Andrew Klavan Definitively Ranks These 24 Books

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🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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While I did not choose this list of essential books, I will be reviewing it. Whether or not the books on this list are great, hinges on my opinion, which is the ONLY correct one. - - - Today's Sponsor: ExpressVPN - Go to https://expressvpn.com/andrewklavanshow and find out how you can get 4 months of ExpressVPN free! - - - Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://dailywire.com/subscribe 🍿 The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is now streaming exclusively on DailyWire+ Watch now: https://dwplus.watch/ThePendragon Subscribe here: https://pendragonseries.com 🔥 Friendly Fire is here! No moderator, no safe words. Now available: https://dailywire.com/show/friendly-fire 📙 My NY Times best-selling non-fiction book, "The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness" has been nominated for an Edgar Award! Available for purchase here: https://dwplus.shop/KingdomofCain 📘 My latest novel, "After That, The Dark" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/AfterThatTheDark 📚 Save the Klavan by shopping my merch here: https://dwplus.shop/AndrewKlavanMerch - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.2	Today we're going to take a look at what people believe are essential books that you should read.
1:12.0	This is from a penguin publisher's website, but it's the readers who are putting in these essential books,
1:16.2	and they're now going to reach their final judgment, which is me, obviously, the person who's read every book and who knows which ones are essential. That's a very important word.
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1:32.9	movements and maneuvers and secrets and all kinds of things.
1:37.3	All right.
1:37.7	So it starts off with To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a 1960 novel.
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