Books recommended on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
Theo Von and guests brought up 20 books across 9 recent episodes, 2 of them explicit recommendations — each with the episode, the minute, and what was said.
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Books mentioned on this show
- 1 A Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn IrvingAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 2 Anatomy of an EpidemicRobert WhitakerAmazon 1 episode · 1 recommended
- 3 1984George OrwellAmazon 1 episode
- 4 Bowling AloneRobert D. PutnamAmazon 1 episode
- 5 Code Name : Pale HorseScott PayneAmazon 1 episode
- 6 How to Test Negative for Stupid and Why Washington Never WillJohn KennedyAmazon 1 episode
- 7 If Beale Street Could TalkJames BaldwinAmazon 1 episode
- 8 Little WomenLouisa May AlcottAmazon 1 episode
- 9 Permanent MidnightJerry StahlAmazon 1 episode
- 10 Pride and PrejudiceJane AustenAmazon 1 episode
- 11 Psycho-cyberneticsMaxwell MaltzAmazon 1 episode
- 12 Romeo and JulietWilliam ShakespeareAmazon 1 episode
- 13 SiegeJames Nolan MasonAmazon 1 episode
- 14 Sing Backwards and WeepMark LaneganAmazon 1 episode
- 15 Superman's Not ComingErin BrockovichAmazon 1 episode
- 16 SupermarketAmazon 1 episode
- 17 The CrucibleArthur MillerAmazon 1 episode
- 18 The Dude and the Zen masterJeff BridgesAmazon 1 episode
- 19 UnshrunkLaura DelanoAmazon 1 episode
- 20 World According to GarpJohn IrvingAmazon 1 episode
Episode by episode
Luke Bryan | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #679 · 2026-09-01
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“I was like, that is the greatest book I've ever read”
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“World According to Garp was like one of the first books”
Psych Med Withdrawal Expert Laura Delano | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #678 · 2026-08-27
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“Uh you wrote a book called Unshrunk, a story of psychiatric treatment resistance.”
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“and it was called Anatomy of an Epidemic and I just felt compelled to buy it. So I bought it and I started reading it and it blew my mind”
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“Yeah. I mean, it's half a chapter of Romeo and Juliet.”
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“I love this very sense and sense ability type of cover on it. Pride and Prejudice energy up front.”
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“Little Women. It has a very Little Women energy on the front.”
Undercover Agent Scott Payne | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #674 · 2026-08-10
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“He has a book out called Code Name Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis.”
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“it's essentially a bunch of interviews, but he idolizes like there's a lot of Satanism in there. He idolizes Charles Manson, things like that.”
Jshock | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #673 · 2026-08-06
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“He wrote a book. Uh his name is Bobby Hall, but he wrote a book called Supermarket. And in the book, it's about him living like a double life. Um and he's going through psychosis and he's trying to like”
Casey Rocket | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #671 · 2026-07-23
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“One of them is a book called Permanent Midnight by a guy named Jerry Stahl that they made into a movie with Ben Stiller.”
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“Another great one is Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan who used to be the lead singer of The Screaming Trees.”
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“You know what they say, summer scarves spring winter tears. And that's George Orwell as well. Yes, that's 1984.”
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“There were trials that were going on. Like it was very Salem witchy-an, you know? It's like The Crucible.”
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“Yeah, that's Beale Street. If Beale Street could talk, it would sound like that.”
Erin Brockovich | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #670 · 2026-07-19
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“I wrote the book Superman's not coming and that never scared me cuz I knew eventually we'd show up.”
Duncan Trussell | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #667 · 2026-07-08
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“there's this book, Psycho Cybernetics, which sounds like horseshit. Yeah, the name sounds stupid, but I got this book and started listening to it and it's this plastic surgeon wrote the book and he noticed that you would give plastic”
Sen. John Kennedy | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #666 · 2026-07-01
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“He's got a book out called how to test negative for stupid and why Washington never will.”
Jeff Bridges | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #665 · 2026-06-26
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“we got in cahoots. We went up to Montana for a week or two and wrote this book called The Dude and the Zen Master”
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“There's a book a guy wrote about how there's no more bowling leagues. Bowling Alone, The Collapse and Revival of American Community. And it was just about giving men a place to be together”