Thrillers & Crime Fiction

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   Carrie

   by Stephen King · 2 episodes

   “And he would just get blacked out and write these books. And I think it was Carrie, too, right? I'm not sure. He's got a bunch of his books where, you know, some of the best ones where he was just obliterated when he wrote them.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2569 - Bill Thompson · 21/10/2026 · at 1:12:17

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   American Psycho

   by Bret Easton Ellis · 1 episode

   “And I'm like, why not do it? For years, American Psycho was the big one, the Bredty Sidnellis novel. Why haven't they made an accurate adaptation? Well, the studios don't want to touch it because it's too violent.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2538 - Joe DeRosa · 12/08/2026 · at 2:02:59

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   Rogue Male

   by Geoffrey Household · 1 episode

   “The fact that you don't know who Jack Carr is is crazy. Well, I'm sure my algorithm hasn't showed me Jack Carr. You know what I mean? That's a problem. Have you ever read Rogue Mail? No. Dude, Rogue Mail is a book that was for. M-A-I-L or L-E? M-A-L-E. It's about a guy who's trying to assassinate Hitler on Hitler's compound.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2575 - Sam Tallent · 03/11/2026 · at 1:28:40

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   The Da Vinci Code

   by Dan Brown · 1 episode

   “You know, so you start to notice patterns and you got to think back. So there's a great story of Dan Brown. You know, Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code, which is like one of the best-selling mystery thriller books ever and like demons and angels. He's got a, he's got a bunch of books like this.”

   My First Million · 3 killer businesses hiding in plain sight · 12/08/2026 · at 29:42

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   Cujo

   by Stephen King · 1 episode

   “Well, he wrote a lot of his stuff basically unconscious. Yeah. You know, some of his great work. What do you mean by that? Well, he doesn't even remember writing Cujo. Great movie. Yeah. Great book. I didn't read the book. The book is fantastic. I didn't read the book. He was heavily drinking and doing drugs back in those days.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2569 - Bill Thompson · 21/10/2026 · at 1:12:05

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   Pet Sematary

   by Stephen King · 1 episode
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   Running the Light

   by Sam Tallent · 1 episode

   “This is about a hitman. Like how did this come about? Random House picked up Running the Light, my first novel, and they reissued it and they gave me a two-book deal. And they were like, what do you want to do for the second book? And I was like, I wrote this book kind of about like if I never left my hometown and it's like I'm”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2575 - Sam Tallent · 03/11/2026 · at 1:56

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   Salem's Lot

   by Stephen King · 1 episode

   “how they're influenced. And then, of course, demonic possession and Salem's lot and all that other crazy shit. He was just so good. But then the idea that a library can be the, you know, and Shawshake, that the library can be the liberation.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2532 - Tim Robbins · 29/07/2026 · at 4:04

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   The Gray Man

   by Mark Greaney · 1 episode

   “But it's all about an assassin. Sick. And you would enjoy it. Read Gray Man 1, Mark Graney. He's been on the podcast before. It's all about this guy who was raised by his father.”

   The Joe Rogan Experience · #2575 - Sam Tallent · 03/11/2026 · at 1:25:38

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