Politics & Economics

Human Relations and Other Difficulties
Mary-Kay Wilmers
A selection of works by LRB editor and journalist Mary-Kay Wilmers.

A Heavy Reckoning
Emily Mayhew
No-holds-barred, powerful medical non-fiction from the bleeding edge of medicine and war: out now in paperback

The Wisdom of Finance
Mihir Desai
Putting the humanity back into finance by looking at the profession's core principles through the prism of art, literature and film.

India: Superfast, Primetime, Ultimate Nation
Adam Roberts
A compelling portrait of modern India – and where it should go next.

Mafia Life
Federico Varese
A compelling account of life inside the mafia, from a leading academic: out now in paperback

Megatech
Daniel Franklin
Taking the long view of the big technology trends that will shape our lives and the future of the planet in the decades ahead

Trust Me I'm Lying
Ryan Holiday
The book that predicted fake news, revised and updated for these terrifying times

Game Query
Philip Coggan
The non-trivial trivia quiz book that asks how well you really know your world

Conservatism: Ideas in Profile
Roger Scruton
The ideas and principles of conservatism explored and explained by the world's leading thinker on the subject

Hinterland
Chris Mullin
A wry and revealing political memoir from the man behind the celebrated diaries: A View from the Foothills, A Walk-On Part and Decline & Fall

Our Revolution
Bernie Sanders
An inside account of Sanders' extraordinary campaign – and a blueprint for future political action.

From Global To Local
Finbarr Livesey
Globalisation was once the vision of the future; not any more. How we make things is changing, and with it the world order

The Fate of the West
Bill Emmott
Is it the end of the world as we know it? A former editor of the Economist explains how Western democracies must change in order to recover and thrive…

Superfandom
Zoe Fraade-Blanar
An in-depth look at the explosion of fandom, and how fans are transforming the future of business

Superfast, Primetime, Ultimate Nation
Adam Roberts
A compelling portrait of modern India – and where it should go next.

The Ways of the World
David Harvey
The essential anthology of writings by the world's leading Marxist thinker

The Long and the Short of It
John Kay
A clear and practical guide to investment by leading economist John Kay. Second revised and updated edition.