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Books recommended by Tyler Cowen
Economist at George Mason University
Economist and co-author of the Marginal Revolution blog, where he has posted an annual list of the year's best non-fiction books for many years.
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This is a selection of sourced recommendations, not a complete list of everything Tyler Cowen has read or praised. How we choose.
Recommendations
Books Tyler Cowen recommends
17 books from 3 sources. Each one links to the place where Tyler recommended it.
Best non-fiction of 2024
Cowen's annual best non-fiction list; he singles out two books to top it.
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Nuclear War: A Scenario
Year-end favouriteOne of the two books he picked to top his best non-fiction of 2024.
Best non-fiction of 2024 Blog postmarginalrevolution.com
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A History of the Muslim World
Year-end favouriteOne of the two books he picked to top his best non-fiction of 2024.
Best non-fiction of 2024 Blog postmarginalrevolution.com
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Why Machines Learn
Year-end favouriteOn his best non-fiction of 2024 and named as a contender for the top, with a caveat that the maths may be too much for many readers.
Best non-fiction of 2024 Blog postmarginalrevolution.com
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How Life Works
Year-end favouriteOn his best non-fiction of 2024 list.
Best non-fiction of 2024 Blog postmarginalrevolution.com
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The New Roman Empire
Year-end favouriteOn his best non-fiction of 2024 list — a history of Byzantium.
Best non-fiction of 2024 Blog postmarginalrevolution.com
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Native Nations
Year-end favouriteOn his best non-fiction of 2024 list.
Best non-fiction of 2024 Blog postmarginalrevolution.com
+1 other recommender: The Pulitzer Prizes
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Revolusi
Year-end favouriteOn his best non-fiction of 2024 list — Indonesia's revolution and its global significance.
Best non-fiction of 2024 Blog postmarginalrevolution.com
The best books on Information
Five Books interview in which Tyler Cowen chooses and discusses six books.
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Here Comes Everybody
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2013 Five Books interview “The best books on Information”.
The best books on Information Interviewfivebooks.com
+1 other recommender: Alan Rusbridger
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Individualism and Economic Order
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2013 Five Books interview “The best books on Information”.
The best books on Information Interviewfivebooks.com
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Everything is Miscellaneous
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2013 Five Books interview “The best books on Information”.
The best books on Information Interviewfivebooks.com
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Wikinomics
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2013 Five Books interview “The best books on Information”.
The best books on Information Interviewfivebooks.com
+1 other recommender: Alan Rusbridger
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The Book of Disquiet
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2013 Five Books interview “The best books on Information”.
The best books on Information Interviewfivebooks.com
+1 other recommender: Philip Pullman
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The Glass Bead Game
Explicit recommendationOne of six picks in the 2013 Five Books interview “The best books on Information”.
The best books on Information Interviewfivebooks.com
+1 other recommender: Marcus du Sautoy
#436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler Cowen
Episode of The Tim Ferriss Show's "Books I've Loved" series, in which Tyler Cowen talks through favourite books. The show notes list them.
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In Search of Lost Time
Explicit recommendationOne of the favourite books Tyler Cowen chose for the "Books I've Loved" series on The Tim Ferriss Show.
#436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler Cowen Podcast episodetim.blog
+3 other recommenders: Carlo Rovelli, Mona Simpson, Mark Manson
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Timeless Flight
Explicit recommendationOne of the favourite books Tyler Cowen chose for the "Books I've Loved" series on The Tim Ferriss Show.
Listed in the source as “Timeless Flight: The Definitive Biography of The Byrds”.
#436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler Cowen Podcast episodetim.blog
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Explicit recommendationOne of the favourite books Tyler Cowen chose for the "Books I've Loved" series on The Tim Ferriss Show.
#436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler Cowen Podcast episodetim.blog
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Ultralearning
Explicit recommendationOne of the favourite books Tyler Cowen chose for the "Books I've Loved" series on The Tim Ferriss Show.
Listed in the source as “Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career”.
#436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler Cowen Podcast episodetim.blog
+1 other recommender: James Clear
Written by Tyler Cowen
Books Tyler Cowen wrote
Their most-published books, from Open Library. These are books they wrote, not recommendations.
Cross-recommendations
Picks others agree on
7 books Tyler recommends that at least one other person in the directory also recommends, each from their own source.
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4recommendersIn Search of Lost Time 4 recommendersCarlo Rovelli, Mona Simpson, Mark Manson, Tyler Cowen
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2recommendersHere Comes Everybody 2 recommendersTyler Cowen, Alan Rusbridger
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2recommendersNative Nations 2 recommendersTyler Cowen, The Pulitzer Prizes
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2recommendersThe Book of Disquiet 2 recommendersPhilip Pullman, Tyler Cowen
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2recommendersThe Glass Bead Game 2 recommendersMarcus du Sautoy, Tyler Cowen
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2recommendersUltralearning 2 recommendersJames Clear, Tyler Cowen
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2recommendersWikinomics 2 recommendersTyler Cowen, Alan Rusbridger
Cross-recommendations
Who agrees with Tyler
People in the directory who recommended at least one of the same books.
Alan Rusbridger2 books in commonHere Comes Everybody · Wikinomics- TPThe Pulitzer Prizes1 book in commonNative Nations
Philip Pullman1 book in commonThe Book of Disquiet
Marcus du Sautoy1 book in commonThe Glass Bead Game
Carlo Rovelli1 book in commonIn Search of Lost Time
Mona Simpson1 book in commonIn Search of Lost Time
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