Churchill: A Life by Martin Gilbert
Fairly but not exhaustively detailed, it is readable to someone casually interested. Authorised so generally positive towards Churchill 3/5
Tyranny of the Minority: How to Reverse an Authoritarian Turn, and Forge a Democracy for All by Steven Levitsky Daniel Ziblatt
How various parts of the US constitution thwarts the will of an expanding multicultural majority in favor of a shrinking rural white minority. Interesting 3/5
The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World by Paul Morland
Explains the demographic transition and how it has flowed from the UK to Europe to the rest of the world and how this has and will influence history. 3/5
Accidental Astronomy: How Random Discoveries Shape the Science of Space by Chris Lintott
Covers the last 60 years so many less well-known stories. Fun and interesting read 4/5
My Scoring System
- 5/5 = Brilliant, top 5 book of the year
- 4/5 = Above average, strongly recommend
- 3/5 = Average. in the middle 70% of books I read
- 2/5 = Disappointing
- 1/5 = Did not like at all
