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Books recommended by Patrick Collison

Patrick Collison recommends 26 books, among them A Great Leap Forward, Age of Ambition and Amusing Ourselves to Death.

A Great Leap Forward

Alexander J. Field

Economics & politics

Age of Ambition

Evan Osnos

Economics & politics

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

Economics & politics

China Airborne

James Fallows

Economics & politics

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters

Jason Stearns

History

Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville

Philosophy

Expert Political Judgment

Philip E. Tetlock

Economics & politics

Freedom's Forge

Arthur Herman

History

How Asia Works

Joe Studwell

Economics & politics

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz

Michela Wrong

Economics & politics

Justice as Fairness

John Rawls

Philosophy

Moral Mazes

Robert Jackall

Economics & politics

Nixon Agonistes

Garry Wills

History

Nixonland

Rick Perlstein

Biography & memoir

Out of Mao's Shadow

Philip P. Pan

Economics & politics

Pacific

Simon Winchester

History

Postcards from Tomorrow Square

James Fallows

Economics & politics

Season of the Witch

David Talbot

Economics & politics

Stubborn Attachments

Tyler Cowen

Technology

The Arabs

Eugene Rogan

Spirituality & religion

The Cowshed

Ji Xianlin

History

The Educated Mind

Kieran Egan

Psychology

The Planet Remade

Oliver Morton

Economics & politics

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Robert J. Gordon

History

The Scramble for Africa

Thomas Pakenham

Economics & politics

Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand

Technology