Politics & Economics

Moneyland
Oliver Bullough
From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, something has gone wrong with the workings of the worl…

Firefighting
Ben S. Bernanke
This is a rigorous account of the worst financial crisis since 1929 from the three primary architects of the American response-from why it happened to…

How Democracy Ends
David Runciman
All political systems come to an end, even democracies – David Runciman shows us how to recognise the signs and how to think about what might come nex…

Marx, Capital and the Madness of Economic Reason
David Harvey
Marx's Capital explained by its greatest expositor in simple, understandable terms

The Economist Guide To Financial Markets 7th Edition
Marc Levinson
The indispensable classic on the trade in financial instruments

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.