What We’re Reading
A list of what we’re reading now or have read recently, along with a list of some of our favorite books, papers and articles. By favorite, we mean books or articles that we believe were most important to forming our ways of thinking and of looking at the world.
Currently Reading
The Collapse of the Third Republic
William L. Shirer
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
Editorial Note: A timely examination of how technology and changing childhood experiences affect young people. It raises important questions about social connection and modern life.
The Invisible College
Jacques Vallee
Recently Read and Recommended
Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance
The Loving Push
Temple Grandin
The End
Sir Ian Kershaw
Stalin
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey
Editorial Note: A reflective memoir about experiences, setbacks, and lessons from life. Its personal perspective makes it an engaging read beyond the usual celebrity memoir.
All the Kremlin’s Men
Mikhail Zygar
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
The Constitution of Knowledge
Jonathan Rauch
John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs
Ian Leslie
Satanism: A Social History
Massimo Introvigne
The Wager
David Grann
In the First Circle
Aleksander Solzenitsyn
Conversations on Faith
Martin Scorsese and Antonio Spadaro
Passage to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers
Jacques Vallee
Perennial Favorites
The True Believer
Eric Hoffer
Editorial Note: A thought-provoking examination of why people join mass movements and collective causes. It offers useful insights into political and social behavior.
Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy
John Le Carre
Editorial Note: A classic espionage novel that explores intelligence, loyalty, and deception. Its subtle approach to strategy and human behavior makes it particularly memorable.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William L. Shirer
Editorial Note: An important historical account of Nazi Germany and the forces that enabled its rise. It provides valuable perspective on political institutions and authoritarianism.
Dune
Frank Herbert
Editorial Note: A classic exploration of power, politics, leadership, and ecology. Its themes remain remarkably relevant beyond the world of science fiction.
Children of Dune
Frank Herbert
The Triumph of the Therapeutic
Philip Reiff
The Feeling Intellect
Philip Reiff
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
In the Storm of Steel
Ernst Junger
The Occult
Colin Wilson
Politics and the Occult
Gary Lachman
Dark Star Rising
Gary Lachman
The Accursed Kings
Maurice Druon
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
The Brothers Karamazov
Aleksander Dostoyevsky
Helter Skelter
Vince Bugliosi
The Family
Ed Sanders
The Ultimate Evil
Maury Terry
The Culture of Narcissism
Christopher Lasch
The Alienist
Caleb Carr
Meetings with Remarkable Men
G.I. Gurdjieff
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Thomas De Quincey
Pattern Recognition
William Gibson
Spook Country
William Gibson
All Tomorrow’s Parties
William Gibson