Books featured on Econtalk (28 books)

This list features every book that was the central topic of an EconTalk episode

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1	The Perfect Tuba: Forging Fulfillment from the Bass Horn, Band, and Hard Work by Sam Quinones (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 62 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It by Will Storr 4.12 avg rating — 3,295 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines by Gaurav Suri 4.17 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity by David Bessis 4.21 avg rating — 650 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt 4.01 avg rating — 896,208 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City by Jorge Almazán 4.44 avg rating — 456 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Anointed: The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World by Toby Stuart 3.67 avg rating — 94 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Food Intelligence: The Science of How Food Both Nourishes and Harms Us by Julia Belluz 3.93 avg rating — 329 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups by Colin M. Fisher (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 73 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters by Christine E. Webb 3.97 avg rating — 310 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 3.99 avg rating — 317,497 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Distancing: How Great Leaders Reframe to Make Better Decisions by L. David Marquet (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Right to Oblivion: Privacy and the Good Life by Lowry Pressly really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading: Translating Research to Reignite Joy and Meaning in the Classroom by Doug Lemov 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers by Paulina Rowińska (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 380 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity by Eric Topol 3.50 avg rating — 1,213 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life by Tiffany Jenkins 3.73 avg rating — 82 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI, 2019–2025 by Dwarkesh Patel 3.96 avg rating — 319 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Cross Purposes: Christianity's Broken Bargain with Democracy by Jonathan Rauch (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 271 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 4,021 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why by Jeff Sebo 3.69 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Birds, Sex and Beauty: The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin's Strangest Idea – Evolutionary Theory, Sexual Selection, and the Mystery of Attraction by Matt Ridley 4.01 avg rating — 99 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect by Will Guidara 4.42 avg rating — 34,020 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East by James Barr (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 5,010 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Socialist Calculation Debate (Elements in Austrian Economics) by Boettke really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with Our AI Future by Reid Hoffman (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 995 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry by Dana Gioia 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice by Adam Kirsch 4.01 avg rating — 611 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars