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Mentioned in 106 episodes

The great Gatsby

Book • 1925

Published in 1925, 'The Great Gatsby' is a tragic love story, a mystery, and a social commentary on American life during the Jazz Age. The novel is narrated by Nick Carraway, who moves to Long Island and becomes entangled in the lives of his wealthy and mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby, and Gatsby's obsession to win back his first love, Daisy Buchanan.

The story delves into themes of honesty, the temptations of wealth, and the struggle to escape the past, ultimately reflecting on the disintegration of the American Dream.

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Mentioned in 106 episodes

Mentioned by

Scott Wu

as one of his personal favorite fiction books.

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David Perell

in relation to Hunter S. Thompson's rewriting of "The Great Gatsby."

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and Michael Long as a novel about dopamine and unfulfilled desires.

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Steven Pressfield

, who said Hunter S. Thompson rewrote The Great Gatsby to understand writing a great novel.

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Brett McKay

in relation to the practice of copying others' work to improve one's own writing.

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Michael Barbaro

as the book he goes back to time and time again.

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Dan Fougere

in the context of sales demos and storytelling.

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Bari Weiss

as the source of the book's epigraph and title, highlighting the characters' carelessness and the consequences of their actions.

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Brett McKay

in the context of learning to write.

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Anthony Scaramucci

to highlight how the author was wrong about there not being second acts in America.

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and

Will Storr

in relation to his writing style and process.

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Craig Manning

in reference to a book he is reading with his wife, highlighting the theme of carelessness.

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Mentioned by

Walter Kirn

as being about a kid from North Dakota who wants to get in with a certain class.

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Mentioned by

Toby Howell

in Neil's Numbers segment to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

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Mentioned by

Philip Su

as one of the classics he started rereading and appreciating later in life.

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Anthony Scaramucci

, who claims Fitzgerald was wrong when he wrote that there are no second acts in American life.

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Michael Batnick

as one of the greatest books about wealth, alongside Bonfire of the Vanities.

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Terry Gross

in relation to its 100th anniversary.

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Mentioned by

Adam Grant

in relation to

John Green

's discussion of the capacity for wonder.

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Mentioned by

Toby Howell

as part of a list of commonly assigned books in middle and high school English classes.

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