All Tyler Cowen book recommendations.

Non-Fiction

Nuclear War: A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen 2024

“A very good book, sadly still of relevance. Full of drama throughout, and tactically astute.” source

“At the very least a good book, possibly a great book. Having now finished it, I can say it is a great book.” source

“I thought this book was wonderful, one of the best popular science books I've read in a long time.” source

“Obviously excellent, I expect this to make my top few picks of the best non-fiction of 2024. Clear and transparent, for a time period that is not always easy to understand.” source

“An excellent book. Two points of particular interest are, first, just how weak and incomplete was the Dutch colonization of Indonesia for centuries, and second just how complicated and rapidly changing was the postwar transition from Japanese rule to independence.” source

“An excellent book. I had not known that by 1400 the major North American cities of Cahokia, Moundville, and the Huhugam were abandoned.” source

“An excellent book, will make the end of year best non-fiction list. Has a claim to the list, though for many readers the math will be too much.” source

“The best book on culture in years. It got me excited at the theoretical level. French thinkers remain underrated in the Anglosphere.” source

“I loved this Craig Brown book, although many of you won't.” source

“I liked this book very much, and felt there should be more works like this. Recommended.” source

“A great Latin American (and Brazilian) novel, worthy of entering the canon.” source

Fiction

Beautiful World, Where Are You

by Sally Rooney 2021

“Really good, and more subtle than one might have expected. The tale ends up as a true case for cultural optimism, albeit with some reasonable qualifications.” source

“A significant revision of our views on the decline of Rome. It does seem to be intelligently and reasonably argued.” source