Tyler Cowen

54 Tyler Cowen Recommended Books

Tyler Cowen is an American economist, academic, and author. He is a professor of economics at George Mason University, where he holds the Holbert C. Harris Chair of economics, as well as the general director of the Mercatus Center. His areas of research are public finance, law and economics, economic history, and the economics of culture.

54 Books recommended by Tyler Cowen

Sketches of the Criminal World

Sketches of the Criminal World

Further Kolyma Stories

Author :Varlam Shalamov

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"The first third being remarkably moving and incisive as well." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

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Facebook

The Inside Story

Author :Steven Levy

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"Probably the best history of the company were are going to get, at least for the earlier years of the company." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

Author :Martin Gurri

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"One of the more important and more prophetic social science books of our time." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Industrialists

The Industrialists

How the National Association of Manufacturers Shaped American Capitalism

Author :Jennifer A. Delton

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"Why don’t more books fit this model: take one topic and explain it well?" - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Drink?

Drink?

The New Science of Alcohol and Health

Author :Professor David Nutt

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"A very good introduction to the growing body of evidence about the harms of alcohol, in all walks of life." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Book of Disquiet

The Book of Disquiet

Author :Fernando Pessoa

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"It’s really a book of meditations. It’s very philosophical." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Confessions of a Sociopath

Confessions of a Sociopath

A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight

Author :M.E. Thomas

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"One of the most interesting parts of the memoir is how she reconciles being both a 'psychopath' and a Mormon..." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Very Important People

Very Important People

Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit

Author :Ashley Mears

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"I loved this book." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume II

A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume II

Control

Author :Brendan O'Leary

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"This three-volume set is quite the remarkable achievement." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Cure That Works

The Cure That Works

How to Have the World's Best Health Care -- at a Quarter of the Price

Author :Sean Masaki Flynn

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"A look at how to translate ideas from Singapore’s health care system into the United States." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Wicked City

Wicked City

The Many Cultures of Marseille

Author :Nicholas Hewitt

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"Every city should have a good book about it, and now Marseille does." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Here Comes Everybody

Here Comes Everybody

The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

Author :Clay Shirky

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"About spontaneous order and decentralisation, and just how powerful the web can be." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The American Dream Is Not Dead

The American Dream Is Not Dead

(But Populism Could Kill It)

Author :Michael R. Strain

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"Just how good or bad are things in America right now? [This book] is the most balanced and informative take on this question you are likely to see." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Glass Hotel

The Glass Hotel

A Novel

Author :Emily St. John Mandel

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"I think, is [the author's] very best, deepest, most subtle novel." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Generation Priced Out

Generation Priced Out

Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America

Author :Randy Shaw

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"A YIMBY book, with good historical material on San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other locales involved in the struggle to build more." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Allah

Allah

God in the Qur’an

Author :Gabriel Said Reynolds

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"A very good treatment of what it promises, with an emphasis on the concept of mercy in Islam." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler

Mathematical Genius in the Enlightenment

Author :Ronald S. Calinger

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"What a beautiful book." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Age of Entitlement

The Age of Entitlement

America Since the Sixties

Author :Christopher Caldwell

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"A very old thesis, but these days quite new." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Infinite Machine

The Infinite Machine

How an Army of Crypto-hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum

Author :Camila Russo

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"Yes, this is the story of Vitalik Buterin and Ethereum. Very useful, and I am glad there is now a good book on this topic." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Dante

Dante

Author :John Took

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"The book to read on Dante after you’ve read all the other books." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Free to Move

Free to Move

Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom

Author :Ilya Somin

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"The best book on geographic mobility and exit that has been written to date." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume III

A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume III

Consociation and Confederation

Author :Brendan O'Leary

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"This three-volume set is quite the remarkable achievement." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Spastic Diplegia--Bilateral Cerebral Palsy

Spastic Diplegia--Bilateral Cerebral Palsy

Understanding the Motor Problems, Their Impact on Walking, and Management Throughout Life

Author :Lily Collison

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"New and notable." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Cognitive Gadgets

Cognitive Gadgets

The Cultural Evolution of Thinking

Author :Cecilia Heyes

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"Perhaps the most important general social science book in a good while." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Fully Grown

Fully Grown

Why a Stagnant Economy Is a Sign of Success

Author :Dietrich Vollrath

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"An excellent book on economic growth." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Senkaku Paradox

The Senkaku Paradox

Risking Great Power War Over Small Stakes

Author :Michael E. O'Hanlon

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"About what options a U.S. government would have — short of full war — to deal with international grabs by China or Russia." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Power Notebooks

The Power Notebooks

Author :Katie Roiphe

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"Power, sex, dating, and romance, but surprisingly substantive." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Conviction Machine

