Mindfuck, Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America - Christopher Wylie. It went so much deeper than what I learned from the media, and he explores the

Mindfuck, Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America - Christopher Wylie. It went so much deeper than what I learned from the media, and he explores the how (not too technically, as it's for a general audience) far more than I expected. Very glad I read it, and it's an easy read. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke 18th century alternative history about two rivals restoring supernatural magic to the country, causing chaos, helping out in the wars with the French, and mostly hating each other. Very enjoyable, if rather silly read. Merchants of Doubt - Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway. If age hadn't brought enough cynism to my worldview, this tops it up nicely. Probably one of the most important books I've read. How some ex scientists, PR agencies and think tanks made a nice career selling doubt as a service to every dodgy industry going. Doubt and uncertainty on every important issue of the last 50 years. Tobacco and health, acid rain, fire retardants and climate heating among others. The same people giving the anti-science spin on multiple issues across decades, cropping up in papers and TV again and again. Command and Control - Eric Schlosser The misadventures, multiple accidents and cock-ups and safety - well lack of - surrounding nuclear weapons. After reading this you'll have no idea how one didn't go off over home or allied soil.