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| ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Book Recommendations (2021) | ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Book Recommendations (2021) |
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| “The Ezra Klein Show” explores ideas with some of today’s most dynamic thinkers. We cover politics, culture, history, philosophy, psychology, technology and more. The topics are wide-ranging, but every episode ends with Ezra asking his guest (or guests) to recommend a few books that have shaped their thinking. Below is a list of all the books recommended on the show in 2021, in reverse-chronological order. | “The Ezra Klein Show” explores ideas with some of today’s most dynamic thinkers. We cover politics, culture, history, philosophy, psychology, technology and more. The topics are wide-ranging, but every episode ends with Ezra asking his guest (or guests) to recommend a few books that have shaped their thinking. Below is a list of all the books recommended on the show in 2021, in reverse-chronological order. |
| You can view book recommendations from the latest episodes here. Listen to and follow “The Ezra Klein Show” on Apple, Spotify, Google or wherever you get your podcasts. | You can view book recommendations from the latest episodes here. Listen to and follow “The Ezra Klein Show” on Apple, Spotify, Google or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| Timeless Wisdom for Leading a Life of Love, Friendship and Learning (Dec. 14, 2021) | Timeless Wisdom for Leading a Life of Love, Friendship and Learning (Dec. 14, 2021) |
| “Nicomachean Ethics” by Aristotle | “Nicomachean Ethics” by Aristotle |
| The Hebrew Bible, especially Genesis and Exodus | The Hebrew Bible, especially Genesis and Exodus |
| “Democracy in America” by Alexis de Tocqueville | “Democracy in America” by Alexis de Tocqueville |
| “Daniel Deronda” by George Eliot | “Daniel Deronda” by George Eliot |
| Every 8 Seconds, an American Turns 65. How Do We Care for Everyone? (Dec. 7, 2021) | Every 8 Seconds, an American Turns 65. How Do We Care for Everyone? (Dec. 7, 2021) |
| “The Sum of Us” by Heather McGhee | “The Sum of Us” by Heather McGhee |
| “Caste” by Isabel Wilkerson | “Caste” by Isabel Wilkerson |
| “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande | “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande |
| Predicting the Future Is Possible. These ‘Superforecasters’ Know How. (Dec. 3, 2021) | Predicting the Future Is Possible. These ‘Superforecasters’ Know How. (Dec. 3, 2021) |
| “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman | “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman |
| “Enlightenment Now” by Steven Pinker | “Enlightenment Now” by Steven Pinker |
| “Perception and Misperception in International Politics” by Robert Jervis | “Perception and Misperception in International Politics” by Robert Jervis |
| Why Is Murder Spiking? And Can Cities Address It Without Police? (Nov. 23, 2021) | Why Is Murder Spiking? And Can Cities Address It Without Police? (Nov. 23, 2021) |
| “The Stickup Kids” by Randol Contreras | “The Stickup Kids” by Randol Contreras |
| “The Truly Disadvantaged” by William Julius Wilson | “The Truly Disadvantaged” by William Julius Wilson |
| “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse | “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse |
| The Case Against Loving Your Job (Nov. 19, 2021) | The Case Against Loving Your Job (Nov. 19, 2021) |
| “Lost in Work” by Amelia Horgan | “Lost in Work” by Amelia Horgan |
| “Farewell to the Factory” by Ruth Milkman | “Farewell to the Factory” by Ruth Milkman |
| “Confessions of the Fox” by Jordy Rosenberg | “Confessions of the Fox” by Jordy Rosenberg |
| How Far-Right Extremism Invaded Mainstream Politics (Nov. 16, 2021) | How Far-Right Extremism Invaded Mainstream Politics (Nov. 16, 2021) |
| “Fortress America” by Elaine Tyler May | “Fortress America” by Elaine Tyler May |
| “Future Home of the Living God” by Louise Erdrich | “Future Home of the Living God” by Louise Erdrich |
| “Tiny You” by Jennifer Holland | “Tiny You” by Jennifer Holland |