Conviction Machine

Standing Up to Federal Prosecutorial Abuse

Author :Harvey A. Silverglate

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"A frank and brutal documentation of why you should never trust a prosecutor or speak to the FBI." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Individualism and Economic Order

Individualism and Economic Order

Author :F. A. Hayek

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"Has nothing to do with the internet per se, it’s really about decentralisation." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Frank Ramsey

Frank Ramsey

A Sheer Excess of Powers

Author :Cheryl Misak

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"Thorough and useful, though not exciting to read." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Everything Is Miscellaneous

Everything Is Miscellaneous

The Power of the New Digital Disorder

Author :David Weinberger

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"Brilliant, but I think it raises an important question." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Founders

The Founders

The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley

Author :Jimmy Soni

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"Illuminating." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Social Democratic Capitalism

Social Democratic Capitalism

Author :Lane Kenworthy

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" A very smart, well-written, well-argued book." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Idealist

The Idealist

Wendell Willkie’s Wartime Quest to Build One World

Author :Samuel Zipp

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"I could not help but crack open the cover and sample a few pages, and then I was hooked." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

New Atlantis Revisited

New Atlantis Revisited

Author :Paul R. Josephson

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"Imagine the Soviets trying to build a 'city of science,' and meeting problem after problem." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Bomb

The Bomb

Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War

Author :Fred M. Kaplan

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"Not a secret history, but it is a good general overall introduction to its chosen topic." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Lost Pianos of Siberia

Lost Pianos of Siberia

Author :Sophy Roberts

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"A wonderful book if you care about the lost pianos of Siberia and indeed I do." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Origins of You

The Origins of You

How Childhood Shapes Later Life

Author :Jay Belsky

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"Will prove one of the best and most important works of the last few years." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Quarantined

Quarantined

Life and Death at William Head Station, 1872-1959

Author :Peter Johnson

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"British Columbia had a quarantine station that late, and this is its story." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Decadent Society

The Decadent Society

How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success

Author :Ross Gregory Douthat

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"Excellent book!" - Tyler Cowen [Source]

When the President Calls

When the President Calls

Conversations with Economic Policymakers

Author :Simon W. Bowmaker

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Station Eleven

Station Eleven

A Novel

Author :Emily St. John Mandel

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"[The author's] biggest-selling book to date." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Against the Grain

Against the Grain

A Deep History of the Earliest States

Author :James C. Scott

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"Wonderful." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Ideas Industry

The Ideas Industry

How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas

Author :Daniel W. Drezner

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"Excellent." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume I

A Treatise on Northern Ireland, Volume I

Colonialism

Author :Brendan O'Leary

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"This three-volume set is quite the remarkable achievement." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Wikinomics

Wikinomics

How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything

Author :Don Tapscott

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"It basically says wikis work and wikis are important and wikis are the way of the future." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Economists

Economists

Author :Robert M. Solow

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"Self-recommending." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

The Wizard and the Prophet

The Wizard and the Prophet

Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World

Author :Charles C. Mann

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"I loved [this book]." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Under the Influence

Under the Influence

Putting Peer Pressure to Work

Author :Robert H. Frank

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The Glass Bead Game

The Glass Bead Game

A Novel

Author :Hermann Hesse

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"About the beauty of organised structures and how we play them in game-like fashion and how much they entrance us." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Working Backwards

Working Backwards

Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

Author :Colin Bryar

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"One of the very best management books of recent times." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Golden Gates

Golden Gates

Fighting for Housing in America

Author :Conor Dougherty

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"A very good book about the YIMBY movement and its struggles." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Children of Ash and Elm

Children of Ash and Elm

A History of the Vikings

Author :Neil S. Price

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"I have only browsed this book, yet it appears to have much more information about the Vikings than other books I know." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

Sunnis and Shi'a

Sunnis and Shi'a

A Political History

Author :Laurence Louër

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"Captures the complexities, and in fact pulls the reader away from the usual tired dichotomy." - Tyler Cowen [Source]

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Q1: What is a Tyler Cowen book recommendation?

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Tyler Cowen's book recommendations can be found on his blog page tylercowen.com/books.

Tyler Cowen selects the books he recommends based upon his own personal tastes and interests. He seeks out books that he believes are intellectually stimulating and worthy of his readers' attention.

Tyler Cowen typically recommends books that explore a range of topics such as economics, philosophy, psychology, and more. He also recommends books that cover current events and topics of interest.

Tyler Cowen's book recommendations are unique because he provides insightful commentary and analysis on each book he recommends. This allows readers to gain further insight into the value of the book and its relevance to their own lives.