Fareed Zakaria's Book Recommendations

"This is a fascinating highly engaging account of the rise of big technology companies and how they have betrayed their ideals and endangered American democracy. It will make you think hard about something we tend to simply accept as normal. The way technology now dominates our lives and societies."

"I would say to you, it's a very good formula, and he executes it so well, making this book compulsively readable and insightful. Like all of his work, agree or not, it will make you think."

"This is the most important book on economics I've read in a while. It will explains how the United States went from being a vibrant free market with low prices for consumers to one in which oligopolies and monopolies abound and consumers get shafted with higher price."

"It is superbly done, making for a rich wide-ranging discussion of American history. But because of the format, a very engaging one that is very easy to read and reread."

"This is the most interesting and provocative book I have read in a while. The author sits atop America's meritocracy. He is a Yale Law School Professor. But he argues that it has become a deeply dysfunctional and pernicious system causing crazed competition and anxiety for those on the inside succeeding and the sense of exclusion and isolation for those on the outside."

"Ten maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics, by Time Marshall. This is a good idea superbly executed. The book explains the world starting with geography, which in many ways is an idea of a starting point. It explains Russia, Ukraine, Kashmir, Tibet, Iraq, all through the rich lands of the map."

"A brilliant description of many of the problems caused by our reliance on fossil fuels."

"“Blowout” is a brilliant description of many of the problems caused by our reliance on fossil fuels. But it does not provide a path out of the darkness. My take on @maddow's latest book:"

"This is the best book on Turkey today. Well-written, with good, short sections on the country's past, that then shed light on its present."

"Hochberg has managed to do the seemingly impossible, write a breezy, smart, funny book about trade, he weaves in stories with the data, has a refreshingly informal voice and takes the reader on an entertaining ride. The bonus is he's right about the subject as well."

"The best book on immigration I've read."

"Packed with intelligence and insight. If you are interested in the future of Asia, which means the future of the world, you've got to read this book."

"A very smart and important book."

"Brilliantly explains the cultural and political forces that brought us to our current sorry condition."

"A gripping account of a dark wave in American history."

"Wide-ranging, speculative look at the world today and where it is going -- fascinating big think."

"A superb historical study of the forces that produce democracy and threaten its survival."

"An unbelievable tale, one that reminds us of the extraordinary range, depth and beauty of the English language."

"Superb."

"Argues that Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump both represent the mood of our times."

"Fascinating."

"A study of Kissinger's worldview & the challenge of using power to pursue justice."

"[This book's] insight is true and deeply important. . . . The metaphor of a flat world, used by [the author] to describe the next phase of globalization, is ingenious."

"The authors help you understand that the balancing act of liberal democracy is rare."

"Asks the essential question."

"In my book I talk a lot about The Hundred-Year Marathon."

"A seemingly narrow subject matter, but it's really a broad book about America's engagement with the world."