| The Mainstream Media Has a Republican Party Problem (Nov. 12, 2021) | The Mainstream Media Has a Republican Party Problem (Nov. 12, 2021) |
| “The Boys on the Bus” by Timothy Crouse | “The Boys on the Bus” by Timothy Crouse |
| “Making News” by Gaye Tuchman | “Making News” by Gaye Tuchman |
| “Deciding What’s News” by Herbert Gans | “Deciding What’s News” by Herbert Gans |
| Two Acclaimed Writers on the Art of Revising Your Life (Nov. 9, 2021) | Two Acclaimed Writers on the Art of Revising Your Life (Nov. 9, 2021) |
| “South to America” by Imani Perry | “South to America” by Imani Perry |
| “Shoutin’ in the Fire” by Danté Stewart | “Shoutin’ in the Fire” by Danté Stewart |
| “Abolition for the People” by Colin Kaepernick | “Abolition for the People” by Colin Kaepernick |
| The Life-Altering Differences Between White and Black Debt (Nov. 2, 2021) | The Life-Altering Differences Between White and Black Debt (Nov. 2, 2021) |
| “The Color of Money” by Mehrsa Baradaran | “The Color of Money” by Mehrsa Baradaran |
| “A Pound of Flesh” by Alexes Harris | “A Pound of Flesh” by Alexes Harris |
| “The Sum of Us” by Heather McGhee | “The Sum of Us” by Heather McGhee |
| Why This Conservative Wants a More Radical Republican Party (Oct. 29, 2021) | Why This Conservative Wants a More Radical Republican Party (Oct. 29, 2021) |
| “The Adventures of Tintin” by Hergé | “The Adventures of Tintin” by Hergé |
| “The Charterhouse of Parma” by Stendhal | “The Charterhouse of Parma” by Stendhal |
| “The Gnostic Religion” by Hans Jonas | “The Gnostic Religion” by Hans Jonas |
| What Living ‘At the Edge of Medical Knowledge’ Reveals about American Healthcare (Oct. 26, 2021) | What Living ‘At the Edge of Medical Knowledge’ Reveals about American Healthcare (Oct. 26, 2021) |
| “The Journal of a Disappointed Man” by W.N.P. Barbellion | “The Journal of a Disappointed Man” by W.N.P. Barbellion |
| “On Immunity” by Eula Biss | “On Immunity” by Eula Biss |
| “The Cancer Journals” by Audre Lorde | “The Cancer Journals” by Audre Lorde |
| What Keeping American Democracy Alive Looks Like (Oct. 22, 2021) | What Keeping American Democracy Alive Looks Like (Oct. 22, 2021) |
| “All That She Carried” by Tiya Miles | “All That She Carried” by Tiya Miles |
| “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois” by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers | “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois” by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers |
| “Thick” by Tressie McMillan Cottom | “Thick” by Tressie McMillan Cottom |
| Why Does It Have to Be Slaveholders That We Unite Around?(Oct. 19, 2021) | Why Does It Have to Be Slaveholders That We Unite Around?(Oct. 19, 2021) |
| “A Midwife’s Tale” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich | “A Midwife’s Tale” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
| “The Negro in the American Revolution” by Benjamin Quarles | “The Negro in the American Revolution” by Benjamin Quarles |
| “Rebecca’s Revival” by Jon F. Sensbach | “Rebecca’s Revival” by Jon F. Sensbach |
| A Crypto Optimist Meets a Crypto Skeptic (Oct. 15, 2021) | A Crypto Optimist Meets a Crypto Skeptic (Oct. 15, 2021) |
| “The Company” by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge | “The Company” by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge |
| “My Life in Full” by Indra Nooyi | “My Life in Full” by Indra Nooyi |
| “Palace Walk” by Naguib Mahfouz | “Palace Walk” by Naguib Mahfouz |
| Lessons on Living Well, From Nick Offerman (Oct. 12, 2021) | Lessons on Living Well, From Nick Offerman (Oct. 12, 2021) |
| “Fidelity” by Wendell Berry | “Fidelity” by Wendell Berry |
| “Wanderlust” by Rebecca Solnit | “Wanderlust” by Rebecca Solnit |
| “Girls and Sex” by Peggy Orenstein | “Girls and Sex” by Peggy Orenstein |
| “Boys and Sex” by Peggy Orenstein | “Boys and Sex” by Peggy Orenstein |
| What if We’ll Never Truly Be Free? (Oct. 8, 2021) | What if We’ll Never Truly Be Free? (Oct. 8, 2021) |
| “Possibilities” by David Graeber | “Possibilities” by David Graeber |
| “Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments” by Saidiya Hartman | “Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments” by Saidiya Hartman |
