Books, published in 2024, recommended by the Economist

Books, published in 2024, recommended by the Economist. Have bought a couple and all the others were added to the wish list. Hopefully, you can find some for yourself. Biography and memoir Ian Fleming: The Complete Man. By Nicholas Shakespeare Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Love, Shipwreck and Survival. By Sophie Elmhirst. Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz Kafka. By Karolina Watroba Monet: The Restless Vision. By Jackie Wullschläger Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class. By Rob Henderson Culture and arts All that Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art. By Orlando Whitfield Everest, Inc: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World. By Will Cockrell. Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See. By Bianca Bosker Reading Genesis. By Marilynne Robinson History The Eastern Front. By Nick Lloyd Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life. By Jason Roberts A History of the World in 12 Shipwrecks. By David Gibbins How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History. By Josephine Quinn Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion. By Michael Taylo Medieval Horizons: Why the Middle Ages Matter. By Ian Mortimer Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World. By David Van Reybrouc Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories. By Amitav Ghosh Why War? By Richard Overy. The Wide Wide Sea. By Hampton Sides Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City. By Dennis Romano Fiction Hard by a Great Forest. By Leo Vardiashvili The Heart in Winter. By Kevin Barry. Help Wanted. By Adelle Waldman James. By Percival Everett Mania. By Lionel Shriver The Road to the Country. By Chigozie Obioma Politics and current affairs Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World. By Anne Applebaum Counter-Intelligence: What the Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem-solving and Creativity. By Robert Hannigan How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive. By Marcel Dirsus World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the 21st Century. By Dmitri Alperovitch Health, science and technology The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. By Jonathan Haidt The Balanced Brain: The Science of Mental Health. By Camilla Nord Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI. By Ethan Mollick Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever. By Joseph Cox Tits Up. By Sarah Thornton Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality. By Venki Ramakrishnan. William Morrow Happy readings "… Packing for your summer holiday? Take these books published in 2024…” https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/07/19/packing-for-your-summer-holiday-take-these-books-published-in-2024 from The Economist

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