I am currently reading two books.
**
I am reading the Great Transformation The political and Economic Origins of our time by Karl Polyani
**
The other book I am reading is The rise and fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer
**
books on my short list when I finish one reading either of the two mentioned above I will probably take one from the pool listed below.
**
The Grand Chess Board by Zbignew Brezinski

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips

The Comedians by Graham Greene

Guns , Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond

Resource Wars by Michael T. Klare