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“Postman was prophetic. He saw what was coming and tried to warn us.” source
Journalist and podcast host
Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein is a journalist, New York Times columnist, and host of The Ezra Klein Show, where he ends most episodes by asking guests for book recommendations. He co-wrote the 2025 book Abundance with Derek Thompson. Picks below are books Klein has named as his own favorites.
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“Life is the sum total of what we pay attention to. What forces are in control of our attention, and how we get it back, is a defining question of our age.” source
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“It's going to be hard to change, but I think Cal Newport is right. We've screwed up how we work digitally, adopting a ton of software that promised productivity and delivered distraction.” source
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“This is the academic book on identity polarization. It's a touchstone for understanding politics in this era, and one of the works that have done the most to shape my thinking.” source
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“Anderson's book compellingly recenters America's racial narrative on the propulsive power of white fury.” source
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“For the most part, the way we think about problems afflicting complex ecosystems is reductive and wrong.” source
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“The media want to be a mirror held up to reality. In truth, we shape reality in what we choose to highlight and how we choose to report on it.” source
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“This book is about how we think about how we treat animals, and it's a powerful lesson in how dominant ideologies protect and hide themselves in all areas of life.” source
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“It's particularly good on the way Nixon's circle justified what they had done, and what they were protecting.” source
Readers with overlapping taste
