Books recommended on Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
Conan O'Brien and guests brought up 9 books across 6 recent episodes, 3 of them explicit recommendations — each with the episode, the minute, and what was said.
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Books mentioned on this show
- 1 PiranesiSusanna ClarkeAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 2 Tales of Modern MenDanny McBrideAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 3 Will not attendAdam ResnickAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 4 Bridge to TerabithiaKatherine PatersonAmazon 1 episode
- 5 Free to Be You and MeMarlo ThomasAmazon 1 episode
- 6 My Secret GardenNancy FridayAmazon 1 episode
- 7 SurvivorChuck PalahniukAmazon 1 episode
- 8 The PrestigeChristopher PriestAmazon 1 episode
- 9 WantGillian AndersonAmazon 1 episode
Episode by episode
Gillian Anderson (Full Episode) | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend · 2026-08-17
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“You wrote a you or you collected a book uh called Want.”
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“Nancy Friday put together a book called My Secret Garden. And it was a collection of letters that she had collected from her community of friends and women writers.”
Rob Delaney (Full Episode) | Where Everybody Knows Your Name · 2026-08-12
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“there was a stage version of that you could do. And in 8th grade, we do Free to Be You and Me and they're like, Well you can't play a child. You have to play an adult.”
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“There's this guy named Adam Resnik who wrote for Letterman and John Stewart and a bunch of others and he has a book called Will Not Attend. It is so funny.”
This Or That: Why Star Trek is Better Than Star Wars | Bley's Arcade · 2026-08-07
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“I'm halfway through Danny McBride's new book. Tales of Modern Men. It's great. Even if you're not a huge book reader, pick up this book. It's really great. He's a great author.”
Is "The Odyssey" Christopher Nolan's Best Film? | Bley's Arcade · 2026-07-31
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“I also read the book. It's based on a book. Book's not good. Like Nolan's adaptation is really great because the book, The Prestige, is just a journal. It's basically a nested narrative of a journal.”
What TV Can Learn From Video Games: Game Juice | Bley's Arcade · 2026-07-24
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“Chuck Pollina, who wrote Fight Club, wrote a book called I think Survivor where the pages count down instead of counting up. And it was really cool cuz I was like, 'Oh my god, I have 100 pages left' and”
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“Great great great book called Pyreneesi by Susanna Clark. Beautiful book. One of my favorite endings of anything ever. But I cried at the end.”
Jake Johnson (Full Episode) | Where Everybody Knows Your Name · 2026-07-22
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“I wrote basically copied the book Bridge to Terabithia but with like me and my brother and I'd be like hysterically crying and then I'd be like that my brother Danny has cancer”