2017 NLO Book List

Below are the books that we’ve read cover-to-cover in 2017.  The accompanying links will take you to Amazon.com if you’re interested in buying the books.  Don’t forget to check out our 2016 book list.

The top three must read books from the latest list are:

See the updated book list below:

Title Author
1920 Eric Burns
A Disposition to Be Rich Geoffrey C. Ward
A History of the United States in Five Crashes Scott Nations
A Man for All Markets Edward O. Thorp
A Very Expensive Poison Luke Harding
A Voyage Long and Strange Tony Horwitz
Alfred Hitchcock Peter Ackroyd
Assholes Aaron James
Basic Economics, Fourth Edition Thomas Sowell
Black Box Thinking Matthew Syed
Black Edge Sheelah Kolhatkar
Brazillionaires Alex Cuadros
Breaking Rockefeller Peter B. Doran
David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell
Dear Chairman Jeff Gramm
Deep Thinking Garry Kasparov
From Bacteria to Bach and Back Daniel C. Dennett
Genghis Khan and the Quest for God Jack Weatherford
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? Alan Alda
Miles to Go Chris Murphy
Orphan Train Rider Andrea Warren
Payoff Dan Ariely
Render Unto Rome Jason Berry
Thaddeus Stevens Hans L. Trefousse
The Crash Detectives Christine Negroni
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Evolution of Beauty Richard O. Prum
The Fever of 1721 Stephen Coss
The Foundling Paul Joseph Fronczak
The Gene Siddhartha Mukherjee
The General vs. the President H.W. Brands
The Genius of Birds Jennifer Ackerman
The Great Quake Henry Fountain
The Happiness Equation Neil Pasricha
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching Thich Nhat Hanh
The House of the Dead Daniel Beer
The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed. Benjamin Graham
The Island at the Center of the World Russell Shorto
The Last Good Heist Randall Richard
The Medici Paul Strathern
The Mind and the Brain Jeffrey M. Schwartz
The Price of Everything Eduardo Porter
The Revenge of Analog David Sax
The Richest Man in Babylon George S. Clason
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens Jack Weatherford
The Spy Who Couldn't Spell Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
The Stuff of Thought Steven Pinker
The Undoing Project Michael Lewis
The World Without Us Alan Weisman
This Time is Different Carmen M. Reinhart
Time Travel James Gleick
Tom Paine's Iron Bridge Edward G. Gray
Why Time Flies Alan Burdick
Winning the Loser's Game Charles D. Ellis

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