Books recommended on The Shawn Ryan Show
Shawn Ryan and guests brought up 53 books across 16 recent episodes, 15 of them explicit recommendations — each with the episode, the minute, and what was said.
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- 1 JESUS CALLINGSarah YoungAmazon 2 episodes · 2 recommended
- 2 American buffaloSteven RinellaAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 3 Finding UltraRich RollAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 4 Freak kingdomTimothy DeneviAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 5 How to Change Your MindMichael PollanAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 6 Jesus callingSarah YoungAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 7 Outdoor Kids in an Inside WorldSteven RinellaAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 8 Over the BeachZalin GrantAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 9 The Anxious GenerationJonathan HaidtAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 10 The Coddling of the American MindGreg LukianoffAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 11 The daily stoicRyan HolidayAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 12 The Right StuffTom WolfeAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 13 Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter PilotJames B. StockdaleAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 14 To Hell and BackAudie MurphyAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 15 100 Deadly SkillsClint EmersonAmazon 1 episode
- 16 Area 51Annie JacobsenAmazon 1 episode
- 17 Chain of evidenceRidley PearsonAmazon 1 episode
- 18 Code Name : Pale HorseScott PayneAmazon 1 episode
- 19 Deliverance Prayers for Use by the LaityChad RippergerAmazon 1 episode
- 20 Dresden CodexDaniel Castellanos MagañaAmazon 1 episode
- 21 Ego is the EnemyRyan HolidayAmazon 1 episode
- 22 Exile on Front StreetGeorge ChristieAmazon 1 episode
- 23 Fear and Loathing in Las VegasHunter S. ThompsonAmazon 1 episode
- 24 In Defense of FoodMichael PollanAmazon 1 episode
- 25 It Takes A VillageHillary Rodham ClintonAmazon 1 episode
- 26 Lights outTed KoppelAmazon 1 episode
- 27 MarkedGeorge ChristieAmazon 1 episode
- 28 MeditationsMarcus Aurelius AureliusAmazon 1 episode
- 29 Nonprofit Kit for DummiesBeverly A. BrowningAmazon 1 episode
- 30 Nuclear WarAnnie JacobsenAmazon 1 episode
- 31 On Having No HeadDouglas Edison HardingAmazon 1 episode
- 32 Operation paperclipAnnie JacobsenAmazon 1 episode
- 33 Operator SyndromeChris FruehAmazon 1 episode
- 34 Outlaw Riding Through the StormGeorge ChristieAmazon 1 episode
- 35 Phoenix RevivalKagan GilAmazon 1 episode
- 36 Popol VuhDennis TedlockAmazon 1 episode
- 37 Project Hail MaryAndy WeirAmazon 1 episode
- 38 Rogue warriorRichard MarcinkoAmazon 1 episode
- 39 SiegeJames Nolan MasonAmazon 1 episode
- 40 Stillness Is the KeyRyan HolidayAmazon 1 episode
- 41 Superman's Not ComingErin BrockovichAmazon 1 episode
- 42 Surprise, Kill, VanishAnnie JacobsenAmazon 1 episode
- 43 The Daily DadRyan HolidayAmazon 1 episode
- 44 The last runLeonard B. ScottAmazon 1 episode
- 45 The Madrid CodexGabrielle VailAmazon 1 episode
- 46 The Obstacle is the WayRyan HolidayAmazon 1 episode
- 47 The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research AgencyAnnie JacobsenAmazon 1 episode
- 48 The Ride of My LifeJustin DeLorettoAmazon 1 episode
- 49 The trouble with testosteroneRobert M. SapolskyAmazon 1 episode
- 50 The wizard of OzDeidre S. LaikenAmazon 1 episode
- 51 Trust Me, I'm LyingRyan HolidayAmazon 1 episode
- 52 Way of the peaceful warriorDan MillmanAmazon 1 episode
- 53 Why Zebras Don't Get UlcersRobert M. SapolskyAmazon 1 episode
Episode by episode
Ed Barnhart - The Amazon Rainforest is Hiding a Lost Civilization?! | SRS #335 · 2026-08-31
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“The first 23 pages of the Dresden Codex, which was my translating it was my master's degree, is nothing. We call them the prognostication pages.”
