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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
by Ed Catmull
"An amazing, amazing book." - Ezra Klein (Source)
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7 people
Mark Zuckerberg recommended this bookMark Zuckerberg
"I love reading first-hand accounts about how people build great companies like Pixar and nurture innovation and creativity." - Mark Zuckerberg
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Jason Calacanis recommended this bookJason Calacanis
"Pixar has made some of the greatest stories of our time, but [the author]’s personal story, is perhaps the greatest story that has come out of Pixar." - Jason Calacanis
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Demis Hassabis recommended this bookDemis Hassabis
"About Pixar." - Demis Hassabis
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Alexis Ohanian recommended this bookAlexis Ohanian
"Must read." - Alexis Ohanian
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Michael Mauboussin recommended this bookMichael Mauboussin
"Best business book I've read in a long time." - Michael Mauboussin
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Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended this bookPatrick O'Shaughnessy
"One of the most entertaining and useful business books I’ve ever read." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
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- Trung Phan
"About the Animation industry." - Trung Phan
- Trung Phan
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)
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2 people
Craig Newmark recommended this bookCraig Newmark
Craig Newmark recommended this book on Twitter.
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Steph Pilavin recommended this bookSteph Pilavin
"This novel is beautiful chaos; you just have to let go & immerse. It's a story of love across space and time and sides of a forever war." - Steph Pilavin
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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)
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1 person
Mark Manson recommended this bookMark Manson
"I'm not 100% convinced but I see no alternative given the imminent mass automation around the corner." - Mark Manson
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The City We Became
A Novel
by N. K. Jemisin
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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2 people
Neil Gaiman recommended this bookNeil Gaiman
"It is such a good book." - Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman's recommendation of this book - Craig Newmark recommended this book
Craig Newmark
Craig Newmark recommended this book on Twitter.
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Under a White Sky
The Nature of the Future
by Elizabeth Kolbert
"An incredible book." - Ezra Klein (Source)
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1 person
Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
"About a number of the ways that people are intervening with nature, including gene drive and geoengineering." - Bill Gates
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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)
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2 people- Bill Gates recommended this book
Bill Gates
"Presents a stimulating and engaging story, spanning decades and continents." - Bill Gates
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Cory Doctorow recommended this bookCory Doctorow
"An uncomfortable read. It's a brilliant book." - Cory Doctorow
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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)
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1 person
Anthony Scaramucci recommended this bookAnthony Scaramucci
"A brillant assessment of Keynes and his time and relevant now to ours." - Anthony Scaramucci
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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)
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2 people
Barack Obama recommended this bookBarack Obama
Barack Obama's favorite books of 2019 list.
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Tara Brach recommended this bookTara Brach
"It's really describing how technology actually shapes and changes our brain." - Tara Brach
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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)
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)
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)
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1 person
Joe Rogan recommended this bookJoe Rogan
"Really excellent and really perplexing at the same time." - Joe Rogan
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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)
How to Do Nothing
Resisting the Attention Economy
by Jenny Odell
"Hit me particularly hard." - Ezra Klein (Source)
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1 person- Barack Obama recommended this book
Barack Obama
Barack Obama's favorite books of 2019 list.
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The Alignment Problem
Machine Learning and Human Values
by Brian Christian
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)
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4 people
Diane Rehm recommended this bookDiane Rehm
"Set in a not-too-distant future where a young child must be schooled at home without classmates because of fragile health." - Diane Rehm
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Ann Patchett recommended this bookAnn Patchett
Ann Patchett recommended this book on the Parnassus Books website.
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Jack Edwards recommended this bookJack Edwards
"Sort of dystopia about the rise of artificial intelligence." - Jack Edwards
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Jenny Lawson recommended this bookJenny Lawson
"A good book to give for Xmas." - Jenny Lawson
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The Sabbath World
Glimpses of a Different Order of Time
by Judith Shulevitz
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival
by Ted Chiang
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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3 people
Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"Drop everything and read [Understand]." - Naval Ravikant
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Patrick Collison recommended this bookPatrick Collison
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."
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Tim Ferriss recommended this bookTim Ferriss
"Incredible collection of short stories." - Tim Ferriss
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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)
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1 person- Bill Gates recommended this book
Bill Gates
"Despite being a work of fiction, it offered fresh insight that made me rethink parts of [Abraham Lincoln's] life." - Bill Gates
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Children of Time
Children of Time, Book 1
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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2 people
PewDiePie recommended this bookPewDiePie
"Tackles some really interesting topics." - PewDiePie
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Brian Dean recommended this bookBrian Dean
"Mentally ill AI and sentient spiders await a broken down starship. Need I say more?" - Brian Dean
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The Extended Mind
The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
by Annie Murphy Paul
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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1 person
Keith Rabois recommended this bookKeith Rabois
Keith Rabois recommended this book on Twitter.
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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)
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1 person
Marc Andreessen recommended this bookMarc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen recommended this book on Twitter.
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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)
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1 person
Cheryl Strayed recommended this bookCheryl Strayed
"Marvelous." - Cheryl Strayed
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Matrix
by Lauren Groff
Ezra Klein recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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1 person
Roxane Gay recommended this bookRoxane Gay
"A novel about a medieval nunnery."- Roxane Gay
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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)
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7 people
A.J. Jacobs recommended this bookA.J. Jacobs
"So good and so important." - A.J. Jacobs
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt recommended this bookJoseph Gordon-Levitt
"Both terrifying and uplifting." - Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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Julia Galef recommended this bookJulia Galef
"A fascinating, profound read." - Julia Galef
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Liv Boeree recommended this bookLiv Boeree
"Our guidebook to navigating this critical moment." - Liv Boeree
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Sam Harris recommended this bookSam Harris
"Altogether thrilling and necessary." - Sam Harris
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Stephen Fry recommended this bookStephen Fry
"A book of great daring, clarity, insight and imagination." - Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry's recommendation of this book +1
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- Elon Musk
"Worth reading. This is a close match for my philosophy." - Elon Musk
- Elon Musk
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