Books

Dealing with China Henry M. Paulson Jr. The former Treasury Secretary draws on decades of dealings to explain how China's economy really works. 1 recommender Dealing with the Dead Alain Mabanckou A Congolese cemetery memoir, narrated from a vantage that makes the phrase less strange than it sounds. 1 recommender Dear Edward Ann Napolitano The only survivor of a crash that killed 183 others, handed a life he never asked to keep. 1 recommender Death by Black Hole Neil deGrasse Tyson Forty-two essays on the strangeness of the cosmos, including exactly what would happen to you falling into a black hole Death by Meeting Patrick Lencioni Bad meetings aren't too long, they're too boring, and a leadership fable shows what to do about it. 1 recommender Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, A Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need David Edmonds Singer published a drowning-child argument in 1972, and it grew into effective altruism. Edmonds takes the philosophy seriously and follows what money did to it. 1 recommender Death of a Gossip M. C. Beaton A Highland village policeman investigates the murder of a gossip on a fishing holiday. Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller An ageing salesman, his two sons and the American dream of success, in Miller's great tragedy. 1 recommender December Breeze Marvel Moreno Marvel Moreno's long novel about women in 1950s and 1960s Barranquilla, published by Europa Editions in English in 2022. 1 recommender Deciphering Sun Tzu: How to Read The Art of War Derek M. C. Yuen 1 recommender Decoded Jay-Z Jay-Z annotates three dozen of his own songs, unpacking the wordplay most listeners miss, and makes the case for hip-hop as serious poetry. Deep Secrets Niobe Way Boys want close friends as much as girls do. A psychologist asks what happens to those friendships. 1 recommender Deep Simplicity John Gribbin John Gribbin explains chaos and complexity theory, showing how simple rules give rise to the intricate order seen across nature. 1 recommender Deep Thinking Garry Kasparov, Mig Greengard Kasparov's account of losing to IBM's Deep Blue and what two decades of man-versus-machine chess taught him about the real promise of artificial intelligence. Deep Work Cal Newport The ability to focus without distraction on demanding work is increasingly rare and increasingly valuable, which makes it a superpower. 1 recommender Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina’s $100 Billion Debt Restructuring Gregory Makoff Argentina defaulted, a hedge fund seized a warship, and the courts spent fifteen years sorting it out. 1 recommender Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchik 1 recommender Defeating the Dictators: How Democracy Can Prevail in the Age of the Strongman Charles Dunst Democracies are not doomed against strongmen, provided they fix what made people lose faith. 1 recommender Defiant Brandon Sanderson The finale of the Skyward series, where Spensa must decide what she is willing to become to end a war that has outlived its reasons. Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville A young French aristocrat's report on the American republic in the 1830s, and on the habits of association that he thought held it together. 1 recommender Democracy’s Double Helix: Participation, Equality and Revolution in Early Modern Europe Lars Behrisch Semi-democratic decision-making began, Behrisch argues, not from any ideal of representation but from the practical business of assembling armies and raising money. 1 recommender Democracy’s Resilience to Populism’s Threat Kurt Weyland Populists win elections far more often than they dismantle democracies, and the data says so. 1 recommender Democratic Drain: Global Migration and the Struggle for Political Freedom Justin Gest Emigration removes the people most likely to demand reform, so migration can weaken freedom in the countries people leave. An argument about exporting dissent. 1 recommender Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver Barbara Kingsolver reimagines David Copperfield in Appalachia, following a boy through foster care, poverty, and the opioid crisis. 1 recommender Depression Dorothy Rowe A psychologist's argument that depression is a prison built from our own beliefs, and that the door can be opened. Dept. of Speculation Jenny Offill Jenny Offill's fragmentary novel, compressed on purpose and shortlisted for the Folio Prize. Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey A season as a ranger in the Utah desert, written by a man with no patience for anyone who arrives by car. 2 recommenders Desperately Seeking Something Susan Seidelman From suburban Philadelphia to directing Madonna, one chapter per song title. 1 recommender Destroyer of Worlds: The Deep History of the Nuclear Age Frank Close A particle physicist on the decades before the Manhattan Project, including how dangerous the early radiation work was and how many of its practitioners it killed. 1 recommender Devotions Mary Oliver Fifty years of poems the poet chose herself, all arguing that noticing carefully is a moral act. 1 recommender Diaries 1969-1979 Michael Palin The first volume of Michael Palin's diaries, from the birth of Monty Python's Flying Circus to the making of Life of Brian. Diary of a Philosophy Student Simone de Beauvoir Beauvoir kept this diary at nineteen, before Sartre, already circling the questions about freedom and the other that would occupy her for the following six decades. 1 recommender Dibs in Search of Self Virginia M. Axline A silent, withdrawn boy finds his voice through play therapy, in a classic account of a child's inner life. 1 recommender Dicing with Death Stephen Senn A medical statistician on how evidence about health is produced, and on the schools of inference that disagree about it. 1 recommender Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Crystal Smith Paul A white Hollywood legend dies and leaves everything to three Black sisters, and the reason reaches back to the studio era. 1 recommender Die Trying Lee Child Reacher is kidnapped alongside an FBI agent in Chicago and taken to a remote Montana compound run by a militia with plans for the nation.