A world of great books

Books recommended by Stewart Brand

Stewart Brand recommends 65 books, among them The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Causes of War and The Civilization of the Middle Ages.

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Steven Pinker

Economics & politics

The Causes of War

Geoffrey Blainey

History

The Civilization of the Middle Ages

Norman F. Cantor

History

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Samuel P. Huntington

Philosophy

The Coming Population Crash

Fred Pearce

Economics & politics

The Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance

Carl Demrow

Science & nature

The Discoverers

Daniel J. Boorstin

Philosophy

The Encyclopedia of Earth

Michael Allaby

History

The Eternal Frontier

Tim Flannery

History

The Future of Life

Edward O. Wilson

Philosophy

The Gift

Lewis Hyde

Arts & entertainment

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon

History

The Idea of Decline in Western History

Arthur Herman

Philosophy

The King and the Corpse

Heinrich Zimmer

Spirituality & religion

The Landmark Herodotus

Herodotus

History

The Landmark Thucydides

Thucydides

History

The Long Summer

Brian Fagan

History

The Map Book

Peter Barber

History

The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook

Robert Porter

Health & fitness

The Odyssey

Homer

Philosophy

The Past From Above

Charlotte Trumpler

Arts & entertainment

The Pattern on the Stone

William Daniel Hillis

Technology

The Revenge of Gaia

James Lovelock

Philosophy

The Rise of the West

William H. Mcneill

Philosophy

The Sleepwalkers

Arthur Koestler

Philosophy

The Story of Writing

Andrew Robinson

Arts & entertainment

The Way Life Works

Mahlon Hoagland

Science & nature

The Western Canon

Harold Bloom

Arts & entertainment

Thinking in Time

Richard E. Neustadt

Economics & politics

Time Travel

James Gleick

Philosophy