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“At least that's what the Maya have the equivalent of the Christian Bible. They have their own creation story called the Popol Vuh.”
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“In those particular ones, the Madrid Codex, the one that's in Madrid now, it shows it's got like 10 pages full of deer hunting.”
Clint Emerson - Inside SEAL Team 6's Spy Unit: Black Squadron | SRS #334 · 2026-08-27
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“You're also the best-selling author of 100 Deadly Skills, where you break down the surveillance, survival, and trade craft techniques you learned in special operations for a civilian audience.”
George Christie - Surviving 40 Years in the Hells Angels | SRS #333 · 2026-08-24
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“I put out my second book, Marked, and it's a fictional novel about my life”
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“If you read chain of evidence it's a book written by the police officer that was his handling him”
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“I write about it in my book, Outlaw Riding Through the Storm, that he was ordered to go over there”
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“I did the book with my first book, Exile. Uh, just was real careful, you know, what we put in the book”
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“That is the Jesus calling. So for dummies like me that can't understand the Bible, we have to resort to something like that”
Alex West - SEAL Team 6: "The Scariest Man on Earth Was Just an Old Man" | SRS #332 · 2026-08-20
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“And then I read uh Dick Marso's Rogue Warrior and just thought like, wow, that's really cool.”
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“It's this little yellow book. And I pull it out and it's How to Start a Nonprofit for Dummies.”
Scott Payne - FBI Undercover Agent Reveals the Most Disturbing Cases of His Career | SRS #331 · 2026-08-17
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“Last year, Buu became a New York Times best-selling author with the release of your memoir, Codeename Pale Horse.”
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“There's a book called Siege by James Mason. He's a longtime white supremacist. The book is essentially articles of interviews, but he highlights and admires people like uh Satan, Charles Manson, you know, good role models.”
Dr. Craig Koniver - The Godfather of Peptides | SRS #330 · 2026-08-13
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“Just read by Dan Milman, the way of the peaceful warrior. It's about this gymnast back in the 60s who becomes qualified for the Olympics.”
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“I think there's an interesting book. It's called The Trouble with Testosterone, and it was written by this guy, a sociologist at Stanford.”
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“He also wrote another book called Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. Fascinating guy talk that talks about stress.”
Justin DeLoretto - Ex-Mongols President Reveals What Really Happens Inside a 1% Club | SRS #329 · 2026-08-10
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“You documented that journey in your book, The Ride, The Ride of My Life. From street gangs to motorcycle clubs to social worker.”
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“It's called the Jesus Calling. It's one thing a day. Takes about 60 seconds.”
Kevin Mandia - Cybersecurity Expert Hunting the World's Most Dangerous Hackers | SRS #328 · 2026-08-06
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“There's a book by Ted Koppel called Lights Out. And I read enough of that to go, I don't know if that happens.”
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“There's a book out. You have kids now, so you're going to have to read these things. You look into the anxious generation.”
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“The same person that wrote the coddling of the american mind.”
Josh Howerton - The War for Christianity | SRS #327 · 2026-08-03
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“So, like Hillary Clinton wrote that. Was it a book that she wrote? I think called It Takes a Village, something like that.”
Kegan Gill - F-18 Pilot Survives Two Hours in the Atlantic With a Broken Neck | SRS #326 · 2026-07-30
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“He wrote a book, right? Operator Syndrome. Yeah. He he really nails it right on the head”
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“This is a copy of my book. I signed that one for you.”
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“I had read this book called The Last Run, and it's all about the rescue missions those guys are doing up in Alaska.”
