by it because the storytelling pace was completely different.”
Where to get it
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The Iliad
Discussed“And then if you move on to the Odyssey, we see the seeds of change because the great hero of the Iliad is Achilles”
Where to get it
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The Odyssey
Discussed“And then if you move on to the Odyssey, we see the seeds of change because the great hero of the Iliad is Achilles”
Where to get it
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The Secret History of the World
Discussed“I met her just as I was finishing The Secret History of the World, and she told me that everything in it is true.”
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U and I
Discussed“I remember a book by Nicholson Baker called You and I uh about his obsession with John Updike. Very very charming, very good book.”
Where to get it
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Understanding the Old Testament
Discussed“On the question of conceptual thought, if you consider angelic communications as they come in visions, in the Old Testament or in the book of Revelation”
Where to get it
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What's Going Right
Discussed“In the book you suggest starting with the subconscious when looking at a problem. Yes. So the the structure of self is one of the two pillars inside of us”
Where to get it
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Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives
Discussed“I looked around for who to steal from and I looked to an idol and mentor of mine, Will Eisner, and his master work, The Spirit. And perhaps my favorite story in it, which was one called Sans Serif, which was about the spirit's first girlfriend”
Where to get it
Guests who recommended books
Latest mentions
Discussed In Search of Lost Time
“The first 50 pages of this book are about a man going to sleep. It's amazing. Um going to sleep is normally something we we don't spend much time thinking about.”
Discussed Mythologies
“There's a French writer called Holland Bach uh writable book called mythologies and other things. He was um a rulebreaker wrote essays but in ways that broke the genres.”
Discussed U and I
“I remember a book by Nicholson Baker called You and I uh about his obsession with John Updike. Very very charming, very good book.”
“I read a book called No God but God. And it starts telling this like perceived narrative of Jesus of Nazareth. And I was like enthralled by this book.”
Discussed How to Win Friends and Influence People
“I've taken all kinds of books that talk about everything like from everything from like Dale Carnegie's How to Make Friends and Influence People to books about psychological and psycho psychoanalysis.”
Discussed What's Going Right
“In the book you suggest starting with the subconscious when looking at a problem. Yes. So the the structure of self is one of the two pillars inside of us”
Discussed The Iliad
“And then if you move on to the Odyssey, we see the seeds of change because the great hero of the Iliad is Achilles”
Discussed The Odyssey
“And then if you move on to the Odyssey, we see the seeds of change because the great hero of the Iliad is Achilles”
Discussed Understanding the Old Testament
“On the question of conceptual thought, if you consider angelic communications as they come in visions, in the Old Testament or in the book of Revelation”
Discussed The Book of revelation
“On the question of conceptual thought, if you consider angelic communications as they come in visions, in the Old Testament or in the book of Revelation”
Discussed Angels in My Hair
“Yes, I commissioned her book called Angels in My Hair, which was a huge international bestseller. It's her autobiography, and I feel blessed to have known her.”
Discussed The Secret History of the World
“I met her just as I was finishing The Secret History of the World, and she told me that everything in it is true.”
“Again, getting back to Sin City cuz it seems to be the best example. I knew for a fact that this brute who was such a loser and so filled with self-loathing would wake up next to this goddess”
“Tell me about Daredevil. Daredevil was created in the early 1960s by Stanley and an old artist from way back named Bill Everett whose work goes back at least into the early 50s.”
Discussed The Complete Frank Miller Spider-Man
“And one time I got to do the second string Spider-Man book, which the spectacular Spider-Man. And in the story, the story featured Daredevil as a guest star.”
Discussed Lone Wolf
“She said, "Hey, there's a comic book from Japan and it was a little samurai comic called Lone Wolf and Cub." And I opened it up and I was immediately enraptured by it because the storytelling pace was completely different.”
Discussed The Cub Book
“She said, "Hey, there's a comic book from Japan and it was a little samurai comic called Lone Wolf and Cub." And I opened it up and I was immediately enraptured by it because the storytelling pace was completely different.”
Discussed Fantastic Four
“I was over at a friend's house and saw Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four. And all of a sudden, I realized comic books could explode and and that that that if somebody got angry, everything in the room could fly around.”
Discussed Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
“I've got to mention Spiegelman's work for it for its Spiegelman had always been a figure who would bring a very compelling passion to his work and a highly intellectual content to everything he did. But with Miles, he took brutal family history and in a master stroke that only a thinking man's artist could do, he turned them into”
Discussed Absolute Dark Knight
“Had that ever happened before in comics where a really loved character came back in a totally new light? I don't think it had happened before that I can recall after that it started happening all the time. But based on the success of the Dark Knight”
Episodes
| Episode | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|
| Alain de Botton | 2026-11-11 | 4 |
| Chamath Palihapitiya | 2026-11-04 | 2 |
| Dr. Paul Conti, MD | 2026-10-21 | 1 |
| Mark Booth | 2026-10-14 | 10 |
| Frank Miller | 2026-09-30 | 16 |
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