100 Recommended Books August 21, 2011
Posted by David in Economics, Personal stuff, Politics, The Social Sciences.add a comment
I have just added a new page, where I list books that I like. The criteria for inclusion are
- I have read or written the book.
- It is a non-fiction book.
- I have learned something from reading or writing it.
- I enjoyed reading or writing it.
Being in general agreement with the author(s) is not a requirement. Note that most books are in economics or the other social sciences, because that’s what I’m mostly interested in. Also note that the 100 books range in difficulty from “accessible to the general reader” to “accessible to PhD students across the social sciences.”
The main reason that I have added the new page is that I want to encourage the reading (and writing) of books rather than journal papers. In-depth analysis usually requires book-length treatments, which is why all truly great thinkers have written at least one book.
This is a self-promotion site, so the inclusion of my books does not mean that I think they are “classics.” Still, an author has to believe in the quality of his own work!
