Books referred to by this site are:
- Marriage Figured Out (a gentleman’s perspective on marriage)
- Think Yourself Thin (a diet for obese people)
If you’re interested in history:
- How The Irish Saved Civilization (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
- The Gifts of the Jews (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
- Desire of the Everlasting Hills (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
- Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea – Why the Greeks Matter (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
- Mysteries of the Middle Ages (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
- Heretics and Heroes (Thomas Cahill – The Hinges of History Series)
- The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill – Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 (William Manchester)
- The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill – Alone, 1932-1940 (William Manchester)
- The Last Lion, Winston Spencer Churchill – Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 (William Manchester, Paul Reid)
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harrari)
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Yuval Noah Harrari)
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Yuval Noah Harrari)
- Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Walter Isaacson)
- John Adams (David McCullough) – there’s also a mini-series
- Truman (David McCullough)
- Chronicle of the 20th century (Clifton Daniel)
- Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (Jimmy Carter)
- The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister (John O’Sullivan)
- The Uses and Abuses of History (Margaret MacMillan)
- The Story of Canada (Janet Lunn, Christopher Moore, Alan Daniel)
- The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire (Stephen Bown)
- Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson (Mark Bourrie)
- The Life and Times of Sir John A. MacDonald – The Man Who Made Us, 1815 – 1867 (Richard Gwyn)
- The Life and Times of Sir John A. MacDonald – Nation Maker, 1867 – 1891 (Richard Gwyn)
- The Last Spike (Pierre Burton)
- The Great Depression: 1929-1939 (Pierre Burton)
If you enjoy politics, try:
- Exporting Democracy (Bob Rae)
- Enlightenment Now (Steven Pinker)
- Factfulness (Hans Rosling)
- Hate Inc. (Matt Taibbi)
- Here Comes Trouble (Michael Moore)
- Lament for a Nation (George Grant)
- Not My Party (Tom McMillan)
- Preparing for the Twenty-first Century (Paul Kennedy)
- Rage (Bob Wooward)
- Shake Hands with the Devil (Romeo Dallaire)
- Ship of Fools (Tucker Carlson)
- The Dark Side (Jane Mayer)
- The Forever War (Dexter Filkins)
- The Way of the Strangers (Graeme Wood)
- Time Zones – a journalist in the world (Joe Schlesinger)
- Triple Crown (Jim Prentice)
- Whatever Happened to Tradition (Tim Stanley)
If you like economics, I suggest:
- Essential Scholars – Adam Smith, F.A. Hayek, and Milton Friedman (The Fraser Institute)
- The Affluent Society (John Kenneth Galbraith)
- Free to Choose (Milton Friedman)
- 30-Second Economics (Donald Marron)
- Collusion (Nomi Prins)
A few good books on business:
- The Predators’ Ball (Connie Bruck)
- The Art of the Deal (Donald J. Trump)
- Steve Jobs (Walter Isaacson)
If you’d appreciate more on religion:
- Jesus: A Life (A.N. Wilson)
- Pope John XXIII (Thomas Cahill)
- The God Who May Be (Richard Kearney) – there’s also a 3-part podcast on CBC Ideas
- How to be Animal (Melanie Challenger)
For more on psychology / philosophy:
- The Road Less Traveled (M. Scott Peck)
- The Power of Now (Eckhart Tolle)
- Man’s Search for Meaning (Viktor Frankl)
- Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
- The Happiness Hypothesis (Jonathan Haidt)
- 12 Rules for Life (Jordan Peterson)
- How the World Works: Philosophy (Anne Rooney)
- The Passion of the Western Mind (Richard Tarnas)