Hello! I’m trying to read more this year, and I’ve been successful so far, having read 4 books since the start of the year. I’m looking for new books I’m excited to start.
I’m a pretty dedicated non-fiction reader. I enjoy books on food systems (e.g. Marion Nestle, Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan), and books related to diplomacy and politics. I just finished Huma Abedin’s book and am working through HRC’s Hard Choices. I also really liked Stanley Tucci’s book.
Any suggestions on other titles or authors to check out?
by cait0620
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Dear Leader.
Educated.
Sapiens.
Ultra Processed People by Chris Van Tulleken
*Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, History, Politics*
The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal
by William Burns
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published in 2019 before he became CIA Director in 2021. Before that he worked at the State Department since the 1980s. Key positions include Ambassador to Jordan, working under Secretary of State Colin Powell in the run up to Iraq War in 2003 and Ambassador to Russia.
How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America by Priya Fielding-Singh
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (great on audio because it uses original recordings where possible)
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy by Suzanne Mettler and Robert C. Lieberman
“Team of Rivals”, by Goodwin
“Guns of August”, by Tuchman
“The Splendid and the Vile”, by Larson
Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Understory Robert McFarlane
What An Owl Knows Jennifer Ackerman
Michael Moss – Salt Sugar Fat: How The Food Giants Hooked Us
Michael N. Nagler – The Search For A Nonviolent Future
Robert Reich – Beyond Outrage: What Has Gone Wrong With Our Economy And Our Democracy, And How To Fix It
Alfie Kohn – No Contest: The Case Against Competition
The Guilt Project by vanessa place. Woman Lawyer who defends indigent sex offenders and discusses rape, morality and law. It’s not what you think it is.