Hmn, we know the date but not the book

We've lots of ideas - please add any suggestions or feedback in the comments, and then we can update this description to incorporate them.

(Also while I have added Waterstones links here, we are not in any way associated with them - please buy any books from whereever you like. I just search there as they are a good indicator of the availability and cost of a book.)

May 2024

The list or roadtested books:

• The Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery (Michael Taylor)
• https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-interest/michael-taylor/9781529110982

And books that haven't been roadtested:

• Diary of an Invasion (Andrey Kurkov)
• https://www.waterstones.com/book/diary-of-an-invasion/andrey-kurkov/9781800699090
• Budapest: Between East and West (Victor Sebestyen)
• https://www.waterstones.com/book/budapest/victor-sebestyen/9781474610018

June 2024

• Far From The Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity (Andrew Solomon) (Expensive Paperback, orderable, 976 pages!!!)
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13547504-far-from-the-tree?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_17

July 2024

• The Myth of Normal(Gabor Mate) (Paperback, available, 576 pages)
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58537332-the-myth-of-normal?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
• Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About Raising Children (Michaeleen Doucleff) (Paperback, ordrable, 350 pages)
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54304028-hunt-gather-parent?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
• Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm (Isabella Tree) (Paperback, available, 380 pages)
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38891828-wilding?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_11
• The Big Four: The Curious Past and Perilous Future of the Global Accounting Monopoly (Ian D. Gow, Stuart Kells) (Paperback, not easily obtained, 260 pages)
• https://goodreads.com/book/show/36986347-the-big-four
• Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption (Ben Mezrich) (Paperback, available, 288 pages)
• Sorry, checking these takes a long time, but also suggested:
• Biography of Andre Agassi, Jack Welch or Lee Iaccoca.
• Also been meaning to read in finance: The Big 4, Anti-social network, Bitcoin Billionaires, Skin in the Game (or anything else by Taleb)
• On AI stuff: Humans are Underrated and Future Proof!
• Michael mentioned Doppelganger (Naomi Klein)
• The book of trespass crossing the lines that divide us by nick hayes
• The Glasgow Effect (Ellie Harrison)

Thumbs up for:

• Going Infinite, Human Compatible and Impossible Monsters.
• hunt gather parent, human compatible, impossible monsters

August 2024

• An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (Ed Yong) (Paperback, available, 464 pages)
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59575939-an-immense-world

Inked in for month after paperback release:

• April 2025: How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler (Peter Pomerantsev) (Paperback March 2025, 320 pages)
• https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-win-an-information-war/peter-pomerantsev/9780571366347
• September 2025! Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin and the War Between Science and Religion (Michael Taylor) (Paperback August 2025!, 352 pages)
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200196843-impossible-monsters?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_19