Books vetted by long-form podcast conversations
With exact timestamps, not AI fluff. Every recommendation, critique and author plug links to the second it was said, so you can hear the host or guest explain why in their own voice.
Ranked by how many different podcasts endorsed or critiqued each book, then by how many conversations. How rankings work
Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell
👍 3 EndorsementsCited on Conversations with Tyler, Lex Fridman Podcast
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New YorkRobert A. Caro
👍 2 Endorsements🎙️ 2 Author PlugsCited on Dwarkesh Podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show
The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli
👍 2 EndorsementsCited on Dwarkesh Podcast, Founders
Also mentioned on Conversations with Tyler
BlinkMalcolm Gladwell
👍 1 Endorsement⚡ 1 CritiqueCited on If Books Could Kill, The Tim Ferriss Show
Also mentioned on EconTalk
Rich Dad, Poor DadRobert T. Kiyosaki
👍 1 Endorsement⚡ 1 CritiqueCited on Founders, If Books Could Kill
The Lord of the RingsJ.R.R. Tolkien
👍 1 Endorsement⚡ 1 CritiqueCited on Conversations with Tyler, Very Bad Wizards
Also mentioned on Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
- Life and Fate
Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman
👍 2 EndorsementsCited on Conversations with Tyler, If Books Could Kill
The Creative ActRick Rubin
👍 3 Endorsements🎙️ 1 Author PlugCited on Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, Founders
The IliadHomer
👍 2 EndorsementsCited on EconTalk
Also mentioned on The Rest Is History, Very Bad Wizards
The Wealth of NationsAdam Smith
👍 2 EndorsementsCited on EconTalk
Also mentioned on Odd Lots (Bloomberg)
- In Covid's Wake
- Forge of Christendom
- Olympias
- The Effective Executive
Atomic HabitsJames Clear
👍 1 EndorsementCited on The Tim Ferriss Show
Also mentioned on If Books Could Kill
The Lean StartupEric Ries
⚡ 1 CritiqueCited on The Twenty Minute VC (20VC)
Also mentioned on The Tim Ferriss Show
- 1956
- From Ritual to Romance
- Healing Back Pain
- Silicon Empires
- The Birth of Britain
- The Myth of Sisyphus
Including books mentioned once in passing.