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“I've been listening to Project Hail Mary, and that's the kind of audio book that really works in this format. Hearing the story in the narrator's voice pulls you in differently.”
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“he gave me a book by Rich Roll. It's called Finding Ultra. It was basically his story of struggling with alcohol, being a corporate lawyer, like hating his life”
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“I opened my eyes to some books by Michael Poland. There's one called in defense of food and I started reading how broken and corrupt the food system is”
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“And the book that really changed it was how to change your mind by Michael Poland, which is now a Netflix documentary on psychedelic assisted therapy”
Sean Strickland - The Most Controversial Fighter in the UFC Opens Up Like Never Before | SRS #325 · 2026-07-27
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“It's a book called The Jesus Calling. You read one one thing a day. Super short. Takes no time.”
Father Ripperger - A Demon Told This Exorcist: "It's How I Took Your Government Out" | SRS #324 · 2026-07-23
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“I actually put out a book called Deliverance Prayers for the Lady which it people shouldn't feel restricted to that book”
Annie Jacobsen - The Government’s Classified Plan for Biological War | SRS #323 · 2026-07-20
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“You've written best-selling books including Area 51, Operation Paperclip, The Pentagon's Brain, Surprise Kill, Vanish, Nuclear War: A Scenario”
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“You've written best-selling books including Area 51, Operation Paperclip, The Pentagon's Brain, Surprise Kill, Vanish, Nuclear War: A Scenario”
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The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency — Annie JacobsenAuthor's ownOn tour
“You've written best-selling books including Area 51, Operation Paperclip, The Pentagon's Brain, Surprise Kill, Vanish, Nuclear War: A Scenario”
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“You've written best-selling books including Area 51, Operation Paperclip, The Pentagon's Brain, Surprise Kill, Vanish, Nuclear War: A Scenario”
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“You've written best-selling books including Area 51, Operation Paperclip, The Pentagon's Brain, Surprise Kill, Vanish, Nuclear War: A Scenario”
Erin Brockovich - Whistleblowers Expose Toxic Runoff from AI Data Centers | SRS #322 · 2026-07-16
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“I wrote Superman's Not Coming and that never scared me because I knew eventually we would show up”
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“I became more fascinated with the book, the original book written by L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz, and that series of books that led to the film”
Ryan Holiday - Watch This If You Have a Negative Mind | SRS #321 · 2026-07-13
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“five six years ago uh she gave me one of your books and that's when I first heard about you and read it. Uh it was like a daily stoic”
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“this year got uh Marcus Aurelius's book on stoicism”
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“he wrote an amazing book about hunting called the uh American Buffalo, which is like one of my favorite books”
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“this is inside kid outside kids in an inside world. I think that's what every parent is struggling with right now”
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“this is thoughts of a philosophical fighter pilot. So, Stockdale uh goes to the naval academy in 43”
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“Do you ever read The Right Stuff? The Tom Wolf book? So, that's about test pilots who become the first astronauts.”
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“It's called Over the Beach. It was Stockdale's favorite book about the air war in Vietnam.”
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“You think Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a book about drugs and alcohol, which it is, but the subtitle is about the American dream”
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“this is Freak Kingdom. And it's about Hunter S. Thompson as a political thinker and critic”
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“author of 12 books on stoicism with more than 10 million copies sold, including The Obstacle is the Way”
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“author of 12 books on stoicism with more than 10 million copies sold, including Ego is the Enemy”
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“including The Obstacle is the Way, Ego is the Enemy, and Stillness is the key”
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“At 25. You wrote, Trust me, I'm lying.”
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“I did a book called The Daily Dad, which is just sort of classical or ancient lessons like one a day”
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“Uh he has a memoir called To Helen Back which uh I should have brought you”
Danny Goler - Apple Vision Pro May Have Captured Something We CAN'T Explain | SRS #320 · 2026-07-09
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“it's an old Buddhist practice that was illustrated really well in this book called uh on having no head”