| “The Force of Nonviolence” by Judith Butler | “The Force of Nonviolence” by Judith Butler |
| Warning: This Episode Gets Really Weird About How Much Good You Can Do (Oct. 5, 2021) | Warning: This Episode Gets Really Weird About How Much Good You Can Do (Oct. 5, 2021) |
| “Due Diligence” by David Roodman | “Due Diligence” by David Roodman |
| “The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers” by Robert L. Kelly | “The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers” by Robert L. Kelly |
| “The Precipice” by Toby Ord | “The Precipice” by Toby Ord |
| ‘We’ve Become Too Complicated’: Where Eric Adams Thinks Democrats Went Wrong (Oct. 1, 2021) | ‘We’ve Become Too Complicated’: Where Eric Adams Thinks Democrats Went Wrong (Oct. 1, 2021) |
| “Healthy At Last” by Eric Adams | “Healthy At Last” by Eric Adams |
| “Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself” by Joe Dispenza | “Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself” by Joe Dispenza |
| “You Are The Placebo” by Joe Dispenza | “You Are The Placebo” by Joe Dispenza |
| “Upstream” by Dan Heath | “Upstream” by Dan Heath |
| “Atomic Habits” by James Clear | “Atomic Habits” by James Clear |
| Richard Powers on What We Can Learn from Trees (Sept. 28, 2021) | Richard Powers on What We Can Learn from Trees (Sept. 28, 2021) |
| “How to Be Animal” by Melanie Challenger | “How to Be Animal” by Melanie Challenger |
| “Rooted” by Lyanda Lynn Haupt | “Rooted” by Lyanda Lynn Haupt |
| “Ever Green” by John W. Reid and Thomas E. Lovejoy | “Ever Green” by John W. Reid and Thomas E. Lovejoy |
| We’re on the Precipice of a Post-Roe World (Sept. 21, 2021) | We’re on the Precipice of a Post-Roe World (Sept. 21, 2021) |
| “How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics” by Laura Briggs | “How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics” by Laura Briggs |
| “Killing for Life” by Carol Mason | “Killing for Life” by Carol Mason |
| “Radical Reproductive Justice,” edited by Loretta J. Ross, Lynn Roberts, Erika Derkas, Whitney Peoples, and Pamela Bridgewater | “Radical Reproductive Justice,” edited by Loretta J. Ross, Lynn Roberts, Erika Derkas, Whitney Peoples, and Pamela Bridgewater |
| Covid Showed Us What Keynes Always Knew (Sept. 17, 2021) | Covid Showed Us What Keynes Always Knew (Sept. 17, 2021) |
| “The Deficit Myth” by Stephanie Kelton | “The Deficit Myth” by Stephanie Kelton |
| “Stalingrad” by Vasily Grossman | “Stalingrad” by Vasily Grossman |
| “Essays in Persuasion” by John Maynard Keynes | “Essays in Persuasion” by John Maynard Keynes |
| How Colson Whitehead Writes About Our ‘Big Wild Country’ (Sept. 14, 2021) | How Colson Whitehead Writes About Our ‘Big Wild Country’ (Sept. 14, 2021) |
| “Love Goes to Buildings” on Fire by Will Hermes | “Love Goes to Buildings” on Fire by Will Hermes |
| “The Buddha in the Attic” by Julie Otsuka | “The Buddha in the Attic” by Julie Otsuka |
| “When the Emperor Was Divine” by Julie Otsuka | “When the Emperor Was Divine” by Julie Otsuka |
| “Mad As Hell” by Dave Itzkoff | “Mad As Hell” by Dave Itzkoff |
| Can We Change Our Sexual Desires? Should We? (Sept. 7, 2021) | Can We Change Our Sexual Desires? Should We? (Sept. 7, 2021) |
| “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” by Alethia Jones and Virginia Eubanks, with Barbara Smith | “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” by Alethia Jones and Virginia Eubanks, with Barbara Smith |
| “Revolting Prostitutes” by Juno Mac and Molly Smith | “Revolting Prostitutes” by Juno Mac and Molly Smith |
| “Feminist International” by Verónica Gago, translated by Liz Mason-Deese | “Feminist International” by Verónica Gago, translated by Liz Mason-Deese |
| This Isn’t Your Grandpa’s Joe Biden (Sept. 3, 2021) | This Isn’t Your Grandpa’s Joe Biden (Sept. 3, 2021) |
| “Undoing the Demos” by Wendy Brown | “Undoing the Demos” by Wendy Brown |
| “The End of the Myth” by Greg Grandin | “The End of the Myth” by Greg Grandin |
| “Difference Without Domination” by Danielle Allen and Rohini Somanathan | “Difference Without Domination” by Danielle Allen and Rohini Somanathan |
