What Cal read in 2022 · What Did They Read?

Books read, not necessarily recommendations. Compiled by Brian Renshaw from podcast transcriptions.

December 2022

1 episode

And There Was LightJon MeachamEp. 232: The Lumberjack Paradox ↗
Living with FrankensteinSteven SchkolneEp. 232: The Lumberjack Paradox ↗
RecursionBlake CrouchEp. 232: The Lumberjack Paradox ↗
The Apollo MurdersChris HadfieldEp. 232: The Lumberjack Paradox ↗
The Last JurorJohn GrishamEp. 232: The Lumberjack Paradox ↗

November 2022

1 episode

Cinema SpeculationQuentin TarantinoEp. 226: The Productivity Dragon ↗
Life 3.0Max TegmarkEp. 226: The Productivity Dragon ↗
Life Is HardKieran SetiyaEp. 226: The Productivity Dragon ↗
Sacred NatureKaren ArmstrongEp. 226: The Productivity Dragon ↗
SuperintelligenceNick BostromEp. 226: The Productivity Dragon ↗

September 2022

1 episode

And Then There Were NoneAgatha ChristieEp. 217: Slow Productivity Advice ↗
EndureCameron HanesEp. 217: Slow Productivity Advice ↗
Genius MakersCade MetzEp. 217: Slow Productivity Advice ↗
The Great MoviesRoger EbertEp. 217: Slow Productivity Advice ↗
The MetaverseMatthew BallEp. 217: Slow Productivity Advice ↗

August 2022

1 episode

GoldeneyeMatthew ParkerEp. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns ↗
MoonrakerIan FlemingEp. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns ↗
State of FearMichael CrichtonEp. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns ↗
TolkienRaymond EdwardsEp. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns ↗
Washington Goes to WarDavid BrinkleyEp. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns ↗

July 2022

1 episode

A Man for All MarketsEdward O. ThorpEp. 208: To-Do Lists Are Inhumane ↗
DilettanteDana BrownEp. 208: To-Do Lists Are Inhumane ↗
The Four Agreementsdon Miguel RuizEp. 208: To-Do Lists Are Inhumane ↗
The Monster’s BonesDavid K. RandallEp. 208: To-Do Lists Are Inhumane ↗
Zero to MakerDavid LangEp. 208: To-Do Lists Are Inhumane ↗

June 2022

1 episode

Ball FourJim BoutonEp. 204: Deep Life Principles ↗
CodMark KurlanskyEp. 204: Deep Life Principles ↗
Desperate NetworksBill CarterEp. 204: Deep Life Principles ↗
Every Tool’s a HammerAdam SavageEp. 204: Deep Life Principles ↗
First BloodDavid MorrellEp. 204: Deep Life Principles ↗
Leave the Gun, Take the CannoliMark SealEp. 204: Deep Life Principles ↗

May 2022

1 episode

Blood and TreasureBob Drury and Tom ClavinEp. 200: Decoding the Deep Life ↗
Born Standing UpSteve MartinEp. 200: Decoding the Deep Life ↗
Lost MoonJim Lovell and Jeffrey KlugerEp. 200: Decoding the Deep Life ↗
The Lost City of ZDavid GrannEp. 200: Decoding the Deep Life ↗
Why Faith MattersDavid WolpeEp. 200: Decoding the Deep Life ↗

April 2022

1 episode

Bird by BirdAnne LamottEp. 194: The Surprising Math of Doing Less ↗
Blue LatitudesTony HorwitzEp. 194: The Surprising Math of Doing Less ↗
ContactCarl SaganEp. 194: The Surprising Math of Doing Less ↗
The Seven Storey MountainThomas MertonEp. 194: The Surprising Math of Doing Less ↗
Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s ConjectureApostolos DoxiadisEp. 194: The Surprising Math of Doing Less ↗

March 2022

1 episode

A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le GuinEp. 188: The Books I Read in March 2022 ↗
Draft No. 4John McPheeEp. 188: The Books I Read in March 2022 ↗
Every Good EndeavorTimothy Keller and Katherine Leary AlsdorfEp. 188: The Books I Read in March 2022 ↗
The Abolition of ManC. S. LewisEp. 188: The Books I Read in March 2022 ↗
Travels with GeorgeNathaniel PhilbrickEp. 188: The Books I Read in March 2022 ↗

February 2022

1 episode

Cathedral of the WildBoyd VartyEp. 179: Do Techniques Beat Talent? ↗
Living with a SEALJesse ItzlerEp. 179: Do Techniques Beat Talent? ↗
Of Mice and MenJohn SteinbeckEp. 179: Do Techniques Beat Talent? ↗
The LoopJacob WardEp. 179: Do Techniques Beat Talent? ↗
Voices in the OceanSusan CaseyEp. 179: Do Techniques Beat Talent? ↗

January 2022

1 episode

Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham LincolnJohn StaufferEp. 172: CALLS: The Books I Read in January 2022 ↗
How to Take Smart NotesSönke AhrensEp. 172: CALLS: The Books I Read in January 2022 ↗
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) EverythingJames MartinEp. 172: CALLS: The Books I Read in January 2022 ↗
The Late ShiftBill CarterEp. 172: CALLS: The Books I Read in January 2022 ↗
WillWill Smith and Mark MansonEp. 172: CALLS: The Books I Read in January 2022 ↗

By year

The supplied archive covers October 2021 through August 2026. October 2022 is absent from the source list; monthly totals are preserved as compiled. Episode names are taken from the show’s own podcast feed. This is an independent archive, not an official Cal Newport project.