How Asia works, by Joe studwell. A really good introduction to how certain Asia countries industrialized and why others failed to do so. Something incredibly w

How Asia works, by Joe studwell. A really good introduction to how certain Asia countries industrialized and why others failed to do so. Something incredibly wonderful happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the world he made up by K.C. Cole. I just started this one but it's really fascinating and engrossing. I found it on Patrick Collison's bookshelf which looks like it has a lot of other really great recommendations - https://patrickcollison.com/bookshelf https://patrickcollison.com/bookshelf The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa: another one that I'm still currently reading. a very sad book but so well written and thought provoking that I only read 5 or 10 pages at a time and then spend any equal amount of time pondering. Unlike anything I've ever read