1970-01-01

Book Lists

Lists of books which might be interesting to read.

• https://odd-lots-books.netlify.app/

  • Odd Lots is a surprisingly good podcast, and these are some books recommended to them in the online chat-room they run.

History

• https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/01/06/six-books-to-understand-the-founding-fathers

  • Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation By Joseph J. Ellis.
  • The radicalism of the American revolution By Gordon S. Wood
  • The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, Stacy Schiff
  • John Adams, David McCullough
  • A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America’s First Presidential Campaign, Edward J Larson
  • The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, Annette Gordon-Reed

Economic

Manufacturing

• The Deindustrialization of America

Auto Industry

• The Reckoning, David Halberstam
• Crash Course, Ingrassia
• Rivethead, Ben Hamper
• American Icon, Bryce Hoffman
• Once Upon a Car, Bill Vlasic