Ezra Klein Recommended Books
Ezra Klein has recommended 39 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Ezra Klein is an American journalist, blogger, and political commentator who co-founded Vox.
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Creativity, Inc.
Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
"An amazing, amazing book." - Ezra Klein (Source)
Also recommended by:
Mark Zuckerberg, Jason Calacanis, Demis Hassabis, Alexis Ohanian, Michael Mauboussin, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Trung Phan
Beyond Ideology
Politics, Principles, and Partisanship in the U. S. Senate
"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
"Everybody should read it." - Ezra Klein (Source)
This is How You Lose the Time War
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Nothing to See Here
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
"Brilliant book." - Ezra Klein (Source)
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The City We Became
A Novel
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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On Deaf Ears
The Limits of the Bully Pulpit
"Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein (Source)
Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America
"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
"Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein (Source)
Overreach
Leadership in the Obama Presidency
"Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein (Source)
The Polarized Presidency of George W. Bush
"Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein (Source)
The Gamble
Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election
"A series of political scientists on the 2012 election I think is really helpful." - Ezra Klein (Source)
The Gardener and the Carpenter
What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children
"It's life-changing." - Ezra Klein (Source)
Under a White Sky
The Nature of the Future
"An incredible book." - Ezra Klein (Source)
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The Ministry for the Future
A Novel
"Near-future fiction about the world climate change is creating, and how it will change us, and we will change it." - Ezra Klein (Source)
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The Price of Peace
Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
"A brilliant exploration of the question 'what is economics for?' disguised as an excellent biography of John Maynard Keynes." - Ezra Klein (Source)
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The Shallows
What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
"One of the most prescient books of the digital age." - Ezra Klein (Source)
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Let the People Pick the President
The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
"Great if you want to go deep on the case against the electoral college." - Ezra Klein (Source)
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
"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)
Stealth Democracy
Americans' Beliefs About How Government Should Work
"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)
How to Do Nothing
Resisting the Attention Economy
"Hit me particularly hard." - Ezra Klein (Source)
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The Alignment Problem
Machine Learning and Human Values
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Klara and the Sun
A Novel
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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The Sabbath World
Glimpses of a Different Order of Time
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Locking Up Our Own
Crime and Punishment in Black America
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Lincoln in the Bardo
A Novel
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Children of Time
Children of Time, Book 1
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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The Extended Mind
The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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The WEIRDest People in the World
How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Bewilderment
A Novel
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
No Bad Kids
Toddler Discipline Without Shame
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
The Book of Form and Emptiness
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Matrix
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Ledger
"Something I really loved." - Ezra Klein (Source)
Down Girl
The Logic of Misogyny
"One of a few essential texts for understanding politics (and American life) today." - Ezra Klein (Source)
What We Owe the Future
"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)
Also recommended by:
A.J. Jacobs, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Galef, Liv Boeree, Sam Harris, Stephen Fry, Elon Musk
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