Ezra Klein Book Recommendations

Creativity, Inc.

Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

by Ed Catmull

"An amazing, amazing book." - Ezra Klein (Source)

Beyond Ideology

Politics, Principles, and Partisanship in the U. S. Senate

by Frances E. Lee

"The book that is probably the most influential for me in thinking about how American politics really works." - Ezra Klein (Source)

What It Takes

The Way to the White House

by Richard Ben Cramer

"Everybody should read it." - Ezra Klein (Source)

This is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Nothing to See Here

by Kevin Wilson

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Give People Money

How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World

by Annie Lowrey

"Brilliant book." - Ezra Klein (Source)

The City We Became

A Novel

by N. K. Jemisin

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America

by George C. Edwards III

"Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein (Source)

On Deaf Ears

The Limits of the Bully Pulpit

by George C. Edwards III

"Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein (Source)

Predicting the Presidency

The Potential of Persuasive Leadership

by George C. Edwards III

"Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein (Source)

Overreach

Leadership in the Obama Presidency

by George C. Edwards III

"Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein (Source)

The Polarized Presidency of George W. Bush

by George C. Edwards III

"Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein (Source)

Stories of Your Life and Others

by Ted Chiang

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Locking Up Our Own

Crime and Punishment in Black America

by James Forman, Jr.

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Lincoln in the Bardo

A Novel

by George Saunders

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Children of Time

Children of Time, Book 1

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The Extended Mind

The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

by Annie Murphy Paul

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The WEIRDest People in the World

How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

by Joseph Henrich

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Bewilderment

A Novel

by Richard Powers

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

No Bad Kids

Toddler Discipline Without Shame

by Janet Lansbury

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The Book of Form and Emptiness

by Ruth Ozeki

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Matrix

by Lauren Groff

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Ledger

by Jane Hirshfield

"Something I really loved." - Ezra Klein (Source)

Down Girl

The Logic of Misogyny

by Kate Manne

"One of a few essential texts for understanding politics (and American life) today." - Ezra Klein (Source)

What We Owe the Future

by William MacAskill

"Will change your sense of how grand the sweep of human history could be, where you fit into it, and how much you could do to change it for the better." - Ezra Klein (Source)

The Sabbath World

Glimpses of a Different Order of Time

by Judith Shulevitz

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Klara and the Sun

A Novel

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

The Alignment Problem

Machine Learning and Human Values

by Brian Christian

Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

How to Do Nothing

Resisting the Attention Economy

by Jenny Odell

"Hit me particularly hard." - Ezra Klein (Source)

Stealth Democracy

Americans' Beliefs About How Government Should Work

by John R. Hibbing

"One of the more frustrating dynamics in politics is many voters assume that if something was good or obvious, it'd be bipartisan, and if it's not, that means something is wrong." - Ezra Klein (Source)

Something Deeply Hidden

Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

by Sean Carroll

"Great if you like feeling very confused about the nature of reality, which I guess I do." - Ezra Klein (Source)

Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop

The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America

by Lee Drutman

"He's more optimistic than I am about multiparty democracy solving our ills, but he's absolutely right on the structural nature of two-party duopoly." - Ezra Klein (Source)

Let the People Pick the President

The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College

by Jesse Wegman

"Great if you want to go deep on the case against the electoral college." - Ezra Klein (Source)

The Shallows

What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr

"One of the most prescient books of the digital age." - Ezra Klein (Source)

The Price of Peace

Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes

by Zachary D. Carter

"A brilliant exploration of the question 'what is economics for?' disguised as an excellent biography of John Maynard Keynes." - Ezra Klein (Source)

The Ministry for the Future

A Novel

by Kim Stanley Robinson

"Near-future fiction about the world climate change is creating, and how it will change us, and we will change it." - Ezra Klein (Source)

Under a White Sky

The Nature of the Future

by Elizabeth Kolbert

"An incredible book." - Ezra Klein (Source)

The Gardener and the Carpenter

What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children

by Alison Gopnik

"It's life-changing." - Ezra Klein (Source)

The Gamble

Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election

by John Sides

"A series of political scientists on the 2012 election I think is really helpful." - Ezra Klein (Source)