Tyler Cowen

"I am a big fan of Emily St. John Mandel's novels Station Eleven (about a pandemic, by the way, I promise you that is a coincidence), and the new forthcoming The Glass Hotel."

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

"I am a big fan of Emily St. John Mandel's novels Station Eleven (about a pandemic, by the way, I promise you that is a coincidence), and the new forthcoming The Glass Hotel."

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

"I loved this book."

"Will prove one of the best and most important works of the last few years."

"Why don’t more books fit this model: take one topic and explain it well?"

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

"A very old thesis, but these days quite new."

"One of the most interesting parts of the memoir is how she reconciles being both a 'psychopath' and a Mormon..."

"Perhaps the most important general social science book in a good while."

"Wonderful."

"One of the very best management books of recent times."

"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"

"Every city should have a good book about it, and now Marseille does. I would say you have to already know the city, however, to appreciate this one."

"The best book on geographic mobility and exit that has been written to date."

" A very smart, well-written, well-argued book."

"Captures the complexities, and in fact pulls the reader away from the usual tired dichotomy."

"The book to read on Dante after you’ve read all the other books."

"An excellent book on economic growth."

"What a beautiful book."

"One of the more important and more prophetic social science books of our time."

"This three-volume set is quite the remarkable achievement."

"This three-volume set is quite the remarkable achievement."

"This three-volume set is quite the remarkable achievement."

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

"A very good book about the YIMBY movement and its struggles."

"Tyler Cowen recommended this book in his blog."

"Thorough and useful, though not exciting to read."

"A very good treatment of what it promises, with an emphasis on the concept of mercy in Islam."

"A wonderful book if you care about the lost pianos of Siberia and indeed I do."

"The first third being remarkably moving and incisive as well."

"New and notable."

"Excellent."

"Illuminating."

"Self-recommending."

"Not a secret history, but it is a good general overall introduction to its chosen topic."

"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 recommended this book in his blog."

"Excellent book!"

"A frank and brutal documentation of why you should never trust a prosecutor or speak to the FBI."

"I have only browsed this book, yet it appears to have much more information about the Vikings than other books I know."

"I loved The Wizard and the Prophet."

"A very good introduction to the growing body of evidence about the harms of alcohol, in all walks of life."