Books recommended on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Dax Shepard, Monica Padman and guests brought up 29 books across 12 recent episodes, 3 of them explicit recommendations — each with the episode, the minute, and what was said.
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- 1 CalypsoDavid SedarisAmazon 2 episodes
- 2 Man's Search for MeaningViktor E. FranklAmazon 2 episodes
- 3 Knock at MidnightBrittany K. BarnettAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 4 The Land and Its PeoplesDavid SedarisAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 5 The Zuni Café CookbookJudy RodgersAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 6 Acid For The ChildrenFleaAmazon 1 episode
- 7 Anam CaraO'Donohue, JohnAmazon 1 episode
- 8 Broken PleaAmazon 1 episode
- 9 Cold zeroChristopher WhitcombAmazon 1 episode
- 10 Dealing with FeelingMarc BrackettAmazon 1 episode
- 11 HamletWilliam ShakespeareAmazon 1 episode
- 12 Happy-Go-LuckyDavid SedarisAmazon 1 episode
- 13 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneJ. K. RowlingAmazon 1 episode
- 14 Just MercyBryan StevensonAmazon 1 episode
- 15 Letters to a young poetRainer Maria RilkeAmazon 1 episode
- 16 NakedDavid SedarisAmazon 1 episode
- 17 Permission to FeelMarc BrackettAmazon 1 episode
- 18 SwitzyEmma ClineAmazon 1 episode
- 19 Talking headsAlan BennettAmazon 1 episode
- 20 The dirtMötley Crüe (Musical group)Amazon 1 episode
- 21 The girlsEmma ClineAmazon 1 episode
- 22 The GiverLois LowryAmazon 1 episode
- 23 The gospel of wealthAndrew CarnegieAmazon 1 episode
- 24 The GuestEmma ClineAmazon 1 episode
- 25 The madness of King GeorgeAlan BennettAmazon 1 episode
- 26 The Theory of the Leisure ClassThorstein VeblenAmazon 1 episode
- 27 The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward MotionPhil StutzAmazon 1 episode
- 28 THE TURNER DIARIESANDREW MACDONALDAmazon 1 episode
- 29 TommylandTommy LeeAmazon 1 episode
Episode by episode
Ray Madoff (on how billionaires avoid taxes & threaten capitalism)| Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · 2026-09-02
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“there was a book written by Vlin called the theory of the leisure class and it described about how they proved their worth in the social world by showing off their wealth”
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“Carnegi writing in the Gospel of Wealth, we've got to do something because we need to maintain the alliance between rich and poor”
In My Cookie, Jimmy & Molly, Five Favorite Foods | Fact Check for Jimmy Kimmel & Molly McNearney · 2026-08-24
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“she recommended this cookbook, Zouri Cafe”
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“I'm reading a book called Switzy by Emma Klene. It's very good, but I have to keep putting it down because the protagonist has dementia.”
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“It's by Emma Klene, who wrote The Girls, a very popular author”
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“Emma Klene wrote The Girls and I think The Guest, a very popular author”
Jimmy Kimmel & Molly McNearney | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · 2026-08-24
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“he gets home we put the kids to bed you know he reads Harry Potter with them we have dinner”
The $11,000 Bag, Chris Young, Man’s Search for Meaning | Fact Check for Chris Young · 2026-08-19
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“It's very uh uh Man's Search for Meaning. That's a fact. Victor Frankl book, Man's Search for Meaning.”
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“Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done. That's in Just Mercy.”
Chris Young (on being sentenced to life in prison) | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · 2026-08-19
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“In all that four years of reading, had you read Victor Frankle's book? Cuz the story is so parallel. For people who don't know the Victor Frankle story, he was in a concentration camp.”
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“You can read her book, A Knock at Midnight, where she speaks on freeing altogether. She's freed 77 of us that had life sentences for drugs, nonviolent offenses.”
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“When I finally read Hamlet, I happened to be in the hole. That to be or not to be, I bounced it around for what it could mean so many different ways.”
David Sedaris #6 | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · 2026-08-17
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“He wrote The Madness of King George.”
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“He did a series called Talking Heads. I can listen to it anytime.”
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“my second book was called Naked, right?”
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“there's a couple of your live readings like on Calypso that if you put it into AI you had it analyze are there more laughs per second than Chappelle”
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“for people who haven't read it and it's in Happy Golucky”
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“Oh, everybody get The Land and its People. It's [ __ ] brilliant. As are all of them.”
We’re Back Baby, David Sedaris, My First Hemorrhoid | Fact Check for David Sedaris #6 · 2026-08-17
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“The turtle snapper turtle story is in Calypso.”
Marc Brackett (on emotional intelligence) | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · 2026-08-12
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“my first book, which is called Permission to Feel, I go into a lot of detail about that”
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“this whole book I wrote, that's my new book, called Dealing with Feeling, which is to help people make that connection”
Taron Egerton | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · 2026-08-10
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“Have you ever read a book called Anamara by John O' Donahue? It means soul friend. It's spiritual wisdom from the Celtic world.”
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The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion — Phil StutzDiscussed
“And what started was a relationship with with Barry Michaels who he co-wrote the Tools with”
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“I remember him getting me a copy of Rilka's letters to a young poet, which is an amazing collection of letters from uh Raina Maria Rilka to a young aspiring writer”
Christopher Whitcomb (on the Idaho murders) | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · 2026-08-05
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“The Turner Diaries was basically a white supremacist manifesto which led to the creation of many groups. It's their Bible.”
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“The first book was called Cold Zero and it's a matter-of-fact representation of the whole contract, the team, and those events.”
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“Hope everyone checks out Broken Plea, the explosive search for truth behind the Idaho murders. It is out now.”
Alan Ritchson | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · 2026-07-27
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“Essentially the story is like there's somebody in that world with a gift to receive all the memories and pain of the rest of society, and one person is not meant to hold all of it.”
Tommy Lee | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · 2026-07-22
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“I had read Fleas's autobiography which is an incredible book. It's so good.”
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“In 2001, the dirt the autobiography that the band put out came out.”
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“You wrote your own biography in '05 Tommy Land.”