With millions of book volumes on countless topics, we may seem overwhelmed when it comes to picking out the right books to read. I have compiled a list of books on various topics that you may find enjoyable, entertaining, and educational.
NON-FICTION
THOMAS SOWELL
Basic Economics
Black Rednecks and White Liberals**
Intellectuals and Society**
The Economics and Politics of Race
Economic Facts and Fallacies**
JARED DIAMOND
Why is Sex Fun
Guns, Germs and Steel**
Collapse
MURRAY ROTHBARD
The Case Against the Fed**
Conceived in Liberty**
The Panic of 1819
TOM HOLLAND
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic**
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West**
ELEANOR HERMAN
Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge**
Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley
A History of Pi by Petr Beckmann
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife**
Longitude by Dava Sobel
American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies the Government Tells Us by Jesse Ventura
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann
The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz**
FICTION
AYN RAND
The Fountainhead
Anthem**
Atlas Shrugged**
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (My favorite short story writer)
The Minister's Black Veil**
Young Goodman Brown
The Birth-Mark
Rappaccini's Daughter**
ALDOUS HUXLEY
Island**
Brave New World
Jacob's Hands: A Fable
The Giver by Lois Lowry
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