<p>I am searching for some good books in history, economics, and sociology to read. Do you guys have any recommendations ? Any period of history except ancient (let say from 14th century and on), any area of economics,...</p>
<p>“Freakonomics” for econ. (I haven’t read it yet, but it’s been recommended to me by about 8 different people with pretty good taste in books.)</p>
<p>“The World that Trade Created” for history. (One of my favorite books. It has a bunch of short chapters about different parts of obscure history. I found it really interesting.)</p>
<p>Cool. I will check them out</p>
<p>How about “The World is flat” ? Anyone read this one ? Also “Outliers” and other Malcolm Gladwell’s books ?</p>
<p>Any intersting history book about US history or World War II or Vietnam War ?</p>
<p>Eh, I just read the outliers, didn’t think it particularly good. It’s a collection of cherry-picked facts and ad hoc just so-s, not rigorous in its research in the slightest. Not convincing at all.</p>
<p>Haven’t personally read very many economics books, but one that I have read is The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs. It was ok ;]</p>
<p>You might like How Hitler Could Have Won World War II</p>
<p>Or How to Profit from the Coming Rapture</p>
<p>What areas of history interest you? It is hard to recommend without knowing your interests.</p>
<p>As I have said above, US History after revolutionary war, World War II, Vietnam War, modern History, European Medieval,…</p>
<p>Any interesting sociology book I should take a look at ?</p>
<p>Oooh, in that case, you might like Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond.</p>
<p>That isn’t very specific. But, try anything by Robert Caro. He wrote outstanding biographies of Robert Moses and LBJ. If you are interested in economic history try The Robber Barons by Matthew Josephsen. The Best and the Brightest is a great book about the Vietnam War. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is an excellent history of WWII. For sociology it depends on the topic that interests you. I have loved all of Studs Turkel’s books, A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki and A Country of Strangers by David Shipler. So many books, so little time.</p>
<p>Don’t read Guns, Germs, and Steel unless you can only understand something by having it drilled into your head 1500 times in a row. No kidding. Or you could just read the last few paragraphs of each chapter of that book, you srsly wouldn’t miss anything.
OR you could just read the title! and get the gist of the entire book.</p>
<p>An AMAZING book for sociology is Generations. It shows the cycles in American history and it is so fascinating. 500 pages in like 2 days. I thought it was just that good. Other good books by the same author are Millenials Rising and The Fourth Turning</p>
<p>‘The World is Flat’ . . . don’t even get me started on that book. What a horribly written piece of tripe. Never made it through the book, and it’s not exactly full of any great insights.</p>
<p>I second ‘Freakonomics.’ Malcolm Gladwell is okay, as well. You might want to pick up Milton Friedman’s ‘Capitalism and Freedom’ if you’re at all interested in him. It’s not a bad read; though some people may say that it’s boring, it’s a whole lot more interesting than ‘The World is Flat’ and my econ textbook.</p>
<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>So I have toured Barnes and Nobles today and found some interesting books.</p>
<p>Which one would you guys suggest me ?</p>
<p>I found: China: A New history by John King Fairbank, Outliers (previously mentioned), Stalingrad (forgot the author but published by Penguins), European: A history by Norman Davies</p>
<p>So many books to choose from !!!</p>