Books I liked:
– 48 Laws of Power
– Soccernomics
– The Dictator’s Playbook
– Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
– When Genius Failed
– Accidental Superpower
I’m not looking for fiction or philosophical/literary novels.
I want books about:
– geopolitics
– intelligence/CIA/covert operations
– regime change
– financial collapses
– economic warfare
– corruption
– how power actually works in the real world
I prefer books with real events, real people, and strong storytelling, not dry textbooks.
What are the best books in this lane?
by PuzzleheadedHand2465
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‘The killer beside me’ by Ann Rule, about Ted Bundy is really worth the read!
She met, and worked with Bundy when they both were volunteering at a suicide help-line facility in Seattle.
**The Brothers** by Stephen Kinzer about the origins of the CIA
**A Spy Among Friends** by Ben Macintyre about a double agent during the cold war.
The Land Trap by Mike Bird – good book about a hugely underrated part of the economy
Progress and Poverty by Henry George- hugely influential book that inspired multiple world leaders and Nobel Laureates but is criminally underrated these days
– Surprise, Kill, Vanish by Annie Jacobsson – CIA assassinations
– The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins – CIA covert influence ops
– No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald – NSA intelligence gathering
– The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein – Regime change and privatization
– A Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre – KBG/MI6 double agent
I hope these help!