| My Reading Habits, Explained, and Other Questions You Asked (Aug. 31, 2021) | My Reading Habits, Explained, and Other Questions You Asked (Aug. 31, 2021) |
| “Here We Are” by Oliver Jeffers | “Here We Are” by Oliver Jeffers |
| “Cars and Trucks and Things That Go” by Richard Scarry | “Cars and Trucks and Things That Go” by Richard Scarry |
| “Happy Birthday to You!” by Dr. Seuss | “Happy Birthday to You!” by Dr. Seuss |
| The Foreign Policy Conversation Washington Doesn’t Want to Have (Aug. 27, 2021) | The Foreign Policy Conversation Washington Doesn’t Want to Have (Aug. 27, 2021) |
| “The Best and the Brightest” by David Halberstam | “The Best and the Brightest” by David Halberstam |
| “The Hell of Good Intentions” by Stephen Walt | “The Hell of Good Intentions” by Stephen Walt |
| “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley | “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley |
| This Conversation Will Change How You Think About Trauma (August 24, 2021) | This Conversation Will Change How You Think About Trauma (August 24, 2021) |
| “The Apology” by V | “The Apology” by V |
| “Love in Goon Park” by Deborah Blum | “Love in Goon Park” by Deborah Blum |
| “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” by Richard Flanagan | “The Narrow Road to the Deep North” by Richard Flanagan |
| How Identity Politics Took Over the Republican Party (Aug. 13, 2021) | How Identity Politics Took Over the Republican Party (Aug. 13, 2021) |
| “Reconstruction” by Eric Foner | “Reconstruction” by Eric Foner |
| “Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880” by W. E. B. Du Bois | “Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880” by W. E. B. Du Bois |
| “Children of Blood and Bone” by Tomi Adeyemi | “Children of Blood and Bone” by Tomi Adeyemi |
| “The City We Became” by N. K. Jemisin | “The City We Became” by N. K. Jemisin |
| What Trump Understood About the War on Terror That Others Missed (Aug. 10, 2021) | What Trump Understood About the War on Terror That Others Missed (Aug. 10, 2021) |
| “American War” by Omar El Akkad | “American War” by Omar El Akkad |
| “The Jakarta Method” by Vincent Bevins | “The Jakarta Method” by Vincent Bevins |
| “Overheated” by Kate Aronoff | “Overheated” by Kate Aronoff |
| “The New Gods” by Jack Kirby | “The New Gods” by Jack Kirby |
| “Lazarus” by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark | “Lazarus” by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark |
| “Rise of the Black Panther” by Evan Narcisse and Ta-Nehisi Coates | “Rise of the Black Panther” by Evan Narcisse and Ta-Nehisi Coates |
| The Good and Bad News About the Delta Variant (Aug. 6, 2021) | The Good and Bad News About the Delta Variant (Aug. 6, 2021) |
| “Wired for Culture” by Mark Pagel | “Wired for Culture” by Mark Pagel |
| “Rule Makers, Rule Breakers” by Michele Gelfand | “Rule Makers, Rule Breakers” by Michele Gelfand |
| “Stuck” by Heidi J. Larson | “Stuck” by Heidi J. Larson |
| This Conversation Changed the Way I Interact With Technology (Aug. 3, 2021) | This Conversation Changed the Way I Interact With Technology (Aug. 3, 2021) |
| “Tools for Conviviality” by Ivan Illich | “Tools for Conviviality” by Ivan Illich |
| “The Human Condition” by Hannah Arendt | “The Human Condition” by Hannah Arendt |
| “Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life” by Albert Borgmann | “Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life” by Albert Borgmann |
| What’s Really Behind the 1619 Backlash? (July 30, 2021) | What’s Really Behind the 1619 Backlash? (July 30, 2021) |
| “Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880” by W. E. B. Du Bois | “Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880” by W. E. B. Du Bois |
| “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson | “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson |
| “Postwar” by Tony Judt | “Postwar” by Tony Judt |
| “Avengers of the New World” by Laurent Dubois | “Avengers of the New World” by Laurent Dubois |
| Ross Douthat Has Been ‘Radicalized a Little Bit, Too’ (July 27, 2021) | Ross Douthat Has Been ‘Radicalized a Little Bit, Too’ (July 27, 2021) |