Damon Linker Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Damon Linker on XSenior Lecturer in Political Science @UofPenn / Senior Fellow @NiskanenCenter /The “Beg to Differ” podcast @BulwarkOnline / Newsletter scribe

American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville
Bernard-Henri Lévy@MatthewSitman @cwellmon @SamAdlerBell From Garrison Keillor's NYTBR review of 'American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville,' by Bernard-Henri Lévy https://t.co/SZlbqkq8Qm
Paperback, 2007
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Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee@EsotericCD I don't know if it's old enough to be considered a "classic," but I give my strongest recommendation to JM Coetzee's DISGRACE.
Paperback, 2000
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95: The Ideas That Birthed the Reformation
Martin LutherMartin Luther had 95 Theses. I have merely 6 — about the imminent end of constitutionally guaranteed abortion rights for women. https://t.co/U4XGwKX8pM
Paperback, 2017
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World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism
Norman Podhoretz@NGrossman81 She’s playing on the same level here as Norman Podhoretz after 9/11 calling the War on Terror “World War IV.”
Paperback, 2008
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The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
Matthew B. CrawfordThis is a great post. It goes together well with one of my favorite books of the past decade: The World Beyond Your Head by Matthew Crawford, which I reviewed here: https://t.co/J02F73pMMl https://t.co/jbNzMXoixl
Paperback, 2016
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Beg to Differ: The Logic of Disputes and Argumentation
Joseph AgassiThis is a really incredible essay. It was my "highlight of the week" at the end of the "Beg to Differ" podcast last week. Highly recommended. https://t.co/OLhPEcwk1P
Paperback, 2016
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95 Theses
Martin LutherMartin Luther had 95 Theses. I have merely 6 — about the imminent end of constitutionally guaranteed abortion rights for women. https://t.co/U4XGwKX8pM
Paperback, 2014
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Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen@glukianoff All in the running: "Like a Rolling Stone," Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited "Five Years," David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust ATSFM "Thunder Road," Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run "Where the Streets Have No Name," U2, The Joshua Tree
Paperback, 2017
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The End of the Affair
Graham Greene“It's a strange thing to discover and to believe that you are loved when you know that there is nothing in you for anybody but a parent or a God to love.” ― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair
Paperback, 2004
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Socrates: Plato's Apology of Socrates and Crito, With a Part of His Phaedo
Benjamin Jowett@olivertraldi As Plato's Socrates points out on more than one occasion: The administering of medicine can sometimes be painful, but if it contributes to healing, it's reasonable to welcome it regardless of the suffering. (Sorry you had to endure it, though.)
Hardcover, 2023
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